Ultra Intelligence & Communications

Security & Trade Controls Officer

Ultra Intelligence & Communications

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Greenford • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Assist with the administration and coordination of BPSS, SC, and DV applications in accordance with GOVs007, HMG Personnel Security Controls, and MOD policy.
  • Review BPSS screening checks, identity verification, and pre‑employment assurance tasks.
  • Help manage correspondence with UKSV and applicants, ensuring timely responses and smooth processing.
  • Maintain accurate vetting and personnel security records in line with classification and Data Protection Act requirements.
  • Support insider risk awareness activities, including monitoring changes of circumstance and flagging concerns to the Security Controller.
  • Assist in delivering security briefings and awareness materials to staff and contractors.
  • Provide general administrative support for security audits, investigations, and compliance reviews.
  • Assist with asset administration, including maintaining accurate registers of controlled, classified, and high value assets value assets.
  • Support the creation, coordination, and tracking of asset movement plans, ensuring compliant movements, site security rules, and export control restrictions.
  • Manage or assist with asset receipting, confirming correct delivery, classification, handling, and secure storage of items upon arrival.
  • Help maintain secure storage facilities, controlled cabinets, and asset tracking logs, tracking logs.
  • Assist with regular asset musters, conducting verification checks, identifying discrepancies, and supporting follow up investigations.
  • Help maintain accurate audit trails for asset movements, transfers, handovers, and disposals.
  • Support secure destruction or return‑to-vendor processes for classified or controlled items.
  • Assist with physical security awareness relating to asset handling, secure movement, and responsible custodianship.
  • Be the Deputy Security Controller.

Requirements

  • Essential Experience working in a defence, government, aerospace, or other security‑sensitive environment.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to follow structured processes.
  • Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially and responsibly.
  • Good communication and stakeholder‑support skills.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple ongoing tasks.
  • Desirable Understanding of personnel vetting processes and classified information handling requirements.
  • Awareness of UK export controls, licensing processes, or defence‑related compliance frameworks.
  • Knowledge of GOVs007, ITAR/EAR, or ECJU licensing frameworks.
  • Previous experience supporting a Security Controller or export compliance function.
  • Professional development or interest in security, compliance, or export controls.
Benefits
  • Optional 9 day fortnight
  • TOIL
  • Flexible working hours
  • 1pm finish on a Friday
  • Annual bonus – dependent on level. Non-managers = 5% and Managers = 10% for example
  • Hybrid working for certain job roles.
  • Casual dress
  • 25 days holiday
  • Christmas shut down – use three days of annual leave to cover this
  • Option to buy or sell holiday.
  • Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
  • Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
  • 4 x annual salary life cover
  • Pension starting at 5% Employer / 4% Employee. You can select your employee contribution level from 4% to 70% (providing this sacrifice does not cause your salary to drop below the National Minimum Wage/ National Living Wage).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
BPSSSCDV applicationspersonnel security controlsidentity verificationasset administrationaudit trailsexport controlsecurity auditscompliance reviews
Soft Skills
attention to detailcommunication skillsstakeholder supportorganisational skillsability to handle sensitive informationability to follow structured processesability to manage multiple tasksresponsible custodianshipsupporting investigationsdelivering security briefings