About the job

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence Police is based at RAF Wyton, and provides a specialist armed policing role to support the MOD outputs across the UK. The Information Technology Security Officer is the first point of contact within the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) for providing assurance to the Chief Constable MDP and the MOD that the MDP is compliant with relevant policies in relation to cyber and information security management.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Responsibilities of the successful candidate will include but are not limited to:-

Providing assurance that MDP IT systems are fully complaint with the relevant policies (inc JSP 440)

Providing first point of contact for MDP regarding cyber and information security.

Being responsible for providing assurance to the Chief Officer Group and the Wider MOD of the effective cyber and information security management.

Ensuring that any security breaches are correctly reported and investigated via the WARP.

Being responsible for the creation of SyOps for new systems.

Being responsible for cyber security policies.

Managing the cyber security of all non-MODNet systems, ensuring all non-MODNet systems are recorded on an asset register and maintaining the asset register.

Being responsible for the approval, allocation, review and disposal of all portable media – USBs, DVDs etc, - and logging who is in possession of said items, carrying out regular dip sampling to ensure compliance with policies.

Providing security advice to any installation staff and end users of IT systems

Liaising with contractors to ensure any maintenance is carried out without compromising security.

Develop an understanding of and be involved in the Secure by Design process.

Person specification

Must have a good understanding of IT, IT Security and Cyber security. Must be able to attend relevant training - this can involve a period away from the working/home environment.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

The selection process will be a paper sift, followed by a face to face interview for successful applicants. Feedback will be provided for all applicants. 

At sift, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours : 

• Changing and improving
  
• Making effective decisions
  
• Managing a quality service
  
• Working together
  
• Seeing the big picture
  

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 Word count)

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Behaviours : 

• Changing and improving
  
• Making effective decisions
  
• Managing a quality service
  
• Working together
  

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .

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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

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

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

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.