Dio - Ministry of Defence Guard Service - Security

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

- 237337**Salary**:

- £25,000- + substantial pension and benefits**Grade**:

- Administrative Assistant**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Ministry of Defence Guard Service**Type of role**:

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

- Full-time, Shift Working**Number of posts**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Upavon Station, Trenchard Lines, Pewsey, SN9 6BEAbout the job

**Summary**:
**Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.**

**Job description**:
Do you want to join the Governments Security team of the year, and be part of our Gold Standard security service?

Our uniformed Security Officers are a visual reassurance to our clients, the public and the authorities. As a Security Officer you will be responsible for protecting the security and safety of the site. You will ensure that assigned tasks are completed in a professional and timely manner and meet relevant MOD / MGS, and Establishments policies and processes. Our resilient Security Officers perform a multitude of tasks and duties, including site preservation and access control.

The MGS support our Security Officers within their role, by ensuring that they are supplied with suitable equipment to conduct the role as well as being inducted on each site accordingly. In the MGS, we hold core values of Honesty, Integrity, professionalism and efficiency. We use these values to drive a culture of continuous improvement.

We are looking for someone who is a great teammate with an enthusiastic demeanor possessing the ability to work on their own initiative when required. All our Security Officers have excellent customer service skills who are willing to go above and beyond to support the client and visitors. We are also looking for someone with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. It is also important that you are calm under pressure and have a flexible approach to suit the business needs.

We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman.

View our YouTube video to see more about our work

**Responsibilities**:
The key duties of a Security Officer are as follows.

Please note that these duties can vary from site to site.
- Controlling vehicular and pedestrian access and exit to/from site
- Issue of passes using site IT systems
- Reporting of environmental issues
- Issue and receipt of keys
- Patrolling on foot and in a vehicle
- Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open area
- Traffic management
- Checking identity on site (ad hoc)
- Writing reports on breaches of security or defects and maintaining daily logs
- Referral of complaints
- Reporting MGS infrastructure defects
- Dealing with demonstrators and intruders as directed by those holding operational control
- Safeguarding classified information and material
- Cooperating with other security providers
- Collaborating with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
- Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
- Operating and communicating effectively over the telephone and/or radio
- Reporting safety hazards and accidents in accordance with current instructions
- Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident
- Other tasks commensurate with the grade

**Travel Requirements**

Where close area working arrangements are in place staff may be required to attend other sites within their travel to work area (one hour from their home) on a detached duty basis.

**Desirable Experience & Skills**
- A background, qualification or interest in the delivery of site security and/or customer service will be an advantage.

**Medical**
- MGS applicants are required to attend a medical appointment to undertake a colour perception test.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Leadership
- Managing a Quality Service

**Benefits**:
We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time.

We believe that if we look after our people, they will be passionate about delivering great things for our customers.

We understand the importance of life outside of work and our industry leading flexible working practices, digital technology and modern workspaces will give you the opportunity to enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

The MOD Discover My Benefits page lists the full set of benefits. Some of the many benefits you will receive include:

- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
- Free Uniform
- 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon complet