Dio - Ministry of Defence Guard Service - Security

7 months ago

Huntingdon, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

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

- 357857**Salary**:

- £28,555- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Other- Administrative Assistant: MGS Non-Shift Worker**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation - MOD Guard Service (MGS)**Type of role**:

- Defence Operations
- Security**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 4Contents

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Location
- RAF Molesworth, Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0QAAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want a career where you can make a real difference? Join the Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) to protect Defence from threats such as crime, terrorism, espionage, and sabotage by providing the highest quality of security services through professionalism, excellence, and trust.

We are looking for a Security Officer to join our Gold Standard security service and provide a crucial role to the business requiring resilience, vigilance, and alertness. Due to the high profile and strategic locations of the sites we guard, it is essential our Security Officers have a strong work ethic, great teamwork, customer service and communication skills and must be willing to go above and beyond to support security operations across the Defence estate. If you can demonstrate this from past or current experiences, we want to hear from you and see this detailed in your CV.

This position is advertised at 48 hours per week including meal breaks.

**Job description**:
The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) provides high quality security services at over 170 MOD sites across the United Kingdom. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 30 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London, Whitehall and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport, and the Clyde. We provide access control, military working dogs, control room operations and other security services. We play a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and work to protect the Defence estate and personnel from crime, terrorism, espionage, and sabotage threats.

The MGS has over 2,700 employees and is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). MGS Security Officers are often the first point of contact for employees, visitors and contractors on sites and we pride ourselves on our professional, customer-focused culture. Behind our operational workforce is a range of head office roles which support our security professionals to develop and execute the organisations strategy, managing its budget and resources, leading, and developing our staff, maintaining relationships with stakeholders, monitoring and evaluating our performance and identifying new opportunities.

All are working towards our Vision to be recognised as an outstanding provider of security services and our five Values underpinning this Vision include:

- ** **Integrity** - Always do the right thing. Respect yourself and others. Treat people fairly.
- ** **Vigilance and Preparedness** - Keep careful watch for risks and incidents. Be ready to act.
- ** **Professionalism** - Know the job thoroughly. Seek continuous improvement. Maintain high standards.
- ** **Helpfulness** - Always be ready to assist people. Leave a lasting positive impression.
- ** **Teamwork** - Working with colleagues who are collaborative, respectful, open and trustworthy, who are passionate about excellence and protecting Defence.

There are plenty of opportunities for development, access to funded professional qualifications and specialist training. We are a growing organisation with opportunities to progress your security careers and if you align with our Values, we’d love to hear from you

**Person specification**:
Our Security Officer’s main responsibility is to ensure the safety and protection of Defence employees, visitors, and property.

The key duties are as follows and can vary from site to site:

- Assume overall responsibility for the safety and security of designated areas.
- Patrol on foot and in vehicles, designated areas in accordance with outlined security procedures.
- Identify potential security risks and respond accordingly.
- Control vehicular and pedestrian access to site ensuring all have the correct credentials, issuing passes and escorting visitors where appropriate.
- Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings, and open areas.
- Traffic management.
- Complete incident reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs.
- Respond to emergencies and incidents within designated areas promptly and according to policy.
- Assist employees and visitors with any concerns they may have.
- Escalate emergency situations to law enforcement as required.
- Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms.
- Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio.

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