# EO Security Support Officer **Company**: Cabinet Office **Location**: City of Westminster, Greater London **Work arrangement**: onsite **Job type**: Full time **Salary**: GBP 35,479 - 37,121 per year **Category**: Security **Industry**: Government **Apply**: https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/eo-security-support-officer-109102?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_2c4648e6-eeb ## Description The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the smooth running of government, from developing policy, to modernising public services. The Security & Resilience (COSR) Team is the lead body for managing protective security, advising business units, and mitigating security threats across the department. We are recruiting a dynamic EO Security Support Officer to work across our Security operations. To build departmental resilience and offer a rich learning experience, the successful candidate will rotate periodically across three high-performing and essential security teams: - Vetting Team: Responsible for overseeing National Security Vetting (NSV) across the Cabinet Office, ensuring compliance with NSV policies and working closely with UK Security Vetting (UKSV) and the Government Security Group (GSG). - STRAP Team (STRAPSO): Regulates and monitors access to highly sensitive intelligence material that requires specialised protective handling beyond standard government arrangements. - Incident Management Team: Managing security incidents, assessing risks, analysing data and where necessary, escalating incidents and emerging threats to the correct team or stakeholder. As a security Support Officer, your duties will include: - Managing team inboxes, operational tracking systems, and taking on-call or out-of-hours responsibilities as required. - Administering National Security Vetting (NSV) applications, transfers, and clearance processes, ensuring accuracy and complete records. - Verifying candidate and stakeholder information to maintain the integrity of vetting databases, as well as managing the vetting aftercare and leavers' processes. - Providing administrative control of environments, maintaining accurate security records, and managing access to secure meeting rooms and video-conferencing facilities. - Managing user accounts, secure telephony, and access applications for classified IT systems across the Cabinet Office and No. 10. - Delivering clear technical training, security briefings, and familiarisation sessions to colleagues of all grades. - Supporting hardware and software projects, capturing user requirements, and tracking project delivery. - Investigating, recording, and reporting security incidents or breaches to the wider security team with constructive recommendations. The successful candidate will demonstrate: - Administrative or Customer Service Experience: A background in administration, customer service, compliance, or HR is highly advantageous. - Exceptional Attention to Detail: Proven ability to maintain accurate records, databases, and track operational activities carefully. - Strong Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal skills, including the ability to write clear reports, manage professional emails, collaborate and confidently present briefings or training sessions. - Organisation & Resilience: The ability to work autonomously, manage competing tasks, adapt to changing priorities, and consistently meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment. - Discretion & Integrity: A commitment to handling highly sensitive and classified information responsibly in compliance with security and data-protection standards. - IT Proficiency: Competence with Microsoft Office applications and Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Docs, etc.), and the ability to learn specialised databases. Alongside your salary of £35,479, Cabinet Office contributes £10,278 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Benefits include: - Learning and development tailored to your role. - An environment with flexible working options. - A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity. - A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%. - A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30. ## Skills ### Required - Microsoft Office applications - Google Workspace - National Security Vetting - security incident management --- Source: [Apply at jobsgopublic.com](https://www.jobsgopublic.com/job/eo-security-support-officer-109102?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)