Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location New Haw, South East England, KT15 3NB About the job Job summary We are looking for people with a passion for leadership, wanting to do interesting and creative roles that help civil servants and public sector leaders to succeed in their roles and support citizens by collaborating across the public sector. You will provide business, science, and people leadership driving transformative change, innovation, and science excellence for APHA. Are you someone who can lead and manage change in a challenging and dynamic environment? Do you want a role safeguarding standards of animal and plant health and welfare? Would you like to be part of an agency where we value managers responsible for building and maintaining employee morale, helping employees reach their full potential and inspiring employee loyalty? The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) is an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and works on behalf of the Scottish Government and Welsh Government. Our diverse teams of over 3,000 skilled and committed professionals come together to provide research, advice and support to UK Government for safeguarding animal, public and plant health for benefit of the environment and economy. You will act as the principal advisor on physical security and security culture matters relating to APHA Weybridge, ensuring appropriate policy and procedures for the discipline are in place and acting as a point of contact for the APHA security function. You will have critical input to defining security policy across APHA and will be responsible for advising at all levels of the organisation under direction of the APHA Corporate Security Advisor. As the Weybridge Security Manager, you will support the agency to fulfil its departmental and statutory security responsibilities. This is an exciting and meaningful opportunity to join the Government Security Profession, playing a significant part in ensuring the APHA is meeting its wide-ranging obligations. transformation, and establishing a new security function for APHA aligned to Government Functional Standard Security 007. Job description Your responsibilities will include: Leading Security Incident Management and Recovery activities. Providing expert advice and guidance on physical security matters. Providing expert input to the investigation and resolution of any physical security breaches, ensuring lessons learnt are documented and communicated. Providing subject matter expertise on physical security audits, preparing and maintaining Operational Requirements and advising on physical security controls to ensure that we comply with legislation and regulation. Working with others to develop a risk based annual plan of physical security reviews and conducting physical risk assessments. Developing appropriate security contingency plans ensure that they are reviewed, tested and exercised in alignment with the Weybridge Site Incident Response Plan. Regular engagement with Defra Group Security and the APHA Corporate Security function to ensure security requirements are met. Enabling the adoption and implementation of effective security risk management (of potential threats, vulnerabilities and impacts) and appropriate risk mitigation, reducing physical security risks to an acceptable level, with input from internal and external stakeholders as required. Delivering physical security risk assessments; ensuring they are conducted, documented and communicated appropriately. Supporting the Facilities Management Team in delivery fit for purpose security via the FM contract through review and development of plans, policies and processes. Chairing the Weybridge Security Working Group ensuring timely resolution of actions and escalations. Line management of 2 members of staff (2 x SEOs), including setting goals, day-to-day management, reviewing performance, and assisting with their career and development. Person specification You will need to demonstrate the following: You will be highly motivated, dynamic, and proactive; able to work in a fast-paced environment, managing time and competing priorities effectively. Management of security risks within a security governance framework. Providing subject matter expertise on physical security audits, preparing Operational Requirements and advising on physical security controls in a regulated environment. Experience of responding to and/or managing response to security incidents and working in a high risk / critical facility. Ability to analyse complex information in order to provide appropriate expert advice and guidance. Performing effectively to deadlines, maintaining focus in challenging situations and adapting to find innovative solutions that meet the needs of stakeholders. Contract Management experience, including working with industry, security manufacturers and security consultants, to drive best practice. Previous physical security experience within either a government or public sector organisation. Must be able to hold Security Check (SC) clearance. Please see guidance from UKSV through United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK ( gov.uk ) Qualifications BTEC Level 5 qualification/certification in Physical Security or Risk Management (aligned to the Security Institute Diploma in Security Management); or ability to demonstrate equivalent workplace experience. Staff may be required to work weekends, Bank Holidays and occasional evenings in the event of an incident or disease outbreak. In the event of this you may be eligible for overtime payments and where overtime is approved you will receive appropriate payment. APHA Management reserves the right to change overtime patterns to meet requirements. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Leadership Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Working Together Seeing the Big Picture Changing and Improving We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Leadership Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Benefits Alongside your salary of £59,900, Animal and Plant Health Agency contributes £17,353 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. In return for your dedication and hard work, we will support your ongoing personal development through appropriate training as inclusion, support and the development of our people matter to us. We aim to support the career and personal wellbeing of everyone in APHA. Our benefits include generous annual leave, a generous employer contributory pension, staff bonuses and recognition, salary sacrifice benefit options, and an employee discount scheme, reward vouchers and in-year bonuses. We also offer additional days off if accrued extra hours (flexi-time if accumulated), three paid volunteering day per year. We also have a social committee who run team building and fun events at the Weybridge site. Further details can be found in the Candidate Information Pack. Everyone in APHA is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. When you join the Directorate, you will be welcomed into your new team through an induction programme that will provide you with helpful information on the civil service, our work and our policies. Your line manager will also work with you to establish your priorities for the year, developing a performance, learning and development plan tailored to you and your role. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. Application Process As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete a CV-style application template and a 750-word Personal Statement against the details in the Person Specification and Job Description. You will also be asked to provide an example (max of 250 words each) against the behaviours (Leadership, Communicating and Influencing and Delivering at Pace). Please use the STAR technique (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to provide evidence of each behaviour. Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form. Sift Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead Behaviour, Leadership. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed. Interview If successful at application stage, you will be invited to interview where you will be assessed on Behaviours and your skills and experience. A 10 minute presentation will also be assessed and the topic will be provided to successful candidates ahead of the interview. Your interview will be conducted face to face at APHA Weybridge. Location As part of the pre-employment process for this post, successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. The agreed contractual workplace is then the substantive and permanent place of work for the successful candidate(s). Where the location is National the successful appointee should discuss and agree an appropriate contractual location in line with both Defras location policy and site capacity, prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes. Successful applicants currently employed by the hiring Defra organisation for this post may choose to remain in their current contractual location or may choose to change contractual location to one of those listed above. This should be discussed and agreed prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes. The agreed amount of time spent at a workplace for this post will reflect the requirement for Civil Servants to spend at least 60% of their working time in an organisation workplace with the option to work the remaining time flexibly from home. Working time spent at a workplace may include time spent at other organisational locations including field-based operational locations, together with supplier, customer or partner locations. This is a non-contractual agreement which is consistent with common Civil Service expectations. Travel costs to non-contractual workplaces will be subject to departmental travel and subsistence policies. Travel costs to contractual workplaces are the responsibility of the employee. The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location, and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. Defra includes the core department, APHA, RPA, Cefas and VMD. The contractual workplace is APHA Weybridge (New, Haw, Addlestone, Surrey) and will be the substantive and permanent place of work for the successful candidate. Reserve List A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made. Salary New entrants are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. Visa Sponsorship Statement Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Reasonable Adjustment If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, 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: Contact Government Recruitment Service via defrarecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs 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 youre deaf, a Language Service Professional Accessibility If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section. Criminal Record Check If successful and transferring from another Government Department, a criminal record check may be carried out. In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading. Internal Fraud Database Check Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment. A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5-year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government. NSV For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting Higher Security Clearance Please be aware the levels of national security clearance are changing which may impact on the level needed for this role by the time of appointment. All efforts will be made to keep candidates informed of any changes and what that will mean in terms of vetting criteria. For more information please See our vetting charter. The Weybridge site is a strategically important national asset due to its role as a reference laboratory supporting the Governments response to national emergencies including disease outbreaks. For this reason, all post holders based on the APHA Weybridge site must hold higher security clearance. It is up to each person applying for a post at APHA Weybridge to ensure they meet the residency criteria. For this role you will hold or be required to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance and you may be required to obtain higher DV clearance at a later date. Therefore, applicants must be currently resident in the UK & have at least five years continuous UK residency as this is a requirement to work at the Weybridge site. Full Time Only This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying. We may consider two part-time staff on a job share basis if continuity can be arranged. Childcare Vouchers Any move to Defra from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. 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. Medical Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical. 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. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window). Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Science Directorate HR Email : Science.DirectorateHRapha.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : defrarecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk Further information If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact: Government Recruitment Services via email: defrarecruitment.grscabinetoffice.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/contact-us/ to visit Civil Service Commission. 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