About the job

Job summary

The NCA has grown in size and complexity in recent years and it is vital that it maintains a security posture and capabilities to protect against existing, new and emerging threats. 

The Integrated Protective Security Command (IPS) is responsible for securing the Agency to protect the public. The IPS mission statement is: Securing the Agency to protect the public "Delivering integrated protective security to build a resilient, high-trust Agency able to lead the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime."

IPS safeguards the NCA from the full range of security threats that target the Agency, our officers and our assets, to enable the organisation to achieve its operational objectives, both domestically and overseas, with flexibility, agility and integrity. Its officers provide specialist security services to the Agency 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to mitigate security risks.

Job description

The NCA'S Business Continuity Management Team works within the NCA’s Integrated Protective Security (IPS) command. Our role is to maintain relationships with all areas of NCA business, ensuring that  robust and regularly tested business continuity plans are maintained to protect the agency's critical activities, key products and services ensuring the agency can continue to conduct its business safely and securely in the face of unexpected disruption and protect all NCA staff, its operations/investigations, assets, capabilities and reputation.

We are currently looking to recruit two Senior Officers to join our Business Continuity Management team. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates.

This role will appeal to someone who has a keen eye for detail who wishes to expand their knowledge and understanding of the whole agency, with the opportunity to engage with senior leadership and a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to influence change and make an important contribution to overall agency resilience.   

Please note; There will be a need to travel occasionally to different sites across the organisation.

***To be considered, you will need to successfully complete SC Enhanced clearance before commencing the role***

Person specification

Main Responsibilities:

• Deputise for the Business Continuity Manager, providing resilience and assurance in the role, including liaison with the Business Continuity executive sponsor and governance structures; 
• Supervise a team of officers to manage the business as usual requirements of the Business Continuity Management team, prioritising and allocating incoming work and managing and developing the Business Continuity Management System, utilising BCM management information tools and an actions tracker;   
• Manage a suite of Business Continuity Plans, supported by appropriate policy, operating procedures and other supporting documents; ensuring every team has robust BCPs in place to support its Critical Functions;
• Consider agency Site Specific Critical Incident Management Plans (SSCIMPs), supported by appropriate policy, operating procedures and other supporting documents; ensuring each site has a robust plan, reviewed and tested annually;
• Direct the collection and analysis of Critical Functions’ Business Impact Assessments (BIA) providing results and products as well as collaborating with other stakeholders to determine ranking and prioritisation to help recovery solutions;
• Conduct business continuity exercises to test plans, assumptions and resilience, working with business areas to close gaps, improve processes and increase resilience;
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to foster collaborative working; this includes senior leaders and managers, and the Business Continuity SPOC network; 
• Participate in internal and external audits of the BCMS, to maintain ISO certification, working with the BCM and engaging with auditors and business area representatives to explain processes and procedures, ensure documentary evidence is presented and follow-up on recommendations for improvement to ensure compliance;
• Supervise the maintenance and development of the Business Continuity Knowledge Hub to increase awareness and understanding, of business continuity policy, protocols, best practice and compliance standards; 
• Undertake horizon scanning to identify potential disruptive events and emerging threats and research Business Continuity software solutions to streamline and improve the efficiency of data collection and analysis within the business continuity management system.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £41,347, National Crime Agency contributes £10,433 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.

If you wish to apply for this vacancy, you must submit your application by 23:55 on Sunday 18th February 2024.

You will be asked to complete a CV as part of the application process. Please see the candidate information pack for more information.

Your CV will be used for reference only, and will not be scored as part of the application process.

Once submitted your application will be acknowledged by the Government Recruitment Service. 

Please note depending on the volume of applications a Longlist at sift may be conducted on following criteria:

• Experience of working in business continuity management, emergency planning, disaster recovery or risk management and conducting business impact assessments (BIAs)

Candidates must pass this criteria for their application to be progressed.

A panel will then assess your application to select those demonstrating the best fit for the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the Entry Criteria section.

Failure to address any or all of these may affect your application.

Sift results are expected to be released w/c Monday 4th March 2024.

Interviews will take place throughout March 2024 - locations to be confirmed. Please be advised that the type of interview (eg. virtual/face-to-face) may be subject to change and successful candidates will be notified of this prior to attending. However the interview is conducted, the interview criteria will remain as shown on page 15 of the Candidate Information Pack.

The above sift and interview dates are an indicative timeline.

Should you be successful at sift but cannot attend on the interview date(s) listed the recruitment team cannot guarantee an alternative date. Please contact the recruitment team.

You will then be asked to attend an interview in order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence.

Full details of the assessment process will be made available to shortlisted candidates.

Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Any instances of plagiarism including copying of examples/answers from internet sources will result in a withdrawal of your application. Further action, including disciplinary action, may be considered in such cases involving internal candidates. Providing false or misleading information would be contrary to the core values of honesty and integrity expected of all Civil Servants.

Multi-Location

Where more than one location is advertised, candidates will be appointed in merit order for each location. You will be asked to state your location preference on your application.

Please be aware that you can be posted to any location that you put in your preferences. If you would only like to be posted to one location, please confirm one location only. If you are posted to a location that you have requested and you do not accept that location, you may not be offered another role.

Please note, only advertised location can be offered. Notes populated in a free text box will not be taken into consideration.

Near Miss

Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be considered for other positions in the NCA which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match.

Hybrid Working

Here at the NCA we have a hybrid working arrangement in place enabling officers to work a proportion of their role remotely. Eligibility and the degree of home working will vary depending on the requirements of the role. Further details can be discussed at offer stage.

Reasonable Adjustment

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. As part of our application process you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process that you may need. If you have a disability or long-term condition (a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities protected under the Equality Act 2010) and need us to make any adjustments or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Please contact us by emailing ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk or calling 0117 372 0000 as soon as possible before the closing date if you wish to discuss any reasonable adjustments before applying.

Inclusion and Accessibility

The NCA embraces and values diversity in all forms. Being truly reflective of the communities we serve and building a culture where everyone can perform at their best is critical to leading the UK’s fight against serious and organised crime – something which affects us all. We want to recruit and retain the very best and broadest diversity of officers so the NCA welcomes applications from individuals from all backgrounds.

We are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

VETTING REQUIREMENTS SC

All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK.

The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.

If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements.

Checks will be made against:

• Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
• UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
• Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
• Security Services records

We encourage all candidates to thoroughly review the candidate pack which explains the role further before submitting an application.

If you have any specific queries about the role that are not covered by the candidate pack, please contact:

ncarecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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

Security

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.