Homeland Security Group - JEXU Strategy Officer London, England
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The Homeland Security Group (HSG) unites capabilities and expertise to deliver better outcomes from the UK’s response to the most serious domestic threats – Terrorism, Cyber, State Threats and Economic Crime. The group will strengthen coordination and collective focus across a range of growing and overlapping threats, whilst remaining consistent with existing strategies. Working with partners, HSG will foster more transparent and sustainable collaboration between national security, law enforcement and other relevant communities to enhance capabilities and leverage our response to threats.
As part of the Home Office, the role of the Homeland Security Group is to:
- Support the Home Secretary to develop and implement strategies to keep our people and interests safe and secure
- Build HMG capabilities to reduce national security risk
- Reduce volume of, and harm from, economic crime, particularly for the most vulnerable.
- Work in partnership with public and private sectors in the UK and overseas to deliver better outcomes.
- Ensure legitimate economic growth and prosperity.
Job description
The Joint Extremism Unit (JEXU) is the strategic centre for all counter-terrorism work with offenders in England and Wales. Sitting within the Home Office’s Prevent Directorate and HMPPS’s Directorate of Security, we have oversight of CT delivery across the offender management journey. We work closely with operational staff, Police, partners, and the broader CT system to identify, manage and reduce terrorism risk in this sector.
This is a stretching post, providing an exciting opportunity to help develop JEXU’s strategy during a period of significant change. The post-holder’s work will support significant operational improvements in the fight against terrorism.
Due to business requirements this post is full-time only.
Person specification
The role will report to the SEO Head of Strategy in the Joint Extremism Unit. The post-holder will:
- Support the development of a counter terrorism strategy that identifies successes and gaps in current delivery and provides a shared vision for the future
- Develop and implement the unit's international strategy, facilitating productive engagements with overseas partners
- Manage the relationship with the unit’s independent advisory group and ensure its members’ advice is sought as appropriate
- Improve the unit’s tracking and oversight of recommendations and commitments resulting from reviews and inquiries
- Provide high quality briefing and papers to ministers, senior officials and governance boards in a timely manner
- Develop Spending Review bids to ensure priority CT work in the sector is identified and adequately funded
- Play a supporting HQ role in the event of a critical incident
- Have the ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Have the ability to process and distil large volumes of information, tailoring to the audience as needed
- Have the ability to identify strategic objectives and weigh the pros and cons of different ways of meeting them
- Have strong time management skills
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of strategy or policy development
- Experience of working with operational teams and partners
- Knowledge of counter terrorism, extremism ideology, or the prisons and probation sector
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
As part of the application process, candidates are required to complete a CV and the behaviours listed in the job advertisement.
Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.
CV's will not be scored.
The sift will be held on the behaviours listed.
In the event where a high volume of applications is received an initial sift will take place using the lead behaviour 'Making Effective Decisions'.
Candidates who pass the initial sift will be either progressed to a full sift or straight to interview.
Successful candidates shortlisted for the interview will be tested on all behaviours outline in the job advertisement and strength-based questions.
Sift and interview dates
The sift will take place week commencing 11th September 2023
Interviews will take place week commencing 2nd October 2023
Interviews will take place remotely. Further details and instructions will be provided closer to the scheduled interview.
Further Information
For meaningful checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time to enable appropriate checks to be carried out and produce a result which provides the required level of assurance. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years if the role requires CTC clearance, 5 years for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. A lack of UK residency in itself is not necessarily a bar to a security clearance and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.
The successful candidates will be required to hold or be willing to secure Security Check clearance.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointment may be made.
We often have similar roles available at different grades. If a candidate is suitable for a similar role or a lower grade than they have applied for, we may offer the candidate that role without the need for them to go through a further selection process.
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. JEXU supports hybrid working, where business needs allow. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.
Every day, Home Office civil servants do brilliant work to develop and deliver policies and services that affect the lives of people across the country and beyond. To do this effectively and fairly, the Home Office is committed to representing modern Britain in all its diversity, and creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where all our people are able to bring their whole selves to work and perform at their best.
We are flexible, skilled, professional and diverse. We work to recruit and retain disabled staff and area Disability Confident Leader. We are proud to be one of the most ethnically diverse departments in the civil service. We are a Social Mobility Foundation top 75 employer.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
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 applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
For further information please see the attached notes for candidates which must be read before making an application.
Existing Civil Servants should note that some of the Home Office terms and conditions of employment have changed. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are aware of the Terms and Conditions they will adopt should they be successful in application and should refer to the notes for candidates for further details.
Transfer Terms: Voluntary.
If you are invited to an interview you will be required to bring a range of documentation for the purposes of establishing identity and to aid any pre-employment checks.
Please see the attached list of Home Office acceptable ID documents.
Any move to the Home Office from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is 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 [email protected] 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 you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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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
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