Navy Command Ci Vetting Officer

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

- 275460**Salary**:

- £22,220**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 Commando Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance Naval Base within Navy Command 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 Class 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 is able to deliver its operational commitments across all Defence Lines of Development from Scotland on an enduring basis.

This provides an excellent opportunity for commencing and developing an exciting and challenging career within the Ministry of Defence and Civil Service.

The HMNB Clyde Security Organisation (CSyO) is responsible for the Force Protection measures that protect both Faslane and RNAD Coulport sites from a wide range of threats against the establishments and their outputs, including the Continuous at Sea Deterrent, SSBN and SSN submarine programmes, and the Nuclear Weapon programme.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

**Job description**:
An established part of the Security Organisation is the Counter Intelligence (CI) Section. A rare opportunity has come available to join the CI Section as a CI Personnel Security and Vetting Officer, a position which has responsibility for supporting the delivery of the HMNB Clyde Personnel Security, Vetting and Insider Threat programmes which are focussed on protecting all staff and contractors within the establishment from threats, including terrorism, espionage, sabotage, subversion or serious and organised crime (TESSOC).

Working in the CI Section you will be part of a busy, dedicated and professional team of CI Officers. This post will have individual responsibilities for supporting the Personnel Security and Insider Threat programme and for delivering a Security Vetting and Screening Check service at HMNB Clyde. In addition, the post holder will work with a wide range of internal and external security and intelligence staff whilst providing guidance and advice on all Personnel Security and Security Vetting matters at HMNB Clyde.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provision of direct personnel security support to CI Casework Officers to mitigate and counter TESSOC threats and insider risks.
- Deliver an effective Vetting and Screening Service.
- Support the identification and evaluation of high-risk personnel at HMNB Clyde, ensuring those in highly sensitive roles are known and monitored by CI Officers.
- Collation, verifying and processing of Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and vetting documents and corresponding security clearance documentation.
- Check and verify security questionnaire documentation, verify and check identity documents and investigate discrepancies.
- Liaise with United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and other Security and Intelligence stakeholders on Personnel Security and clearance matters.
- Ensure that security vetting casework is managed in accordance with priorities.
- Manage the impact of UKSV Security Restriction requirements and advise CI Casework Officers accordingly.
- Liaison with MOD Police for undertaking background checks and for maintaining records and reporting results.
- Responsible for undertaking screening checks of contractors entering HMNB Clyde.
- Assist with the development of Sensitive Post Analysis.

**Person specification**:
The post holder will have the exciting opportunity to join the HMNB Clyde CI Section and work closely with a diverse range of Defence and UK Intelligence Community (UKIC) stakeholders. You will be working alongside experienced, dedicated and focused CI Officers, actively contributing to detecting, deterring and counteracting the threat at HMNB Clyde.

Flexibility, discretion, initiative and an ability to pre-empt and be proactive are all essential skills for the position.

A good working knowledge of Microsoft Office is essential for this post.

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