Personnel Security Lead

Job Description

Job title: Personnel Security Lead

Location: Glasgow

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £35,000 per annum

What you'll be doing:

• Support the development and delivery of the Maritime Naval Ships Personnel Security Policies and Insider Threat Strategy
• Support the Security Operations Manager in any security investigations, ensuring the effective collation of information and completion of follow up actions
• Provide specialist advice to the Maritime Naval Ships Security Function in the implementation of personnel security requirements and act as SME to other Business Functions
• Ensuring the quality, secure handling and data sharing complies with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Monitoring and reporting of security systems to ensure any risks are identified and appropriately recorded and reported
• Support the improvement of security culture by raising personnel security awareness across all functions of the Business, including Line Manager awareness to be able to identify and flag concerning changes in behaviour
• Monitor and risk assess Joiners, Movers, Leavers
• Monitor and oversee all security vetting activities for Naval Ships

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Previous experience working in a similar role
• Be able to demonstrate an ability to build, develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, partner agencies and maintaining total confidentiality throughout
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to take a systematic approach to analyse and investigate security issues and to develop solutions or improvements
• Ability to work on you own initiative

Desirable

• Defence background
• Experience of the implementation or operation of security policies

Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The BAE Systems Security Function:

The function oversees personal security for Naval Ships across the UK. You will be supporting the application of personnel security policy, standards and procedures which seek to mitigate the risk of employees, contractors and visitors exploiting their access to an organisation's assets for unauthorised purposes. This challenging role is a great opportunity to work with multiple stakeholders within the business and action security policy.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 9th May 2023

Interviews for the position will take place: w/c 20th May

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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