Total 64 Legal / Public / Security job vacancies in Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 7LY

A reputable, Legal 500 ranked firm are seeking a family solicitor or chartered legal executiveto work from one of their offices in Hampshire.

The firm have 8 offices, spread all over the South and specialise in family law, servicing a mid-high-net-worth client base with often complex matrimonial disputes involving property portfolios, business interests, and trusts alongside complex child arrangements.

They pride themselves on commitment to offering support, guidance and career development across all roles (there is a clear progression structure that sees employees quickly climbing the ranks). They offer market leading salaries and an extensive benefits package, including a highly competitive bonus scheme, private healthcare, free parking, enhanced pension, etc.

The firm are open to a variety of experience levels, so applicants from anywhere between NQ and partner are invited to apply.

To be successful in your application, you will:

• Be a qualified solicitor or chartered legal executive.
• Have experience in family law (there is room for varying PQE levels).
• Be driven and motivated to progress quickly through the firm.

Please apply as directed or confidentially contact James Hart at Search legal for more information.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Here at NSL, part of Marston Holdings Ltd., we are not just the "parking people"; we are so much more than that. Our team of highly trained frontline colleagues and back-office support team members provide outsourced business services to the public and private sectors. These include comprehensive parking and street management solutions that contribute to creating a great place to work and live.

You will probably know us best as the friendly faces you see around your local neighbourhoods and high streets keeping your streets safe and accessible.
Within this role you will be patrolling public streets and car parks, advising the public of where they can park safely and securely, issuing tickets to incorrectly parked vehicles, reporting suspected abandoned vehicles, and dealing with enquiries from the members of the public.

If you enjoy being outdoors and have great communication skills, we would love to hear from you.

What's in it for you?

Flexible Shift Patterns
First Class Training & Development Opportunities
28 days' holiday including bank holidays
Staff benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail shopping, travel and socialising to health & wellbeing
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity package [subject to eligibility criteria]
Pension Scheme
Full Uniform provided

What do you need to be a Civil Enforcement Officer?

Excellent Communication Skills
Self-Motivated
Customer Focused
A love of working outdoors
Ability to work shifts
Ability to work on own initiative

To speak to one of our recruitment colleagues or discuss how your skills or experience may suit the role, apply online today and a member of the team will be in touch soon.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we will consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Amazing opportunity for Private Client Legal Secretary in Winchester - Salary up to £30,000!

I am currently looking for a Legal Secretary to join a well-established and reputable law firm in Winchester.

This position is ideal for someone looking to work in a fast-paced environment and has the desire to develop their administrative skills. We are looking for motivated individuals who have passion for providing a high standard of service.

Location: Winchester - Office Based
Hours: Mon - Fri 08.30-17.00 (No weekends)
Salary: £25 - 30,000 (depending on experience)

The role:
Duties and responsibilities:
* To provide secretarial and administrative support within the Private Client practice area
* Preparing correspondence and documents with speed and accuracy through typing/digital dictation
* Receiving telephone calls from clients and colleagues
* Anticipating the team needs where possible and assist in dealing with clients matters in an efficient manner
* To prepare bills, covering letters, and monitor/report unpaid bills to fee earners and carry out follow up tasks
* To monitor client ledgers and liaise with fee earners regarding including dealing with accounting issues and file closures.
* To record messages, attendances, and to ensure that the relevant team member receives information in an appropriate/timely manner
* Preparing correspondence, emails, and other documents and forms as required and proofread legal documentation
* General filing, scanning and maintenance of client files
* Maintenance of client and precedent files and review where necessary
* To build and maintain client relationships

Experience required:
* 1.5 - 2 years of experience as a Legal Secretary
* Highly motivated and able to work under pressure
* Strong administration experience
* IT skills in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams, Zoom, etc.
* Excellent attention to detail in all aspects of your work
* Strong communication and organisation skills
* Experience in using Big Hand dictation system - desirable

This is the ideal role for someone wanting to build a great career with a fantastic firm! If you believe you have the necessary skills and experience, then please apply now!

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

My client are a modern law firm and ranked in the legal 500. Due to a recent departure they are seeking to recruit an experienced family lawyer into their established Private Family Law team.

The firm offer a supportive environment, plenty of partner interaction and administrative assistance in the family team where required, they take pride in the progression opportunities they offer their employees.

Their reputation see them pull in work from across the South Coast and throughout Dorset. They have invested heavily in IT to ensure their staff are able to work to the best of their abilities.

The role will see you inherit an existing caseload of private family cases working alongside an Associate solicitor and trainee under the careful stewardship of 2 Partners. You will be required to manage your own caseload of Divorce, Financial Remedies, Child Arrangements, and associated family law files, often servicing HNW clients with issues including the division of business assets, property portfolios seeking guidance from exzpert witnesses where needed.

This role comes with an excellent remuneration and benefits package.

To be successsful you will have likely have a minimum of 3 PQE however if you have proven experience prior to qualification this will be taken into account.

For further information about this role or to discuss other roles I'm working on, please get in touch

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

To discover more about our careers in Defence, meet our team, and to find out more about what we offer, please follow this Link. We’re also a signatory of the UK Governments Women in Defence Charter, to find out more please click here.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens, we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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Site Security Officer
- EastPermanent, Full time Monday
- Friday (39 hours)SGS Oakhanger, Bordon, GU35 9JACompetitive salary plus benefits
Serco have an exciting opportunity for a Site Security Officer (team leader) to join their Skynet contract in Bordon, Hampshire. As the Site Security Officer East, you will support the Security Manager to achieve all contractual compliance activities and provide day-today management of the Oakhanger security team in accordance Serco policies and standards.
You will act as the site focal point for Security related issues and be responsible for investigating, the response and reporting of site security or contractual issues.
Main Accountabilities:


- The provision of security services for the Skynet Site under your control.
- Provide input into the development of security processes & procedures.
- Assist with business continuity, exercises, and provide feedback on the outcome.
- Oversite of the site document registries, including document control, dispatch, and destructions; provide training and assistance were necessary.
- Carry out combination changes in line with JSP’s.
- Ensure departments reports are completed at all levels and provide contractual information to the Security Manager.
- Ensure the physical security measures in place are free from defect, faults are to be reported immediately.
- Ensure site security upgrades & maintenance are carried out in accordance with agreed specifications and staff are given any necessary training.
- Give on-site security inductions/briefings & advice.
- Work in close liaison with the customer in support of MOD operations.
- Assisting in the formalisation and adherence of the customers security policies.
- Site Access Control & CCTV, ensure the appropriate controls measure are in place.
- In liaison with the contract Vetting & Access Administrator, provide support and act as the on-site point of contact in their absence.
- Management of your team in line with the Security Industry Authority SIA Approved Contractor Scheme.
- The production of risk assessments, HSE reporting and conducting workplace inspections
- At site level, liaise with Local Security Services (Civilian Police, MOD Police & CTSA) to ensure appropriate emergency response procedures are in place.
- Ensure employees complete initial and monthly training in compliance with current security, company, and customer requirements.
- Ensure your team have the appropriate resources required to carry out their duties.
- Effective management of the Serco Absence Management Policy.
- Manage staff performance in accordance with individual and team objectives.
- Any other duties as detailed by the Security manager

What you’ll need to do the role:


- An understanding of GovS 007 & MOD JSP’s or similar experience.
- Experienced manager or a senior supervisor.
- DISA Security Controller Certificate (or willing to achieve).
- DISA Security Vetting Procedures Certificate (or willing to achieve).
- Must hold a valid SIA licence (or willing to achieve).
- Must be able to achieve a Security Clearance.
- Additional requirements
- Previous experience within a large secure environment.
- Experience of working in a customer focused environment.
- A proven track record in leading a team.
- Excellent oral, interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
- Computer literacy, conversant with the Office 365 software suite.
- UK Driving License.

What we offer


- Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- A range of benefits to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family such as Employee Assistance Programme, Simply Health Plans, and more.
- Access to a huge range of discounts and exclusive deals such as Merlin Attractions, Mobile Phone discounts, Cinema discounts, Leisure, and Hospitality discounts.
- A fantastic culture and supportive team where you’ll get the chance to make a positive difference in a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
- Company discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
- Interesting and enjoyable work.
- Committed to professional and personal development with a wide range of training and coaching opportunities to expand your capabilities.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About the role

Title – Security Officer
Pay Rate – £10.90 to £12.50
Location – Southampton and surrounding areas
Shift Timings – Various hours, both part time and full time between Monday to Sunday (shift times can be as early as 0700 start and 2300 finish)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work on behalf of our client as a security officer, based in various sectors such as retail, corporate and events. We are looking for candidates who are confident, outgoing, and have good energy, as well as being the type of officer that wants to help people and be a part of a team. All you need is an SIA licence!

What will you get in return?
Please note all our roles require transfer to our client on a permanent basis after 12 weeks, with the following amazing benefits being offered upon transfer:

• Winter Support Package – supporting employees in the latest energy price increase.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Smart tech – allowing employees to buy the latest tech, deducted from their salary’s monthly at no additional interest.
• Salary finance loans and monthly advances.
• Vouchers across various retailers such as Sainsburys, Argos, ASDA, as well as holidays, leisure, fashion, pets and many more.
• Life cover.
• Private medical cover.
• Childcare vouchers.
• Private pensions.

Your main responsibilities may include:
• Patrolling the Premises.
• Offer support to visitors
• Investigating Disturbances, as well as monitoring the entry and exit Points of the premises.
• Confidently calling for help in emergency situations.
• Effectively dealing with large crowds and building positive customer relations.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following:
• 1 years’ experience is security is preferred.
• SIA License.
• Be confident, outgoing, friendly, and willing to learn.
• 5-year checkable work/career history.
• Physically fit to undertake given tasks.
• Possess the ability to work under pressure.

About our company
At BardWood Support Services we are recruitment specialists, supporting the facilities industry in the UK since 2015. We recognise that PEOPLE are our most valued resource and as such we aim to ensure our workers are matched within the right role that suits them, with a view to help them progress.

Job Ref 45878Hours Per Week: 40

Salary: £32,000 PA

Job Overview

-To work as a member of the Mitie Fire & Security Systems Operations Field service team, working closely with the Regional Service Manager and Service Desk to ensure best use of the field Engineering resource.

-Ensure effective and efficient delivery of PPM, Reactive calls and additional Small Works assigned to them.

-To ensure compliance with all Legal and Regulatory requirements.

-To support the business Service strategy and to deliver the required customer service and financial performance.

Main Duties

-Carry out routine servicing, testing, inspection, repairs and installation of, Fire Extinguishers and associated equipment and products to relevant legislative and Company's qualitative standards.

-Where required will plan and organise own work programme to ensure that it is carried out in an efficient and organised way.

-Complete all appropriate documentation and records, in a timely fashion to the required standards.

-Support the rota schedule as required, to maintain a reliable and responsive out of hour's service for customers.

-From time to time may be required to work outside of normal geographic Business Unit area to provide sickness, holiday and workload cover.

-Will actively attend and participate in any company initiated training and maintain an up to date knowledge of technical aspects of role.

-Shares technical and problem solving ability skills and knowledge with colleagues in the team.

-Complete and fully comply with the necessary Health & Safety training.

-Comply with all company procedures associated with Quality, Health and Safety and Environmental aspects of the role.

-Fully understand and comply with any site specific H & S requirements and/or training relevant to a site being worked on.

-Apply H & S legislation as it applies to own work, i.e. the need to personally assess risks prior to undertaking tasks and how to act based on that assessment.

-Wear Personal Protective Equipment provided by the company as required and to take care of and request replacement equipment as needed.

-To take care of and carry out regular checks of any company allocated vehicle as defined in the Company Fleet Policy.

-Ensure adherence to all Company Policies and Procedures.

-To be fully conversant and compliant with all Environmental Health and Safety procedures.

-To fully comply with all Quality, Environmental Health and Safety directives including but not limited to PPE, Accident Reporting, RAMS.

What we are looking for

-Proven experience in a similar role carrying out PPM, reactive calls and Small Works in the Fire & Security Systems industry.

-Service test and inspection experience to the relevant standards/codes of practice.

-Sound understanding of fault-finding techniques.

-High level of numeracy.

-High level of literacy

-Assertiveness - ability to ensure that others meet agreed deadlines.

-Excellent communication skills.

-Accuracy of work undertaken.

-Excellent communication skills.

-Ability to work on own with little supervision.

-Ability to prioritise.

-Ability to accept responsibility for timely completion of workload

-Use of PDA in everyday working.

-Microsoft Word - Basic.

-Microsoft Excel - Basic.

Health and Safety responsibilities

-Follow Group and company policies and procedures at all times.

-Report any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment.

-Use all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received.

-Report any issues or training needs to your Line manager and /or via your divisional incident reporting system.

Working within the Mitie values and behaviour

People - Mitie is a people business. It's our people, and their drive to do their jobs to the best of their ability that makes us different.Trustworthy - We do what we say we willHow we behave…

-We treat all colleagues with respect.

-We challenge people when they don't do the right thing.

-We welcome advice from anyone that might improve what we do.

-We are open and honest.

-We think safety and always follow rules for safe working.

SSE has big ambitions to be a leading energy company in a low carbon world. Following our commitment to invest £20.2 billion in low carbon projects to 2027, we have significant growth plans and are well on our way to achieving our ambition to build a world that's more sustainable and inclusive for you, your family, the community you live in and for generations to come.

Join us on our journey to net zero and help us power change.

About the Role 

Base Location: Havant, Reading, Cardiff

Salary: £55,573 - £63,643 and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

If you dont have the level of skills or experience required, we may be able to offer a lower grade role.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

Candidates for this role will be required to obtain vetting to SC level through UK Government. The criteria normally includes 5 years UK residency, further information can be found here: United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

As the SSE Cyber Incident Response Analyst, youll be responsible for managing Cyber Security incidents and threats to much of the UKs Critical National Energy Infrastructure. We also have increasing global investments which need to be protected to the same levels.

You'll actively be looking for vulnerabilities and identifying potential threats; both within the corporate environment and externally.

Incident Response

- Leading Cyber Security investigations to provide post-mortem analysis to illuminate issues and possible solutions.

- Development and optimisation of the security tooling to ensure effective discovery of suspicious activity.

- Leading security incident management and participate in problem and change management forums where required.

- Engineering and Continuous Improvement.

- In conjunction with the inhouse Threat Intelligence team and external agencies, research and investigate attack techniques to develop detection analytics to defend against them.

- Discover and identify misconfigurations or coverage gaps in existing controls.

- Follow up on deficiencies identified in reviews to ensure that appropriate remediation measures have been taken.

- Report risks using the defined escalation processes.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

- Inquisitive mindset and attention to detail.

- Significant work experience managing incidents.

- Knowledge of automation and scripting.

- In depth knowledge of Infrastructure, cloud, networking and common operating systems.

- Good written, interpersonal and analytical skills, able to negotiate successful outcomes with all levels of the organisation.

- You'll need a high level of technical skills and your day-to-day workload will typically include the management and analysis of Cyber Security events, escalation and remediation as required.

- Strong familiarity with Cyber Security standards and frameworks (eg. NIST, ISO27001).

- Awareness of Operational Technology Security.

About our Business

SSE IT underpins the technology needs of all the different businesses that make up the SSE group. From emerging technologies to data and analytics to cyber security - we power SSE's growth and enable it to generate value, while keeping it secure. As a trusted business partner that helps SSE lead in a low carbon world, we are proud of our service. Working for SSE IT is all about equipping SSE for now and the future.

What's in it for you?

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for 'Inclusion & Diversity at SSE' to find out more.

Further actions

All applications should be made online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact David on 01738 275846.

Before commencing your role with SSE, you'll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

JMSC offers government departments and agencies a central point of UK maritime expertise and understanding to assist policy and decision making. The JMSC works internationally - with states and with key international organisations - to support information sharing, relationship development and capacity building efforts.

The key elements of JMSC are:

The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC), which since 2010 has provided a mechanism for the UK’s civilian and military maritime and law enforcement focused organisations to fuse intelligence, data and capabilities. This maximises operational impact at home and abroad.
The Joint Maritime Operations Coordination Centre, which utilises cutting edge technology to provide 24/7 monitoring of UK waters. It can swiftly identify maritime security incidents and enable the effective coordination of the UK’s aerial and at-sea assets to respond – ensuring the safety and security of all those who use our seas.
The new JMSC Assessment capability, which will produce global strategic maritime security assessments to inform UK government and other stakeholders of threats within or emanating from the maritime domain. This also provides support to the UK sanctions regimes.
These functions are supported by the JMSC Strategy team, which includes workforce planning, programme management, financial planning and controls, and policy development.
Job description
The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) Strategy and Policy (Strat Pol) team form the core enabling function within the JMSC, providing critical services to the operational elements of the organisation.

JMSC Strat Pol is formed of three distinct sub teams:

Policy and Business Resilience (P&BR) – this team manages the business support functions for the JMSC including recruitment, the secretariat function for meetings, updates to the Risk Register and ensuring the resilience of the JMSC.
Security and Data Compliance (S&DC) – this team assures and manages the security of the JMSC and its personnel. It is comprised of Information Managers who assure data compliance and adherence to the Data Protection Act and STRAPSOs who manage access to systems.
Project Management Office and Finance (PMO&F) - this team manages various programmes of activity to increase the capability of the JMSC systems and the growth of the JMSC to full operating capacity. The team also includes Commercial and Finance, with responsibility for purchasing everything from stationery and desks to innovative technology and ensuring that Home Office policies are complied with.
The Business Resilience Lead will be accountable to the Policy and Engagement Manager within the Policy and Business Resilience team. You will be responsible for managing one direct report. You will be responsible for ensuring that the JMSC has a coherent business resilience plan by leading on the business risk register, infrastructure plan and people plans, working closely with the MOD Business Manager and wider JMSC team. You will be responsible for one direct report.

Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

Ownership of the JMSC Business Continuity and Resilience function within the organisation, including premises, technology, risk management, resource planning and business resilience communications & exercising, working closely with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Business Manager.
Maintenance of the JMSC Operational Risk Register, ensuring that all the operational risks to the Business are referenced and that the Operational Risk Register is integrated into the JMSC Strategic Risk Register (owned by the Assistant Director of Strategy and Policy).
Leading on the continuous development and management of the JMSC Performance Framework, including collating monthly reports for the Head of JMSC and their Senior Management Team. The focus of this work will be to collaborate with colleagues from across the organisation to further develop performance metric collection to enable the Senior Management Team to identify strengths and trends in delivering JMSC Services.
Working with JMSC stakeholders to collate and record all JMSC management and performance data, conducting analysis and producing meaningful reports for the Head of JMSC, the Joint Governance Board and stakeholders.
Providing secretariat support to all elements of the JMSC, except for meetings chaired by the Head of JMSC. You will need to develop a good working relationship with the Staff Officer to the Head of JMSC to ensure there is no duplication or gaps.
Procurement of stationery, equipment, and general facilities oversight, working closely with the MOD Business Manager.
Leading on the administration of JMSC recruitment, through the entirety of the process, and coordinate wider personnel matters.
Managing the Workforce Planning Officer, maintaining oversight of all Annual Hours Allowance (AHA) administration. AHA is an allowance paid to compensate employees working non-standard working patterns.
Person specification
Essential criteria

You must be able to demonstrate:

Experience of business continuity, or business resilience, and business planning.
The ability to work with functional teams to systematically identify and monitor risks to the organisation, and plan to mitigate those risks.
Experience of exercising sound judgement and decision making, utilising all available information.
Being a strong communicator, able to gain buy-in from team members and stakeholders to support business critical work.
Being self-motivated, highly organised, and efficient, and able to manage many competing priorities in a calm and appropriate manner.
The ability to work, and lead a team, independently and often at pace in busy situations to meet tight deadlines.
Excellent skills in written and verbal communication, and in presenting information to a wide and varied audience.

As a Senior Analyst you will work under the direction of the Assistant Director (Assessment) to

deliver global maritime security threat analysis and understanding, in accordance with JMSC strategic and operational priorities; or
analysis and understanding relating to Russian activity to avoid sanctions, in accordance with HMT, DfT and JMSC strategic and operational priorities.
This work is at the cutting-edge of delivering cross-government maritime security threat assessments in support of delivering the JMSC Mandate. It offers an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative intelligence community and participate in developing and delivering Government-facing, consolidated maritime security threat understanding. You will be able to collate and cohere threat understanding from across the national and international intelligence communities, fusing it into authoritative assessments to inform decision-making at all levels. The primary output supports the NMSC(O) in delivering the UK’s National Strategy for Maritime Security.

We have three roles available, one of which is permanent and two of which are fixed term for a period of two years in order to complete a finite piece of work. Please indicate in your Statement of Suitability which of these appointment terms you would prefer (see Selection Process details below for more information).

Successful candidates will be given a choice of appointment term in merit order. Should the first candidate in merit order opt for permanent appointments, the second and third candidates in merit order will only be offered a fixed term appointment. If they indicated a preference for permanent appointment only in their application, they will be placed on a reserve list and could be offered the same role on a permanent basis should further vacancies arise within 12 months. If they decline having indicated in their application they would accept a fixed term appointment, their application will be withdrawn. Candidates held on a reserve list may be offered one of these roles at a later date should further vacancies arise and in the event that the vacancy is not offered on their preferred appointment term (permanent rather than fixed term or vice versa), they will remain on the reserve list.

Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to:

Researching, drafting and delivering high-quality, global maritime threat assessments and presentations to satisfy standing and ad hoc intelligence requirements.
Maintaining and building enduring linkages with national and international intelligence counterparts, to understand threats in the global maritime domain.
Building an exhaustive knowledge and understanding of all threat vectors within a designated geographic region.
Understanding, articulating and helping drive forward JMSC Assessment priorities, and in turn, supporting wider business to deliver the JMSC Mandate.
Providing strong support to the Assistant Director across the full range of assessment duties, including day to day and urgent, high profile or sensitive issues.
Proactively taking responsibility for engaging with stakeholders and customers, delivering outcomes and resolving issues.
Providing high quality, succinct, timely and accurate advice and briefings.
Maintaining an overview of issues affecting wider JMSC activity.
Managing and directing the activities of one Higher Analyst.

Please also note that candidates will be required to obtain DV clearance before starting in the role.

Due to the nature of the work and the systems you will be required to access, you will likely be required to spend more than 60% of your working time in an office.

Person specification
We are looking for someone who:

Can demonstrate a passion for analysis and previous analytical experience.
Is a self-starter, able to work collaboratively and at pace to deliver against the JMSC’s objectives.
Is able to build effective stakeholder relationships and understand operational pressures across the JMSC and its stakeholders.
Has a keen interest in expanding knowledge and keeping up to date with global affairs.
Is adaptable, responsive, and sensitive to a changing political environment
Is able to effectively prioritise work.

Essential Criteria

You must be able to demonstrate:

Having previously applied highly proficient analytical skills independently to complex work, with minimal supervision.
Experience of leading and managing a team.
Exercising judgement in selecting the best approach to achieve the task while meeting existing standards and procedures and effectively negotiating priorities and deadlines.
Understanding how your work and the work of your team can assist and inform organisational objectives and the wider understanding of potential threats.
Being able to develop strong stakeholder relationships, both domestically and internationally, with a view to building enduring and collaborative analytical partnerships.
Using creative and critical thinking in analysis and research to support assessments, applying structured methods to explain how verdicts have been reached.
The ability to effectively articulate thought processes and complex matters concisely, visually, verbally and in writing.

Desirable Criteria

Advanced level (Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment) PHIA-endorsed analytical skills (or it’s predecessors) or equivalent.
An ability to routinely review effort and outputs, taking the initiative to appropriately challenge and suggest improvements.
Understand your areas of responsibility and display awareness of the wider impact of your actions.

The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) is the UK government’s centre of excellence for maritime security. Its mission is to increase awareness and understanding of maritime security threats and enable cross-government coordination to deliver a whole-system response to mitigate them.

JMSC is a multi-agency, fused military-civil organisation with staff drawn from a host of agencies including Border Force, the Royal Navy, Counter Terrorism Policing, National Crime Agency, HM Revenue and Customs, Home Office Intelligence, the Maritime Management Organisation and HM Coast Guard. It’s responsible for ensuring the UK maintains its understanding of the maritime domain and develops the cross-government coordination frameworks to respond to threats to security, law and order, trade and commerce, and the marine environment.

JMSC offers government departments and agencies a central point of UK maritime expertise and understanding to assist policy and decision making. The JMSC works internationally - with states and with key international organisations - to support information sharing, relationship development and capacity building efforts.

The key elements of JMSC are:

The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC), which since 2010 has provided a mechanism for the UK’s civilian and military maritime and law enforcement focused organisations to fuse intelligence, data and capabilities. This maximises operational impact at home and abroad.
Joint Maritime Security Centre - Operations, which utilises cutting edge technology to provide 24/7 monitoring of UK waters. It can swiftly identify maritime security incidents and enable the effective coordination of the UK’s aerial and at-sea assets to respond – ensuring the safety and security of all those who use our seas.
The new JMSC Assessment capability, which will produce global strategic maritime security assessments to inform UK government and other stakeholders of threats within or emanating from the maritime domain. This also provides support to the UK sanctions regimes.
These functions are supported by the JMSC Strategy team, which includes workforce planning, programme management, financial planning and controls, and policy development.
Job description
The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) Strategy and Policy (Strat Pol) team form the core enabling function within the JMSC, providing critical services to the Operational elements of the organisation. JMSC Strat Pol is formed of three distinct sub teams:

Policy and Business Resilience (P&BR)
Security and Data Compliance (S&DC)
Project Management Office and Finance (PMO&F)
The Deputy STRAPSO is part of the Security and Data Compliance team and will work to the JMSC STRAPSO. You will be responsible for researching security incidents, managing the JMSC SharePoint and supporting the STRAPSO with the above secret systems access.

Working Pattern

Please Note: Not all work patterns can be supported within this role. You are encouraged to contact the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made (if not earlier) to explore whether your preferred working pattern can be accommodated. The types of flexible working that may be supported are part-time working and compressed hours.

Person specification
Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

Supporting the JMSC STRAPSO in undertaking the STRAPSO and CRYPTO (cryptology) custodian role for the JMSC, including maintaining the necessary accreditation through training.
Supporting the JMSC STRAPSO by taking responsibility for the receipt and return of cryptographic material in accordance with the Security Policy Framework and Guidance.
Undertaking security audit reports and monitoring system use, investigating and reporting any security breaches or abnormal activity to the JMSC STRAPSO.
Undertaking research of security issues related to specific geographic areas of the world to provide credible security advice to the Head of JMSC, Executive Leadership Team and other staff members.
Reviewing intelligence received on high-side systems and flagging for the Head of JMSC’s attention as necessary in the JMSC STRAPSO’s absence.
Encouraging a positive security culture through regular engagement with Home Office and JMSC staff.
Undertaking and maintaining expertise in the use of JMSC systems.
Managing the JMSC SharePoint site, ensuring that accesses are regularly reviewed, and information is stored appropriately, at all classifications.
Undertaking the role of ROSA, a cross Government system for communicating, local information manager, trainer and account manager roles for the JMSC.
Essential criteria

Candidates are expected to demonstrate and/or have experience of the following:

Sound judgement and decision making, utilising all available information.
Proven communication skills, particularly with a large range of both operational and strategic, internal, and external, stakeholders.
Experience of building and managing relationships with key stakeholders at all levels.
Self-motivated, highly organised, efficient, and able to manage many competing priorities in a calm and appropriate manner.
Act ethically and with integrity, being able to take difficult decisions when they are needed, always doing the right thing, being impartial and honest.
Security Clearance

Please Note: You will be required to obtain DV clearance before starting in the role.

Desirable criteria

Previous STRAPSO, CRYPTO, and ROSA system accreditation, or a strong willingness to undertake the training.
An understanding of cross-Government maritime security work.

The key elements of JMSC are:

The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC), which since 2010 has provided a mechanism for the UK’s civilian and military maritime and law enforcement focused organisations to fuse intelligence, data and capabilities. This maximises operational impact at home and abroad.
Joint Maritime Security Centre - Operations, which utilises cutting edge technology to provide 24/7 monitoring of UK waters. It can swiftly identify maritime security incidents and enable the effective coordination of the UK’s aerial and at-sea assets to respond – ensuring the safety and security of all those who use our seas.
The new JMSC Assessment capability, which will produce global strategic maritime security assessments to inform UK government and other stakeholders of threats within or emanating from the maritime domain. This also provides support to the UK sanctions regimes.
These functions are supported by the JMSC Strategy team, which includes workforce planning, programme management, financial planning and controls, and policy development.

As a Higher Analyst you will work under the direction of a Lead Analyst to deliver either:

global maritime security threat analysis and understanding, in accordance with JMSC strategic and operational priorities; or
analysis and understanding relating to Russian activity to avoid sanctions, in accordance with HMT, DfT and JMSC strategic and operational priorities.
This work is at the cutting-edge of delivering cross-government maritime security threat assessments in support of delivering the JMSC Mandate. It offers an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative intelligence community and participate in developing and delivering Government-facing, consolidated maritime security threat understanding. You will be able to collate and cohere threat understanding from across the national and international intelligence communities, contributing to the development of assessments to inform decision-making at all levels, along with fusing it into authoritative assessments to inform decision-making at all levels.

Please note, occasional travel will be required to partner locations across the UK. Overnight stays may be necessary on some occasions.

We have five roles available, three of which are permanent and two of which are fixed term for a period of two years. Please indicate in your Statement of Suitability which of these appointment terms you would prefer (see Selection Process details below for more information).

Responsibilities

Researching and drafting high-quality, threat assessments and presentations to satisfy standing and ad hoc intelligence requirements.
Building an exhaustive knowledge and understanding of all threat vectors within either a designated geographical region or a sanctions-related theme.
Maintaining and building enduring linkages with national and international intelligence counterparts, to understand maritime threats in a designated geographic region or Russia sanctions-related activity.
Taking responsibility for engaging with stakeholders, delivering outcomes and resolving issues.
Providing high quality, succinct, timely and accurate, advice and briefings.
Providing strong support to their Lead Analyst regarding a specific area of analytical responsibility, including day to day and urgent, high profile or sensitive issues.
Understanding, articulating, and helping drive forward JMSC Assessment output, and in turn, supporting wider business to deliver the JMSC Mandate.
Maintaining an overview of issues affecting wider JMSC Assessment activity in order to feed in research in these areas.

Please also note that candidates will be required to obtain DV clearance before starting in the role.

Due to the nature of the work and the systems you will be required to access, you will likely be required to spend more than 60% of your working time in an office.

Person specification

Can demonstrate excellent research skills and the ability to analyse results.
Is a self-starter, able to work collaboratively and at pace to deliver against the JMSC’s objectives.
Is able to build effective stakeholder relationships and understand operational pressures across the JMSC and its stakeholders.
Is organised and has strong communication skills.
Has a keen interest in expanding knowledge and keeping up to date with global affairs.
Is adaptable, responsive and sensitive to a changing political environment.
Is able to effectively prioritise workload.

Essential criteria

Having previously applied analytical skills independently to complex work, with an element of supervision.
Exercising judgement in selecting the best approach to achieve the task while meeting existing standards and procedures, tailoring your approach to best meet deadlines.
Understanding how your work can assist and inform organisational objectives and the wider understanding of potential threats.
Being able to develop strong stakeholder relationships, both domestically and internationally, with a view to building enduring and collaborative analytical partnerships
The use of creative and critical thinking in analysis and research to support assessments, applying structured methods to explain how verdicts have been reached.
Articulate thought processes and complex matters concisely, visually, verbally and in writing.

Please follow link for full job specification.

The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) is the UK government’s centre of excellence for maritime security. Its mission is to increase awareness and understanding of maritime security threats and enable cross-government coordination to deliver a whole-system response to mitigate them.

JMSC is a multi-agency, fused military-civil organisation with staff drawn from a host of agencies including Border Force, the Royal Navy, Counter Terrorism Policing, National Crime Agency, HM Revenue and Customs, Home Office Intelligence, the Maritime Management Organisation and HM Coast Guard. It’s responsible for ensuring the UK maintains its understanding of the maritime domain and develops the cross-government coordination frameworks to respond to threats to security, law and order, trade and commerce, and the marine environment.

JMSC offers government departments and agencies a central point of UK maritime expertise and understanding to assist policy and decision making. The JMSC works internationally - with states and with key international organisations - to support information sharing, relationship development and capacity building efforts.

The key elements of JMSC are:

The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC), which since 2010 has provided a mechanism for the UK’s civilian and military maritime and law enforcement focused organisations to fuse intelligence, data and capabilities. This maximises operational impact at home and abroad.
The Joint Maritime Security Centre - Operations, which utilises cutting edge technology to provide 24/7 monitoring of UK waters. It can swiftly identify maritime security incidents and enable the effective coordination of the UK’s aerial and at-sea assets to respond – ensuring the safety and security of all those who use our seas.
The new JMSC Assessment capability, which will produce global strategic maritime security assessments to inform UK government and other stakeholders of threats within or emanating from the maritime domain. This also provides support to the UK sanctions regimes.
These functions are supported by the JMSC Strategy team, which includes workforce planning, programme management, financial planning and controls, and policy development.
Job description
The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) Operations Team is the operational delivery team of the JSMC and delivers maritime domain awareness and understanding as well as providing support to maritime operations.

The purpose of the Planner is to deliver both a planning role and general contribution within the JMSC Operations (Ops) environment, reporting to the Deputy Lead Planner. The Planner works as part of the JMSC Ops team that coordinates the cross-government response to maritime security incidents.

In addition to the planning function there is also a need to identify and provide awareness of emerging priorities to which JMSC Ops can contribute. The planning function includes organising and delivering multi-agency live and tabletop activities along with the maintenance of a national exercising calendar.

Person specification
Duties include but are not limited to:

Taking responsibility for delivery and working with others to achieve corporate goals in line with the planning function, including covering the roles and responsibilities of any gapped positions within the planning function as requested by the Lead Planner / Operations Pillar leadership, where trained and confident to do so.
Preparing and issuing the weekly JMSC asset disposition report.
Supporting capability trials to ensure JMSC has access to cutting edge technology.
Supporting the production, planning and delivery of multi-agency exercises in response to maritime security threats, both in the form of table-top and live exercises. This includes procurement.
Tracking Operations pillar mandatory training to provide evidence of compliance.
Providing secretariat and other support for the JMSC Stowaway Working Group.
Being prepared to support wider JMSC activity, including across the other pillars, where the planning team has capacity and they are trained and confident to do so.
Maintaining the capabilities grid in the UK/France Counter Terrorism Joint Intervention Plan.
Supporting to cross Government planning activity. Contribute to formulating response to maritime security issues and risks ensuring best asset utilisation.
Utilising in-house systems to coordinate asset response. You will be trained in and maintain skills to use in-house systems to assist in the coordination of any response to events and, in extremis, provide resilience and capacity to the operations room watchkeepers during working hours.
Essential criteria

Candidates are expected to demonstrate and/or have experience of:

A self-starter with an organised approach and the ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines.
Working effectively and remain professional in a highly pressurised environment, with the ability to deal with changing situations and to act calmly under pressure.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with clarity, conviction, and enthusiasm orally and in writing.
The professional behaviours and personal integrity associated with working alongside law enforcement organisations. This means acting ethically and with integrity, being able to take difficult decisions when they are needed, always doing the right thing, being impartial and honest.
An ability to develop strong stakeholder relationships, both internally and externally, and build enduring partnerships.
A good working knowledge of Microsoft Products.
An objective and analytical approach to work. Able to gather information from several sources, make a reasoned recommendation or assessment, and justify this both verbally and in writing.

Please follow link for full job specification.

The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) is the UK government’s centre of excellence for maritime security. Its mission is to increase awareness and understanding of maritime security threats and enable cross-government coordination to deliver a whole-system response to mitigate them.

JMSC is a multi-agency, fused military-civil organisation with staff drawn from a host of agencies including Border Force, the Royal Navy, Counter Terrorism Policing, National Crime Agency, HM Revenue and Customs, Home Office Intelligence, the Maritime Management Organisation, and HM Coast Guard. It’s responsible for ensuring the UK maintains its understanding of the maritime domain and develops the cross-government coordination frameworks to respond to threats to security, law and order, trade and commerce, and the marine environment.

JMSC offers government departments and agencies a central point of UK maritime expertise and understanding to assist policy and decision making. JMSC works internationally - with states and with key international organisations - to support information sharing, relationship development and capacity building efforts.

The key elements of JMSC are:

The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC), which since 2010 has provided a mechanism for the UK’s civilian and military maritime and law enforcement focused organisations to fuse intelligence, data, and capabilities. This maximises operational impact at home and abroad.
Joint Maritime Security Centre - Operations, which utilises cutting edge technology to provide 24/7 monitoring of UK waters. It can swiftly identify maritime security incidents and enable the effective coordination of the UK’s aerial and at-sea assets to respond, ensuring the safety and security of all those who use our seas.
The new JMSC Assessment capability, which will produce global strategic maritime security assessments to inform UK government and other stakeholders of threats within or emanating from the maritime domain. This also provides support to the UK sanctions regimes.
These functions are supported by the JMSC Strategy team, which includes workforce planning, programme management, financial planning and controls, and policy development.
Job description
The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) Strategy and Policy (Strat Pol) team form the core enabling function within the JMSC, providing critical services to the Operational elements of the organisation. JMSC Strat Pol is formed of three distinct sub teams:

Policy and Business Resilience (P&BR)
Security and Data Compliance (S&DC)
Project Management Office and Finance (PMO&F)
The Information Managers will be responsible for ensuring that all JMSC information and data is stored and managed in line with the relevant regulations. You will be part of the Security and Data Compliance team, working to the JMSC STRAPSO, but will provide an enabling function to the whole organisation.

Working Pattern

Please Note: Not all work patterns can be supported within this role. You are encouraged to contact the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made (if not earlier) to explore whether your preferred working pattern can be accommodated. The types of flexible working that may be supported are part-time working and compressed hours.

Person specification
Duties will include but are not limited to:

Collation of project and programme information.
Ensuring storage of information follows all relevant regulations and procedures, depending on the classification of the information in question.
Ensuring processes and procedures are in place to enable teams to easily access their required information without breaching information security, including sharing best practice regarding the use of JMSC templates and naming conventions etc.
Identifying breaches in information handling and escalating to the JMSC STRAPSO for reporting to the Data Compliance Team Lead.
Logging, investigating, and risk assessing breaches in information handling via the relevant procedures and reporting back into the Data Protection Assurance team.
Disseminating information on behalf of function leads, as required.
Archiving or destroying documents, in line with relevant procedures and as advised by members of the team.
Essential Criteria

Candidates are expected to demonstrate and/or have experience of:

Sound judgement and decision making, utilising all available information.
A willingness to follow processes and procedures, identifying efficiencies and opportunities to improve the relevant working practices.
Self-motivated, highly organised, efficient, and able to manage many competing priorities in a calm and appropriate manner.
An ability to work with a wide range of individuals from across JMSC, to ensure that records are maintained and stored/disseminated/destroyed as required.

Desirable Criteria

Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, preferably with an operational background.
Experience of Information Management or other equivalent skills.

The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) is the UK government’s centre of excellence for maritime security. Its mission is to increase awareness and understanding of maritime security threats and enable cross-government coordination to deliver a whole-system response to mitigate them.

JMSC is a multi-agency, fused military-civil organisation with staff drawn from a host of agencies including Border Force, the Royal Navy, Counter Terrorism Policing, National Crime Agency, HM Revenue and Customs, Home Office Intelligence, the Maritime Management Organisation and HM Coast Guard. It’s responsible for ensuring the UK maintains its understanding of the maritime domain and develops the cross-government coordination frameworks to respond to threats to security, law and order, trade and commerce, and the marine environment.

JMSC offers government departments and agencies a central point of UK maritime expertise and understanding to assist policy and decision making. The JMSC works internationally - with states and with key international organisations - to support information sharing, relationship development and capacity building efforts.

The key elements of JMSC are:

The National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC), which since 2010 has provided a mechanism for the UK’s civilian and military maritime and law enforcement focused organisations to fuse intelligence, data and capabilities. This maximises operational impact at home and abroad.
The Joint Maritime Security Centre - Operations, which utilises cutting edge technology to provide 24/7 monitoring of UK waters. It can swiftly identify maritime security incidents and enable the effective coordination of the UK’s aerial and at-sea assets to respond – ensuring the safety and security of all those who use our seas.
The new JMSC Assessment capability, which will produce global strategic maritime security assessments to inform UK government and other stakeholders of threats within or emanating from the maritime domain. This also provides support to the UK sanctions regimes.
These functions are supported by the JMSC Strategy team, which includes workforce planning, programme management, financial planning and controls, and policy development.
Job description
The Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC) Strategy and Policy (Strat Pol) team form the core enabling function within the JMSC, providing critical services to the Operational elements of the organisation. JMSC Strat Pol is formed of three distinct sub teams:

Policy and Business Resilience (P&BR)
Security and Data Compliance (S&DC)
Project Management Office and Finance (PMO&F)
The Workforce Planner will work to the Business Resilience Lead within the P&BR Team. The focus of the role will be to ensure that all recruitment administration is created, tracked, and implemented in an efficient way. The Workforce Planner will also maintain oversight of the Border Force Annualised Hours Allowance (AHA) administrative process. AHA is an allowance paid to compensate employees working non-standard working patterns.

Working Patterns:

Please note that not all work patterns can be supported within this role. You are encouraged to contact the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made (if not earlier) to explore whether your preferred working pattern can be accommodated. The types of flexible working that may be supported are part-time working and compressed hours.

Person specification
Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

Providing support to the Business Resilience Lead on the administration of JMSC recruitment.
Supporting with the drafting of Job Descriptions, Business Cases and other relevant documents to enable efficient administration of all recruitment matters.
Ensuring that the Border Force Annualised Hours Allowance system is administered on a weekly basis, working with the JMSC Operations Room Manager to ensure that the information is accurate.
Working with the Border Force Workforce Planning team and the JMSC Business Manager to ensure that the current and future Full Time Equivalent (FTE) roles are captured for financial and planning purposes.
Undertaking secretariat roles at key meetings, as required.
Essential criteria

Candidates are expected to demonstrate and/or have experience of the following:

A strong communicator, particularly with a large range of both operational and strategic, internal, and external stakeholders.
Self-motivated, highly organised, and efficient.
Evidence of working in a process driven environment, ensuring that all information is accurate and produced in a timely manner.
A willingness to learn new skills to support the organisation.
Experience of building and managing relationships with key stakeholders at all levels.
Desirable criteria

Experience of recruitment administration and/or workforce planning.