Personal Vetting

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

- 376048**Salary**:

- £26,235- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Strategic Command**Type of role**:

- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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**Benefits**:
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Location
- HerefordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
The post holder will be expected to:
Maintain the Unit’s Vetting Register, ensuring accurate clearance recorded for all Military, MOD Civil Service, Deployed Service Personnel, Contractors and visitors.

Initiating timely clearance reviews for Service Personnel to ensure correct and continuous clearance is held for each post.

Ensure all personnel complete the annual Security Appraisal Form.

Administering and advising the Unit on vetting policy and procedures.

Provide advice, assistance and guidance with all security related enquiries.

Arranging and liaising with UKSV Vetting Officers in arranging interviews, chasing information as necessary.

Advise the SyWO of any clearance matters that need to be added to the Unit’s Risk Register, and when to remove.

Filing management of Vetting and STRAP documentation for Unit and Deployed Personnel.

Brief clearance policy and procedures to new members (Selection and Deployed Personnel).

Liaising with the Security Cell and the MDP Lodge, providing clearance and requesting passes for personnel as per access control measures, for Unit and Deployed Personnel.

Liaise with coalition organisations to facilitate access/visits in the UK and overseas locations for all unit and Deployed Service Personnel.

Completing clearance checks for Secret and AS Account Requests for Unit and Deployed Personnel.

Liaise with the Security Cell and Herefordshire Council Electoral Services to provide guidance, and complete Anonymous Electors Applications and Attestation for Service Personnel Voters.

**Person specification**:

- Good liaison skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all ranks/grades, both civilian and military
- Ability to brief, as well as to organise meetings.
- Plan and manage own workloads, and flexibility to attend functions/events outside of the structured working day
- Computer literate (MS Office, knowledge of CRM software) and a willingness to undertake additional training to maintain currency

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

- Delivering at Pace
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Changing and Improving
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £26,235, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,600 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97.

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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**Selection process details**:

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