Security Advisor

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

- 413481

**Salary**:

- £30,573
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer
- B3

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- UKHO - Corporate Services and Finance

**Type of role**:

- Policy
Risk Management
Security

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 2

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Taunton

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
This is a great opportunity to become a part of our Security & Resilience team at the UK Hydrographic Office. We provide a secure environment for our organisation, protecting our people, as well as our physical and information assets. By engaging with our customers and stakeholders, we ensure that security is an enabler rather than an obstacle to our business.

We provide assurance to the Board and its Executive Leadership Team on the effectiveness of security and resilience measures, including physical and personnel security and business continuity. In addition, we also provide assurance to the Audit Risk and Assurance Committee (ARAC) on the effectiveness of our security and resilience processes.

You would be an integral part of that assurance with a wide-ranging varied remit including conducting regular audits; the day to day management of visitors to site; providing pre and post overseas travel security briefings and supporting the wider team as required (certain aspects of which, can only be undertaken following completion of the relevant MOD residential training).

If you are a strong problem-solver with the ability to make decisions, communicate with people at all levels and find (sometimes creative) solutions to problems and would enjoy being the focal point for providing advice and guidance to staff security issues (with particular emphasis on travel and visits, as well as general security advice) please look no further. We would love to hear from you

**Hybrid working**

There will be opportunities to work in a hybrid way. Attendance in the office is required in accordance with business need - which is likely to be 60% of working time.

The post holder will be expected to undertake out of hours Incident Management (IM) duties (for 1x full week) on a rota basis - this is usually around 1 week in 5. IM duty also involves being in the office for that week (except the weekend). When not on full IM duty; IM support cover in the office is required for a minimum of 2 days as arranged with other team members.

There will be a minimum of an initial 2 weeks of training in the office, after which more training may be required depending on the team requirement. There may also be further in-office training required as your experience develops, for example, collection and deposit of sensitive material via Courier Services.

**Job description**:

- This is a varied role requiring strong admin and communication skills and will include duties such as; _
- Processing visitor requests via the visitor booking portal, liaising with hosts, conduct checks of visitor security clearances with vetting authorities where necessary, approving visits (once verified) and updating systems
- Managing overseas travel requests; including reviewing requests for business and private travel, completing traveller security clearance information, conducting pre and post travel briefings and maintaining an overseas travel database.
- Undertaking regular audits for a variety of purposes, reporting findings, identifying any anomalies, synchronising cancelled/superseded passes and updating live records
- Responding to requests to forward clearance details for UKHO personnel visiting other units
- Maintain records in a timely manner and seek additional information or justification as necessary.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, providing general security related advice and the focal point for visitor bookings, overseas travel requests and audits of security records.
- Initiating process for supervisors and holders of Developed Vetting (DV) security clearances to complete mandatory annual Security Appraisal Forms (SAF), monitoring progress and hastening/escalating responses as necessary.

**Person specification**:
**You do not need to have worked in security previously to be a great fit for this role and our team**

We are looking for an individual with:

- Strong organisational skills with an ability to plan, prioritise and schedule own work in line with appropriate policies and procedures and respond well to working in a time critical environment.
- Excellent customer service skills. An important aspect of the role involves regular communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- The ability to cultivate relationships, communicate effectively and be at ease across all levels of the organisation and beyond is essential.
- Elements of the work involve exposure to hig