Personnel Security Lead (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 6 Months

Contracting Authority: DEFRA

Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week in Weybridge, Surrey & the rest WFH.

In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people's lives. We are responsible for England's environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards. We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives. These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.

SC/CTC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be eligible and willing to undergo these checks

As a Personnel Security Lead, your main responsibilities will be:

• Responsible for quality assuring requests for security clearances for Defra group and its key suppliers.
• To engage with United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) to raise requests, taking ownership of cases and supervising them through to completion.
• To act as a primary point of contact to our customers, providing advice and guidance on the various services we offer, to ensure their personal security needs are met.
• To strive for a high standard of work and customer service and a keen eye for detail is key.
• The management of vetting portal, providing sound advice and guidance in line with industry standards.
• Preparation of complex case work, ensuring all relevant documentation is available and process followed, for presentation to senior leaders for decisions.
• Preparation of business cases, for example residency risk assessments, ensuring all relevant documentation is available and process followed, for presentation to senior leaders for decision.
• Maintenance of various logs, to ensure cases, risk assessments etc. are appropriately documented and monitoring of logs to ensure successful completion in a timely manner.
• Arrangement of BPSS requests advising the business of the process and monitoring through to completion.
• Development and maintenance of products and briefs, including content management of the security intranet sites and SharePoint sites.
• Delivery of personnel security briefings/presentations as required.

You'll have relevant experience in:

• Recognised qualification in security management e.g., Certificate in Information Security Management Principals or equivalent experience and commitment to work towards qualification.
• Delivering personnel security services within a large organisation.
• Excellent organisational, communications and presentation skills.
• Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at working levels of an organisation.
• Ability to take across-government approach, considering the impact of your decisions in the broadest of settings.
• Performing effectively to deadlines, maintaining focus in challenging situations and adapting to find solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Management experience.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Ciara Lynn

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, DEFRA guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.