Dio - Ministry of Defence Guard Service - Security

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

- 274825**Salary**:

- £27,500- + substantial pension and benefits**Job 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 jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Bicestern Dog Section, DE&S (LSOC) Bicester. Lower Arncott, OX25 2LDAbout the job

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

**Job description**:
**The Challenge**

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

Our uniformed MGS Dog Handlers are a visual reassurance to our clients, the public and the authorities. Dog Handlers are responsible for protecting the security and safety of the site and the welfare of the animals. You will ensure that assigned tasks are completed in a professional and timely manner meeting relevant MOD / MGS and Establishments policies and processes. Our resilient Dog Handlers perform a multitude of tasks and duties, including patrolling and nurturing /training the Military Working Dog (MWD).

The MGS support our Dog Handlers 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 continuous improvement.

We also passionate about staff development. As a Dog Handler, you will be enrolled onto a training course held at Defence Animal Training Regiment (DATR) enabling you to upskill your knowledge and you will also need to attend a Practical Training Assistant (PTA) course.

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 Dog handlers 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, who is physically fit as alongside your daily activities you will patrol outdoors, in all weather conditions on potentially uneven terrain, covering up to 6 miles a day. You will also need to be able to lift/restrain a dog weighing up to 40kg. It is also important that you are calm under pressure and have a flexible approach to suit the business needs.

**About MGS**

The Ministry of Defence Guard Service (MGS) is a professionally qualified body of Civil Servants who provide unarmed guarding services at approximately 100 MOD sites across Great Britain. The MGS has guarded the Defence Estate for over 25 years including high profile locations such as MOD Main Building in London and His Majesty’s Naval Bases at Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The MGS plays a vital role supporting the Defence Mission and works closely with its security partners

The MGS is part of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and employs over 2,500 operational and support staff. The MGS is managed by a Head Office team, dispersed strategically around the country.

MGS officers are very often the first point of contact with the MOD for employees, visitors and contractors and we pride ourselves on a customer-focused culture, working to DIO’s Values as well as our own core values of honesty, integrity, professionalism and efficiency.

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.

**Person specification**:
**Main Responsibilities**
- Annual Licensing
- Continuation Training
- Upkeep of paperwork
- Using IT facilities
- Dog Welfare (for all Military Working Dogs on site)
- Daily upkeep of the Kennels (Disinfecting, sweeping and jet washing)
- Collaborating closely with Dog Evaluation Officer and Kennel Supervisor
- Driving MOD vehicles (Crucial for post)
- Controlling vehicular and pedestrian access and exit to/from site
- Issuing of passes
- Issuing and receipt of keys
- Searching of vehicles, baggage, personnel, buildings and open areas
- Escorting of visitors
- Controlling traffic
- Checking identity
- Reporting on breaches of security or defects
- Dealing with demonstrators and intruders
- Safeguarding classified information and material
- Collaborating closely with emergency services and invoking emergency procedures
- Operating and monitoring security systems; CCTV and alarms etc
- Reporting safety hazards and accidents
- Carrying out, if required, initial action at the scene of any incident

**Travel Requirements**

Alongside your normal patrolli