Security Graduate Scheme

Quick overview

• Starting salary £28,160.
• Based at Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH, office attendance is required.
• Two-year graduate development programme.
• Specialising in Security.
• Working towards becoming a Security Specialist with Business Operations awareness.
• Entry Requirements: GCSE Maths, English Language (or equivalent) at minimum grade 4 and an honours degree at minimum 2:2.
• Start date: September/October 2025.

Application requirements

• This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance.
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At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we're here to provide for the Armed Forces, as they serve our country all over the world. We support those on the front line by providing cutting-edge equipment and technology for land, sea, air and space. We deliver the kit the UK military needs to maintain advantage and stay protected, as they protect life at home and overseas.

You want to be an expert in your field one day. We want to help make it happen. Whichever area you join us in, you'll discover new talents, pinpoint new ambitions, find a home among a diverse team - and be empowered to turn your gifts into an incredible career. Ready for real investment in your future? We're developing tomorrow's talent today.

Job description

DE&S is looking for talented, motivated, and skilled university graduates to join our Security Graduate Scheme and become security professionals of the future.

This is a two-year development programme focusing on business roles across different areas of DE&S with an emphasis on security.

The DE&S Security Profession is responsible for the effective delivery of security across DE&S. Effective security is crucial to the delivery of Defence Outputs. The aim of defence security is to support and enable operational success, and the wider work of MOD, by protecting the people, information and physical assets.

Your hands-on experience will be underpinned by DE&S specific training, business operations and project management principles as well as study towards achieving a Level 3 Qualification in Security Management from the Security Institute. In addition, you will also work towards achieving a Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management through the ILM.

On successful completion of your two-year programme, you may be offered a permanent position with DE&S, that reflects the interests and skills you've developed throughout the programme.

Please note: Because of the classification of some of the information related to certain projects, some work-based placements may be open to Sole UK Nationals?only.

Your place of work will be Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH. You'll be required to attend the office regularly, at the request of your Scheme Manager or Placement Supervisor. This attendance will be at your own expense and costs for travel or accommodation will not be reimbursed.

Person specification

It takes lots of different people and lots of different skill sets to keep the UK Armed Forces fully equipped and well supported.

To be successful with your application, we're looking for you to demonstrate your potential to succeed in a dynamic working environment.?We're here to help you find your speciality, so?we hire for potential and train for the specialist skills.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a great place to work that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. By bringing together different ideas, experiences, and perspectives, we can achieve our ambitions, together.

We're proud to be a Level 3?Disability Confident Leader, committed to attracting, recruiting, and retaining people with disabilities. We're dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and will make reasonable adjustments to support applicants with disabilities.

If you need an adjustment during the recruitment and selection process, even if you feel you do not qualify for the Disability Confident Scheme, please tell us what you need when completing your application. Please let us know as soon as possible so our recruitment team have adequate time to consider your request. If you have any questions about reasonable adjustments, you can?contact the recruitment team.

You must hold the right to work full time in the UK and qualify for service under the Civil Service Nationality Rules without any additional immigration approvals. DE&S do not sponsor Visas. You must be able to evidence your right to work full time at interview and it must not expire before the start of the scheme. If your right to work will expire while you are in employment, you must be able to reconfirm your right to work before it expires, without sponsorship, to maintain your employment.

This role requires you to have lived (resided) in the UK for the last five years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating staff on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harms associated with second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Tobacco-Free Working Environment (TFWE) programme, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere, unless stated otherwise, in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. Those seeking, considering, or accepting employment should be aware of this requirement.