About the job

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Security Team at His Majesty’s Naval Base Devonport (HMNBD), a site of national, strategic importance on the waterfront of Plymouth, Devon. The role of Devonport Safety and Security Intelligent Customer is a challenging and rewarding role that supports the Naval Base Commander (NBC) with the assurance that HMNBD is compliant with the requirements of security policy. The position reports to the Assistant Head of Security (Grade 7).  

The job is varied, challenging and busy and is set within a site with a bright future, in a specialist area of importance and potential growth. The organisation under NBC is undergoing change co-incident with this job advert and change-management skills, industry and flexibility will be required to succeed. This Post will have line management responsibility of a small team within the Security Department future construct. 

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Support the Deputy Director of Health, Safety and Security Assurance, and the Assistant Heads of Security and Safety respectively, in the management and assurance of the contractual arrangements with the Industry Partners. The role will entail regular liaison within the Naval Base teams as well as with Industry Partners to ensure all obligations and requirements are understood and to lead on the assurance and reporting of the contract delivery.

The role will work between the commercial, contract management and technical teams to ensure that the required outcomes are contracted as well as receiving those services with good value for money.

To enact the role of a Devonport Security and Safety (HS&EP) Intelligent Customer (IC) on behalf of the MoD as the contracting Authority, to retain adequate resources and technical competence, to set the requirements, understand the FMSP contract, assure the deliverables and activities of the Industry Providers meet the prioritised, legal and policy requirements of the contract.

The post holder's Key Responsibilities will be: 

To ensure the Industry Providers are held to account, and to raise any concerns to the appropriate NBC Authority (commercial, safety or security) if they fail to deliver; engage with NBC’s commercial and financial teams in the case of such failure. 

To ensure value for money through the contract and drive the correct security and safety behaviours and culture into Industry Partner activities. 

To build collaborative, positive relationships with Industry Providers staff in support of the safe, secure and efficient delivery of Naval Base outputs scoped in the Contract.

Person specification

The role would benefit from commercial experience with understanding contracts but no professional qualifications are required.

They will need to be able to understand and communicate performance indicators and metrics.

They will need to be have good communication and negotiation skills.

All safety and security knowledge will be provided in role, but previous experience or at least understanding of the areas is required.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £43,080, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,631 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, Experience and Technical skills.

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

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Managing a Quality Service

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Defence Security Profession Competency Framework: Security Functional Competences – Generalist (Practitioner)
• Defence Security Profession Competency Framework: Business Continuity and Resilience: Practitioner

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. (250 Word count)

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

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Working for the Civil Service

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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.