Job Description

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Central Vetting Officer (CVO)
G4S Security
Hinkley Point C

Our Central Vetting Officers fulfil a key role in delivering the industry assurance requirement to have all staff and contractors cleared to at least the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) before being set to work unescorted on a civil nuclear industry licensed site.
Central Vetting Officers are responsible for the verification of all security clearance applications submitted to the Central Vetting Service so that a clearance decision can be made and a BPSS clearance issued which will eventually lead to the applicant gaining unescorted access to a licenced site.
Located at our office in Bridgwater, this is a busy, administrative full-time role which will work Monday to Friday, office hours. Occasional travel to Sizewell C may be required.

Pay £18:30 per hour

Weekly Hours 40 hours per week, normal office hours

Key Responsibilities

● Deliver all aspects of Personnel Security administration for Central Vetting, managing post and emails following process and GDPR.
● Support daily and monthly reporting
● Ensure all vetting enquiries are directed to the Site Vetting Unit
● Process, verify and manage vetting casework within Service Level Agreements
● Conduct assurance activities
● Provide support to Personnel Security projects as identified by the Nuclear Services Personnel Security Manager
● Collaborate with the Nuclear Generation Limited facing part of the team where applicable ensuring consistency of approach
● Identify opportunities for efficiency and where possible using existing and available technology platforms to the business

Educational Requirements/Qualifications

● A good standard of education in Maths, English and IT.

Preferred Experience

● Prior vetting experienced preferred but not essential
● Prior experience of working within a busy office environment and under pressure
● Excellent IT skills with a working knowledge of all MS Office packages

Personal Qualities

● Highest levels of integrity, respectfulness and professionalism required at all times.
● Open, trusting and in the spirit of mutual support, especially when dealing with conflicts of interests.
● An engaging and proactive ‘can do’ attitude where successes and failures are shared.
● Doing what we say we are going to do and only committing to what can be done.
● Listen and communicate effectively.
● Ability to plan ahead as far as possible and share intelligence to prevent surprises

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.