Navy Command

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 304634**Salary**:

- £22,758- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Navy**Type of role**:

- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Faslane Port, Scotland, G84 8HLAbout the job

**Job summary**:
His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde (HMNB Clyde) is home to the United Kingdom’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, Astute Class Attack Submarines, Sandown Class Mine Hunter Vessels and 43 Cdo Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance base within the Navy Command TLB and comprises both Faslane and Coulport sites. HMNB Clyde’s primary purpose is to provide engineering and logístical support to the Royal Navy in maintaining Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD). This is achieved by ensuring at least one Vanguard Submarine is on patrol at sea every day of the year.
RNAD Coulport is responsible for the storage, processing, maintenance and issue of the Trident Weapon System and the ammunitioning of all submarine-embarked tactical weapons.

HMNB Clyde is the single operational home of the Submarine Service and will become the United Kingdom’s Submarine Centre of Excellence. This single integrated operating base is to ensure that the Royal Navy can deliver its operational commitments across all Defence Lines of Development from Scotland on an enduring basis.

An exciting opportunity has become available to join the Security Access Control Team based at HMNB Clyde. We are seeking an enthusiastic customer focused applicant to join a busy and committed team. The Security Access Control 10 post will primarily support access requirements for the Roya Navy Submarine Training Centre (Formally SMTF) in addition to being responsible for key tasks in support of permanent and temporary visitors at HMNB Clyde Faslane and Coulport. The successful applicant will have responsibility for daily operational supervision and processing of HMNB Clyde temporary visitors’ access, permanent site passes, operational support of the Symmetry access database, security clearance assurance checks and the collation of monthly access statistics to support working forecasts. This is a challenging and demanding post, and the successful applicant will need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment to support key security outputs, while ensuring that policies and procedures are always followed. The post requires a flexible, customer focused approach. The post will require the job holder to demonstrate excellent effective communications skills as the post will involve communicating daily with civilian staff and military personnel of various grades and ranks. The position allows a certain amount of autonomy and so ideally this role suits someone with drive and initiative. Working to scheduled and changing priorities determining the pace of work, an ability to manage both time and workloads is essential. The successful applicant will be comfortable working in a changeable environment and will have a continuous improvement ethos. This post provides excellent development and progression opportunities for applicants wishing to pursue a career within the Civil Service.
Please note the post holder will be required to provide contingency support to HMNB Clyde Faslane Pass Office and Coulport Visitor Reception Centre. This post requires on site attendance to deliver the responsibilities of the role which cannot be delivered remotely off-site.

This post is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
Role responsibilities:

- Check/validate and process site training building access lists and HMNB Clyde short term visitors access requests using Symmetry security access management and other security databases and spreadsheets. Checking and validating clearance and clearance restrictions. Conduct detailed Vetting Subject Information assurance checks using due diligence and maintain/share and seek information with Clyde Security Vetting Team
- Process HMNB Clyde permanent pass requests using the Symmetry security access management system and other associated spreadsheets. Checking security clearance levels and restrictions. Maintain robust records of lost passes and provide reports as required.
- Using a high-risk approach to make effective decisions and evidenced decisions on processing/issuing visitor, staff, contractor, and vehicle access passes.
- Advising managers of identified risk and threats associated with current and proposed business activities for access control.
- Provide regular advice and guidance to the team and MOD Guard personnel on processes, including access control and vetting matters.
- Consult with Security sponsors, vetting authorities to review, authorise and monitor access to support sec