Navy - Physical Security Officer

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

- 370408**Salary**:

- £28,300- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Navy - Naval Base Commander Clyde - Clyde Security Organisation**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
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
- HM Naval Base Clyde, Coulport, Helensburgh, G84 0PDAbout 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, First Mine Counter Measure Squadron and 43 Cdo Royal Marines. It is an operational support and maintenance base, within the Navy Command TLB 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.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:
As the Physical Security Officer, you will have the opportunity to:
1. Assist with physical security projects for the Nuclear Security Manager (NSM) and provide Subject matter expert (SME) support to other Base projects as the need arises.

2. Review all MoD Police/MOD Guard Service Occurrence Reports, noting any trends in degradation or lapses in security.

3. To provide physical security advice on security aspects of Projects, so that required standards of security are addressed at planning, briefs, construction, handover, and maintained in subsequent operation.

4. In the absence of NSM, deliver comprehensive brief to Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (FPGRM) prior to and during deployment.

5. In the absence of NSM attend all daily security briefings capturing all key Physical Security issues across RNAD Coulport and brief at the appropriate weekly meetings and any other security briefings as directed by the Deputy Nuclear Security Authority (Coulport) (DNSA(C)) and NSM.

6. Conduct initial investigations into all breaches of physical security, including preparation of subsequent reports.

7. Designated CSyO(C) Security Key Officer, including the management of all security keys, excluding two Person Rule keys.

8. Conduct regular spot checks on the Physical Security Equipment across the RNAD Coulport estate (including in the Control Rooms), and areas of particular interest such as Armouries, in line with the Nuclear Self Assurance regime.

9. Review the state of security systems, including CCTV, PIDS and IDS daily and, where there are faults, work to remedy these and mitigate risks.

10. In consultation with the Nuclear Security Manager, produce Operational Requirements for any projects at RNAD Coulport where Security is a stakeholder or DHNBS is the lead.

11. Develop and produce to a Security Asset Register for RNAD Coulport, capturing all Security Equipment, its maintainer, and any contractual details.

12. Act as Assistant Atomic Liaison Officer (A/ALO) and POLARIS Sales Agreement Officer (PSAO)

13. Provide cross-site support as directed by DNSA(C).

14. Conduct any other Physical Security tasking as directed by NSM, DNSA(C) or NSA Asst Hd at HMNB Clyde

15. Contribute to the Security Assurance team's Nuclear Self Assurance process at RNAD Coulport ensuring reports are written following assurance activities for the attention of DNSA(C).

16. Conduct Protective Security Assurance Visits as directed by DNSA and NSM.

17. Represent Clyde Security Organisation at meetings where Physical Security advice is required.

18. Compilation of statistics for Deputy Head Navel Base Security successes, opportunities, failures, threats (SOFT) report and daily stats for security system and defect reports.

19. In addition the post holder will undertake tasking as identified by NSM to ensure delivery of Departmental outputs.

**Person specification**:
A full UK driving licence would be desirable.

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

- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Communicating and Influencing

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,198 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £8,198 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefit