Chauffeur London, England
Job description
Hours: Full time – 41 hours per week (Monday-Friday – 07:45-16:00). Occasional overtime hours will be expected for which overtime will be paid.
About Us
We’re MI6, also known as the SIS. Our mission is to protect the security and economic wellbeing of the UK from overseas threats such as regional instability, terrorism, and cyber-attacks. Working across the globe and in close partnership with MI5 and GCHQ, we help the Government to counter these threats through the provision of secret intelligence. A role in MI6 will see you providing vital support to this work, within a supportive and encouraging environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.
About the Role
As a Chauffeur, you’ll be an integral part of the logistics services we provide and part of a busy team who provides a full range of transportation services in support of MI6. And your days will be varied. You might be driving our colleagues to meetings across the city in a four-seater one day or delivering and collecting packages to various locations in a 7.5-ton lorry the next. And in between, you’ll be supporting the general maintenance of our vehicles. Our people and packages are always on the go, so at times you may be asked to cover different locations across the capital.
About You
This is the perfect role for someone who likes to be on the move and has excellent interpersonal skills. So you’ll be comfortable working in a customer-facing role as well as communicating with customers and colleagues at varying levels of seniority. You’re a real team player who’s adaptable and flexible.
Crucially, you’ll have a full UK driving license, and an extended license that permits you to drive a minibus and 7.5-ton lorries. Experience of driving large vans, minibuses or lorries is vital for you to be successful in this role. You’ll also have extensive knowledge of Central London and surrounding areas; this might mean you’ve previously worked as a taxi or delivery driver.
Training and Development
As well as all the support you need to get the best start in your role, you’ll receive ongoing training to help you thrive. When you join us, you’ll attend an induction to get to know our organisation. And you’ll also have plenty of ongoing opportunities to develop further including advance driver training and accredited driving qualifications.
Rewards and Benefits
You’ll receive a starting salary of £29,979 + £3050 LPA (depending on skills and experience) plus other benefits including:
- 25 Days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, and an additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays
- Opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme
- Interest-free season ticket loan
- Excellent pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Facilities such as a gym, restaurant and on-site coffee bars (at some locations)
- Paid parental and adoption leave.
Equal Opportunities
At MI6 diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on our website:
https://www.sis.gov.uk/explore-careers.html
We’re Disability Confident
MI6 are proud to have achieved Leader status within the DWP’s Disability Confident scheme. This is aimed at encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop disabled people. Being Disability Confident, we aim to offer a person-to-person interview to any candidate who self-identifies as disabled and meets the essential criteria for the role. This is our ‘Offer of Interview’ (OOI). To secure an interview for this vacancy, the essential criteria (in order of application process) are:
- Passing the application sift carried out by the Hiring Manager
What to Expect
Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. Here is a brief overview of each stage, in order:
- Initial application
- Full application
- Application sift, looking at your motivation for the role and the organisation
- Invite to Interview
- If successful you will receive a conditional offer of employment, subject to vetting
Please note, you must successfully pass each stage of the process to progress to the next. Your application may take around 6 - 9 months to process including vetting, so we advise you continue any current employment until you have received your final job offer.
Before You Apply
To work at MI6, you need to be a British citizen or hold dual British nationality. You can read our full eligibility criteria here.
This role requires the highest security clearance, known as Developed Vetting (DV). It’s something everyone in the UK Intelligence Community undertakes. You can find out more about the vetting process here.
Please note we have a strict drugs policy, so once you start your application, you can’t take any recreational drugs and you’ll need to declare your previous drug usage at the relevant stage.
For MI6 the role is based in London, so you’ll need to live within a commutable distance. Please consider any financial implications and practicalities before submitting an application. An interest-free loan via our benevolent fund is available to assist with relocating into privately rented accommodation to take up the offer of employment.
Please note, you should only launch your application from within the UK. If you are based overseas, you should wait until you visit the UK to launch an application. Applying from outside the UK will impact on our ability to progress your application. You should not discuss your application, other than with your partner or a close family member.
Right to Withdraw Statement:
Please be aware that we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date once a certain number of applications have been received. Please be mindful of this and submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
