Location
Kemble Court, Reading

Hours
38.5 Hours per week, 4-on-4-off, 12-hour Day Shifts

Salary
£33,200 - £44,000 per annum, depending on experience and skills

About the Role
Join our Protective Security Team and play a key role in helping protect our people, sites and critical assets. As a Security Control Centre (SCC) Operative, you’ll work at the heart of our Security Control Centre, monitoring the security of our estate and helping ensure our physical security measures remain effective around the clock. Using a range of security technology, including CCTV, intruder detection and electronic access control systems, you’ll help identify potential threats and support an effective security response.

You’ll play an important role in our security incident response, supporting investigations, coordinating updates and ensuring key actions and decisions are accurately captured for internal stakeholders and government agencies. You’ll also support the smooth running of the Security Control Centre, including managing ID cards and access requirements, and will have the opportunity to step up and support the Supervisor when required.

Key responsibilities include monitoring alarms and CCTV against set procedures, triaging incident reports to ensure correct response, providing security incident support to operational sites, activating disaster recovery plans as required, managing the SCC working environment, supporting system health checks and data/subject access requests, engaging with third-party contractors for maintenance and defect management, contributing to continuous improvement activities, and supporting security-related projects such as SCC upgrades.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake UK National Security Vetting (NSV) Counter Terrorism Check (SC) clearance before starting in this role. Candidates must either hold active CTC clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo the vetting process. To meet eligibility criteria, you must typically have been a continuous resident in the UK for the last 5 years and hold a valid passport.

Experience
Operational experience gained in a similar SCC, AMC, ARC, or SOC role. Knowledge and experience of using security systems (CCTV, Alarms, Access control, etc.) to monitor and respond to alarms. Demonstrated thorough understanding and deployment of monitoring, response, emergency, and escalation procedures.

About you
Analytical and decisive, takes ownership of actions. Self-motivated, committed, and organised.

Qualifications
The successful candidate will be required to undertake UK National Security Vetting (NSV) Counter Terrorism Check (SC) clearance before starting. Candidates must either hold active CTC clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo the vetting process, which typically requires continuous UK residency for the last 5 years and a valid passport.