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Site Vetting Unit Supervisor
Location : Satellite Distribution Centre, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4FJ
Pay: £47,250 per annum
Weekly Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon-Fri, office hours.
Scope of role
The Site Vetting Unit Supervisor fulfils 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.
Responsible for supervising a team of Vetting Officers who conduct the verification of all security clearance applications submitted by contractors on the site so that a clearance decision can be made and a BPSS clearance issued which will eventually lead to the applicant gaining access to the site.
The Site Vetting Unit Supervisor will personally conduct and oversee outreach activities to internal and external contractors to teach, mentor, assure and support the vetting application process including aftercare assurance activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise, train, support and mentor a team of Vetting Officers;
- Supervise and manage pre-employment Checks (PEC) case for Management and Processing for all types of workers for the HPC Project
- Processing of clearance applications according to set Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Conduct an outreach programme to train, coach, mentor, assure and support Tier 1 contractors to complete pre-employment checks and NSV cases to ensure a Right First Time (RFT) approach;
- Conduct Quality Management Checks and Assurance of PEC’s to ensure regulatory compliance;
- Authorisation Decisions for PECs
- Initiate and progress National Security Vetting (NSVs) applications cases.
- Deliver a Security Screening Provider (SSP) role for minor contractors
- Provide aftercare support for personnel security cases;
- Deliver and refine Communication Strategy for PECs and NSVs
- Provide PEC and NSV Helpdesk Service
- Provide forecasts of PEC and NSV casework.
- Provide data as required to evaluate performance and quality assurance checks
- Conduct audits and security assurance activity of HPC Site Personnel Security Regime users.
- Deliver ‘Aftercare’ (Personnel Security Regime).
- Support in the development of Personnel Security Risk Assessments.
- Monitor and deliver service level requirements as per KPI’s
Skills and Competencies
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Strong Written and Verbal Communications
- Attention to detail
- Competent IT skills with a working knowledge of MS Office & Google applications
- Ability to manage workload, prioritise and manage time
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Customer Focused
Educational Requirements/Qualifications
- Preferred higher education equivalent level 3 & above
Preferred Experience
- Previous experience of vetting/personnel security processes
- Experience in following quality assurance processes and procedures
- Strong presentations skills
- Prior experience of working within a busy office environment
- Experience of supervising or managing a team
- Excellent IT skills with a working knowledge of 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.
Professional Qualifications/Memberships
- None
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.
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