Counter Intelligence and Threat Management (CITM) – Service Lead.

Dstl’s Counter Intelligence & Threat Management Team has an exciting Lead role for you to come join us bringing your experience in Security & Threat, to mitigate the threats posed by Terrorism, Espionage, Sabotage, Subversion, Organised Crime (TESSOC) and the insider threat.

This is a rewarding role that enables Dstl’s Safe, Secure and Resilient S&T operations. Your individual and collective impact will ensure that Dstl maintains the ability to conduct its business in a confident, assured and risk-balanced manner, continuously reviewing threats and vulnerabilities against risk appetite.  Although you will be the Technical Lead for the team there are no line management responsibilities.

Dstl recognises the importance of diversity and inclusion as people from diverse backgrounds bring fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

In this role you will:

• Implement and maintain the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for your team.
• Setting positive conditions for CITM to conduct “Reactive” and “Proactive” CI activities.
• Represent DSTL’s Principal Security Advisor (PSyA) on Defence and partner related meetings/working groups as required.
• Ensure that CITM team members have received all necessary Technical training to carry out their duties in conjunction with PSyA.
• Manage the DSTL threat mitigation plan.

Leadership

As a leader in Defence you will help shape, role model and bring to life the ‘One Defence’ mindset that will enable us to deliver our vision and strategic objectives. Your leadership style must be inspiring, confident and empowering. Working at every level of our organisation to break down silos, unite teams and create a culture that is trusting, collaborative, innovative, diverse and inclusive. Enabling us to deliver with pace and agility through the skills, commitment and empowerment of our employees and military colleagues.

Safety at Dstl 

• You must appreciate and be responsible for the health and safety of yourself and others;
• You will pro-actively support the development of safe working practices, champion their use with others, and promote the welfare of self and others;
• You will share best practise and report any unsafe practises to support and enable a learning culture. You are empowered to stop work where you feel it is unsafe.

Please see full job description for Skills and experience If you have all this, we want to hear from you now! – come join our team and make a difference

We are looking for someone who has a well-developed understanding of HMG and or Mod Security requirements & regulations, experiencing in working in a Intelligence environment at Operational and Strategic level, be an excellent communicator & networking Skills be able to problem solve and work to tight deadlines. 

Please see full job description for Skills and experience If you have all this, we want to hear from you now! – come join our team and make a difference

Important Information

Our work in defence, security and intelligence requires our employees to be UK Nationals who are able to gain a high level of security clearance to undertake the projects we are involved in to protect us from security threats. For this reason, only UK Nationals will be able to apply for this role. If you are an international or dual-national candidate, and you think you have the skills we need, please consider applying to any of our government, security or defence partners.

This role will require full UK security clearance and you should have resided in the UK for the past 5 years. For some roles Developed Vetting will also be required, in this case you should have resided in the UK for the past 10 years.

If you are a current Dstl employee you must ensure your line manager is aware of your application and the potential situation regarding release dates, if successful and a start date is not agreed it could result in the job offer being withdrawn.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership

Benefits 

Dstl’s full range of great benefits can be found in the information pack which includes:

• Financial: An excellent pension scheme starting from 26% employer contribution (find out more here). In Year Rewarding Achievement bonuses and thank you vouchers. Rental deposit scheme and cycle to work scheme.

• Flexible working: Options include alternative working patterns such as; compressed hours (e.g. working a 4 day week/ 9 day fortnight), job shares and annualised hours (agreed number of hours per annum paid monthly i.e. working term-time only).

• Working hours: Flexibility around your working day (e.g. start time, finish time). Ability to bank hours in a 12 month reference period including the ability to accrue and use 3 days per calendar month.

• Where you work: Depending on your role, blended working may be available including remote working to suit you and your team. This can be discussed at interview.

• Annual leave: 25 days pro rata (rising to 30 after 5 years) plus 8 public holidays with the ability to buy/sell 5 additional days per annum.

• Family: Maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks with full pay, an additional 13 weeks statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid

• Learning and Development: Dstl encourages and supports charterships, accreditations and provides employees access to fully funded apprenticeships up to level 7 (Masters Degree). Dstl will pay for 2 memberships with relevant bodies/institutions. Employees also have access to Civil Service Learning.

• Pension “Alongside your salary Defence Science and Technology Laboratory contributes a minimum of £12,663 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.”

• Facilities: Onsite parking, EV Charging points, restaurants, cafés and gyms.

This job is not open to candidates who hold a dual nationality.

Job contact :

• Name :Dstl Recruitment Team
• Email :dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email :dstlrecruitment@dstl.gov.uk