Security and Resilience Support Officer

Job Introduction

Job Description for Security and Resilience Officer:

There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At UKNNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career.

We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at UKNNL, anything is possible.

The Security & Resilience Support Officer supports the delivery of security, regulatory compliance and resilience arrangements across the Uranium Research Centre (Preston) and the Nuclear Materials Research Centre and Active Handling Centre (Sellafield). The role is primarily based at Sellafield and is responsible for the management of security systems, maintenance of local security arrangements, security risk assessment activities, implementation of security assurance arrangements and support to emergency exercises to ensure security requirements are effectively maintained. Limited travel to other laboratory facilities may be required

Main Responsibilities for Security and Resilience Officer:

• Maintain detailed knowledge of local security arrangements and support the development, implementation and review of security contingency plans.
• Administer and maintain physical security systems, including Intruder Detection Systems (IDS), Automatic Access Control Systems (AACS) and CCTV systems, ensuring faults, maintenance activities, user permissions and testing requirements are appropriately managed.
• Support the development, review and maintenance of Security Risk Assessments and associated security documentation.
• Coordinate and administer temporary security arrangements in accordance with Nuclear Site Security Plan (NSSP) requirements and local procedures.
• Conduct security inspections, audits and assurance activities, recording findings and supporting the implementation and tracking of corrective actions.
• Maintain security records, registers, appointments and governance documentation to support security management and assurance activities.
• Provide security advice and guidance to facility personnel, project teams and other stakeholders and act as a local point of contact for routine security matters.
• Support the planning, delivery and review of emergency exercises, ensuring security arrangements are appropriately represented and tested.
• Support the investigation of security incidents, events and concerns, including the identification and implementation of corrective actions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of security arrangements through the identification of lessons learned, emerging risks and improvement opportunities.

Essential Criteria for Security and Resilience Officer:

• Detail orientated, and able to work to stringent deadlines within a project delivery environment, whilst always maintaining discretion.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations (NISR 2003) and its applicability.
• Experience of security decision-making and security systems management.
• Experience of implementing security modifications on the Sellafield site, including stakeholder management.
• High levels of integrity and confidence to challenge the behaviour of others.
• Evidence of self-motivation with demonstrable levels of drive, energy, and resilience.
• Ability to communicate key information both verbal and written with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Ability to be appointed as Security & Regulatory Liaison Officer (SLO & RLO).
• Ability to obtain DV level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial, criminal record checks, interview plus 10 years of UK residency).

Desirable Criteria for Security and Resilience Officer:

• Experienced working in a regulated environment.
• Experience of supporting emergency exercises or emergency preparedness activities in a major accident industry.
• Level 4 qualification (or equivalent experience) in an emergency planning or security discipline.
• A thorough awareness of nuclear, conventional safety and security requirements applicable to their area(s) of responsibility.
• Experience in Change Management including influencing and persuading large teams.
• Experience of working with sensitive information assets and the management of Classified Documents Registers.
  

Why join us?

UKNNL isn’t just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It’s also a place where you’ll feel appreciated and valued. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.
• UKNNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, UKNNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), UKNNL will still contribute 10%.
• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.
• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK
• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.
• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.
• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.
• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.
• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.
• Access to ‘Mydiscounts’ which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance. 
• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

UKNNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole.

This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

UKNNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) where UKNNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory