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Physical Security Assurance Manager

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Department
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Location
London, Birmingham, Salford, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Darlington
Openings
1 post
Grade
SEO
Salary
£43,765 to £53,220
Closing
7 days left
Profession
Administration, Project & Programme Delivery, Operational Delivery
Contract
Permanent
Security clearance
SC
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
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Job summary

The Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) is a shared corporate service. It provides corporate services (HR, Finance, Digital, Commercial, Security and Estates) across the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT).

Our team of over 400 professionals will be leading the way in how these functions will be delivered in the future. Our ambition is to be the leading provider of integrated corporate services for government and set the standard for quality, efficiency, and innovation in our field.

We offer great working benefits including a world-class pension, flexible working options and a career where your learning and development is taken seriously. We are enormously proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We support candidates with adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Information about disability confidence and just some examples of the adjustments that you can request can be found in the reasonable adjustment section below.

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What they’re looking for

  • Key Responsibilities
  • Managing the security assurance programme across the DESNZ and DSIT national estate. This involves working closely with key stakeholders such as Estates, Government Property Agency (GPA), and Private Landlords to maintain an appropriate level of security for each building. This will require semi-regular travel throughout the estate.
  • Monitoring and analysing threats to the physical security of the national estate, collaborating with landlords and colleagues to ensure effective information sharing and incident response.
  • Engaging stakeholders in mitigations where security risks are identified.
  • Maintaining programme management documentation for the estate such as risk registers, action logs, threat tooling, security assessments and remediation reports.
  • Working closely with other DSU teams and stakeholders on national estate security projects such as access control changes and secure services
  • Supporting the DSU in providing up-to-date physical security information to the departments and Partner Organisations on a monthly basis.
  • Drive customer compliance with relevant regulation and legislation, working closely with the DSU Culture lead to provide accurate guidance to customers.
  • Undertake security incident management responsibilities, including issuing physical security incident response communications to stakeholders, assuring stakeholders’ incident management plans in the estate, and supporting the DSU workstream to centralise incident management as a DSU service.
  • Performing appropriate secondary duties as the need arises by the management team to maintain cross-functional security resilience and as part of your development.
  • Line Manage 1 x HEO, overseeing the performance of the ICS GovPass Service.
  • Undertake physical security onboarding activity of new buildings, communicating progress to the ICS Onboarding Manager and the Security Adviser.
  • Be a point of contact for Department business and individuals seeking advice on physical security mitigation methods.
  • Provide Security Duty Office cover for the Department (about 1 week in every 8).
  • Be a role model for the security community, modelling Civil Service values to champion and develop the profession across government.
  • Skills and Experience
  • show knowledge of protective security principles and operational experience of working in a security environment.
  • building effective relationships, engage and negotiate with key stakeholders and staff at all levels of seniority, ensuring that security risks and actions are adequately promoted and considered
  • capacity and capability to apply good judgement and respond to sophisticated, dynamic situations.
  • having flexible, team player attitude, encouraging collaborative team and cross-department working and can work within a small but robust team.
  • utilising an analytical approach, having a strong eye for detail and the ability to identify areas for improvement and suggest solutions.
  • delivering in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to prioritise by risk to deliver security to standard, acting promptly to meet targets and maintain performance.
  • It would also be beneficial if you demonstrate any of the following skills or experience:
  • Project or programme management experience.
  • As a line manager, you will be responsible for working with your members of staff to define their objectives, as well as managing their development and performance.
  • Essential criteria
  • Experience in planning and delivering protective physical security (ideally from working in a central government organisation, large corporation, the armed forces, police or as part of a commercial security company) as well as a desire to keep learning.
  • Experience of contractual or service level agreements and acting as an intelligent customer.
  • Experience in risk management and using data to inform decisions.
  • Ability to work at pace and adapt quickly to changing priorities and customer needs.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain timelines, risks and requirements clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Desirable criteria
  • Professional accreditation (e.g., MSyI, FSyI, CSyP), or willingness to work toward this.
  • Level 4 Protective Security Apprenticeship.
  • Demonstrable interest or experience in using PowerBI or reporting software to improve processes or productivity.

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Job description

This role is based within the Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) Departmental Security Unit (DSU), which delivers protective security and business continuity support and assurance to both the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) through a shared service approach.

This role is within the Physical Security team within the department security unit (DSU). Our unit is responsible for all aspects of the physical, information, IT and personnel security, as well as resilience. The role within the physical team, run by a Grade 6 Security Adviser for Physical and Personnel Security, will be mainly focused on assuring the physical security measures across our national estate.

We are seeking a proactive, well-organised, and flexible Physical Security professional to maintain the management, maturation and continuous improvement of the Physical Security assurance programme. As Physical Security Assurance lead, you will be responsible for the team’s assurance activities including risk recording and reporting. You will also need to develop and maintain strong working relationships with our landlords and stakeholders.

You will also oversee the ICS GovPass service, ensuring a robust service for our customers within pre-agreed timeframes, whilst seeking opportunities for continuous improvement of the operational processes.

Please contact the vacancy holder if you would like to discuss this role in further detail.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Selection process

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV, personal statement and a behavioural statement.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Please use your personal statement (in no more than 750 words) to outline your suitability for the role.

Applications will be sifted on behavioural statement, CV, and personal statement.

In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the personal statement only.

Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.

The interview will consist of behaviour and strength-based questions.

Sift and interview dates

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Further Information

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Reasonable Adjustment

We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.

Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in our DESNZ Candidate Guidance. A DESNZ Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.

We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.

Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

Any move to the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

DESNZ does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).

DESNZ cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.

DESNZ holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service/ Disclosure Scotland on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

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