Army – Counter Intelligence
Ministry of Defence
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The Ministry of Defence employs over 50,000 Civil Servants. Within that, the Army employs around 7,000 MOD Civil Servants located at over 300 locations. Ours is a diverse workforce, with roles ranging from trainers, human resources, teachers, firefighters and psychologists to storekeepers, financiers, project and programme managers, and policy secretariat staff. There are many different functions and professions delivering key outputs for the Army.
Within the Army Information Directorate, the Cyber and Security pillar, headed up by Senior Civil Servant, has a diverse and highly capable workforce. An exciting job role exists in the Principal Security Advisor's (PSyA) Team to develop, manage, and cohere Army Counter Intelligence (CI). The team sits within the Information Directorate of Army HQ and we are looking for a talented and motivated individual to join us.
Could you oversee and manage policy, investigations, and legislative requirements? Do you want to be engaged in the identification, investigation, and mitigation of threats across the physical, personnel and cyber domains? Do you want to work in the exciting growth area of cyber and security, in support of Defence and national security? This could be the role for you!
Through this role, you will have the opportunity to develop a broader understanding of the threats facing the Army across the physical, cyber, technical and personnel domains, and mitigation's in addition to wider security. You will also become a member of the Government Security Profession.
If you are a strong communicator able to engage with stakeholders across government, work efficiently and at pace, across multiple IT systems and security classifications, we need you. This post is an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to develop and progress their careers. Appropriate training courses will be provided to ensure the candidate has the skills and knowledge required to perform the role.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
You will work within a dynamic civilian and military team tasked with supporting and enabling activities and projects through Counter Intelligence management and advice, policies and taskings. This includes ensuring all activity is in line with current legislation and within military policy and permissions, including RIPA and IPA. You will support the Senior Executive Officer Counter Intelligence operations as required, and act as the focal point for Counter Intelligence activity and coordinate oversight and assurance boards, which includes the oversight and coherence of activity governed by UK law and MOD and Army policy. A key responsibility is to coordinate the understanding and as appropriate, contest Counter Intelligence threats to the Army.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- Produce, review, and disseminate CI policy for the Army.
- Coordinate, govern and assure CI and Security casework. This also can include Army PREVENT Referrals.
- Provide security advice as required, and manage policy, permissions and authorities required by Army CI including, but not limited to: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) Directed Surveillance (DS) applications, Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) applications, open-source intelligence (OSINT) applications.
- Provide advice on the disclosure / release of Defence information.
- Conduct liaison as appropriate with the wider Defence and industry stakeholders.
Attendance and participation at meetings, presentations and conferences across the UK will be required from time to time, including occasional overnight stays.
Person specification
We are looking for a talented and motivated individual who is a team player, but is equally comfortable working on their own, to coordinate, cohere and assure Army CI activity within the Defence CI federation. Someone who can handle the pressure of coordinating a wide range of activities and should be comfortable working within the service management profession, willing to challenge established norms and process and be prepared to adapt to changing priorities. We are looking for someone with previous experience working in a Counter Intelligence investigations environment, ideally with management experience (of investigations). Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
The successful post holder should be able to demonstrate:
- Ability to communicate complex risks, implications and mitigation's to non-technical individuals.
- Ability to work with diverse internal and external stakeholders and building strong relationships.
- Be highly organised and able to deal with multiple requests/priorities with competing deadlines.
Desirable Experience:
- Operational security or police investigative experience.
- Any recognised Security / Risk certification
This is a Reserved post open to UK Nationals only due to the nature and classification of the information. If successful, you will be required to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance to take up this post.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Delivering at Pace
- Making Effective Decisions
- Developing Self and Others
- Communicating and Influencing
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
Benefits
As a civil servant working alongside the Army, you will be part of a forward-looking organisation with inclusive workplace policies, excellent career prospects and a job that makes a difference.
The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance.
Other benefits for Army civil servants include:
- 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
- Highly competitive pension scheme
- Personal and professional development of skills
- Alternative working patterns for many roles
- Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities
- On-site Gym, Shop and parking
Learning and Development
We believe that everyone has the potential to make a difference and you will be supported to help you learn and advance in your career. This includes working towards membership of a professional body and/or undertaking a modern apprenticeship as part of your role.
A modern apprenticeship is a combined package of work and training. Through the schemes available you will gain a professional qualification, practical experience, and the broader skills required to develop in your current role and pave the way for your future career. Most of the training will be ‘on-the-job’, with the remaining ‘off-the-job’ training delivered by an external training provider. This means minimal disruption to your work alongside a big developmental opportunity.
Professional qualifications which can be achieved through an apprenticeship range from Level 2 (equivalent to 5 GCSEs/ broadly equivalent to Scottish National 5s(N5s)), Level 3 (equivalent to 2 A Levels//broadly equivalent to Scottish Higher/Advanced Higher (H/AH)), and Levels 4 -7, which can give you a foundation degree, a full Bachelor’s degree, or a Master’s degree. They normally last between 12 months - 3 years, depending on the level of the apprenticeship.
Anyone can undertake an Apprenticeship and everyone, regardless of age, can benefit from developing their skills in an accredited way.
Successful candidates can discuss their development options with their manager when in post.
Discover my benefits- outlines the range of benefits available to MOD Civil Servants.
A Great Place for Veterans to Work scheme which was introduced by the Government in 2020 under the Veterans Strategy Action Plan which included the commitment of making the Civil Service a great Place to Work for Veterans. To be eligible for this scheme in the Civil Service, candidates must meet the minimum standard for the role being applied for and:
- have served for at least one year in His Majesty’s Armed Forces (as a Regular or Reserve); this includes time spent training
- be in transition from, or ceased to be a member of, HM Armed Forces
- not already be a civil servant, or be employed by a Civil Service Commission accredited public body
- There is no maximum time limit from when you left HM Armed Forces to be eligible for this initiative.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
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Selection process details
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
At application you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
- Leadership
- Making effective decisions
You will also need to provide a Personal Statement of no more than 500 words describing your experience in the field of security and investigations and a submit a CV detailing your previous job history and previous skills and experience.
At interview you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
- Communicating & influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Making effective decisions
- Developing Self and Others
Application sifting is scheduled to take place 7 days after the application process closes.
Interviews are likely to take place at Army HQ, Andover or via MS Teams W/C 28th October. A minimum of 2 full working days’ notice will be provided for interviews. We endeavour to stick to these time-frames, but these are subject to change around business needs.
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.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Michelle Costello
- Email : Michelle.Costello112@mod.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dbscivpers-resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
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