Security & Public Access Manager- South East

This is a role for someone who thrives on responsibility, precision, and real-world impact. Every decision you make, every regulation you apply, and every assurance you deliver directly contributes to the safety and security of military personnel and the public.

The Security and Public Access Officer is responsible for managing the security of the training state which includes ensuring compliance with security protocols in accordance with JSP 440, the Manual of Defence Security. The post holder will support the Comd DTE SE on external communications to manage and maintain safe public access on the estate nationally. The role will also lead on reviewing byelaws and rights of way to best meet the needs of Defence and local communities. The post requires an understanding of military training, policy and procedures are essential in ensuring user training objectives and operational requirements are understood when addressing security and public access issues.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

1. Promulgate and oversee the implementation of all security policy across the training estate including, but not exclusively, the access control to sites and training, physical security measures, the management of armouries and magazines, and that any compliance shortfalls are identified and managed accordingly. 25%

2. Respond to public access enquiries and complaints on behalf of the Regional Commander. 10%

3. Work together with the Training Safety Marshals to enforce and advise on byelaw and Public Right of Way violations, speeding and other illegitimate activity. 10%

4. Assumes the role of IT Security Officer as directed by the regional commander. 5%

5. Lead on local communications including liaising with local focus groups, other community organisations and MoD representation on regional matters relating to public access, including the promotion to the public education and awareness with all matters relating to the MoD and the training estate whilst maintaining a primary focus of safe training. 30%

6. Report security and access incidents immediately to the HQ SyPA Officer and maintain comprehensive and accessible records and statistics of such incidences. 5%

7. Support the police with evidence relating to public access infractions, trespass, and general illegal activities across the training estate, and to conduct security investigations in accordance with RIPA if necessary. As well as attend court and provide evidence as and where necessary. This will include assisting, if asked in reviewing byelaws as requested by the Byelaws Review team by providing specialist, local knowledge to best meet the needs of Defence and local communities. 10%

8. Any Other Tasks as directed by Commander SE Region. 5%

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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

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

Please ensure that at the application and interview stages of the campaign you review the Success Profiles Framework to assist you in the demonstration of your skills and experience. ​

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Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit. ​

Candidates will be required to provide: ​​

• CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience. ​
• A Statement of Suitability. (500 Words) ​

At sift, you will be assessed against your CV, Statement of suitability and the following:

• Communicating & Influencing

At interview, you will be assessed against the following:

• Communicating & Influencing
• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

Please provide your evidence using the STAR Technique.

Situation: Describe the situation you found yourself in. You must describe a specific event or situation. Be sure to give enough detail for the job holder to understand. Where are you? Who was there with you? What had happened?

Task: The recruitment panel will want to understand what you tried to achieve from the situation you found yourself in. What was the task that you had to complete and why? What did you have to achieve?

Action: What did you do? The job holder will be looking for information of what you did, how you did it and why. Keep the focus on you. What specific steps did you take and what was your contribution? Remember to include how you did it, and the behaviours you used. Try to use “I” rather than “we” to explain your actions that lead to the result. Be careful not to take credit for something that you did not do.

Result: Don’t be shy about taking credit for your behaviour. Quote specific facts and figures easily understandable. What results did the actions produce? What did you achieve through your actions, and did you meet your goals? Was it a successful outcome? If not, what did you learn from the experience? Keep the situation and task parts brief.

Concentrate on the action and the result. If the result was not entirely successful describe what you learned from this and what you would do differently next time. Make sure you focus on your strengths. When providing your evidence please ensure that you avoid acronyms and company specific jargon.

Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, however, in the event of a significant number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead behaviour of Communicating & Influencing, previous skills and experience.

​Application sifting is provisionally scheduled to take place on week commencing: 31 August 2026

Interviews will take place in person at:

UK DTE SE HQ, Longmoor Camp , Liss , Hants , GU33 6EL

and will be conducted week commencing: Monday 07 September 2026

Please note these dates are subject to change depending on business requirements. ​

A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS candidates that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as a high volume of applications, seasonal demand, or peak periods, the employer may wish to limit the overall number of interviews offered to both DCS and non-DCS applicants.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.