Security Control Centre Lead

Posting date:	24 April 2025
Salary:	£55,557 to £66,058 per year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	18 May 2025
Location:	Blackpool
Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	401975/2

Summary

For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

From the design and development of policies to the delivery of services supporting work, welfare, pensions and child maintenance, DWP is the Government’s largest department.

People are at the very heart of what we do. We ensure disabled people can live more independent lives; help tackle poverty and homelessness; provide a financial foundation for a secure old age; and support families ensuring children can fulfil their potential.

DWP has the largest commercial estate in government and our team is committed to being smaller, greener and better – helping people to work, grow and thrive. Our estate provides accommodation for colleagues who support millions of daily customer interactions in Jobcentres and Health Assessment centres, back of house offices delivering frontline services and hub sites housing expert functions such as Policy, Finance, Digital and HR.

The DWP Estates function ensures the smooth and efficient operation of this network on a day-to-day basis. We manage a private sector supply chain that delivers essential services such as security guarding, maintenance, property and leasehold, construction, cleaning and facilities management. Many of these services are business critical and we cannot safely open our offices without them.

Our ambition is to:

• Transition to a smaller, more affordable, and adaptable estate
• Invest in improving DWP’s buildings and infrastructure, conducted mainly through an extensive programme of planned replacement works
• Meet our agreed Government Greening Commitments - creating a culture where sustainability is embedded
• Expertly deliver cost effective services
• Create a professional working culture that is best in class across the Government Property world.

There is no better time to join us as we transform our estate and make our buildings fit for the future.

The senior management role plays a significant part in delivery of services to our customers on a day to day basis. As a security and supply chain specialist, you will lead on security services provided by the Security Control Centre (SCC), liaising with the supply chain to ensure best practice and innovation. There is an expectation that you will lead a team, working with supply chain leads to deliver a One Team approach to delivering requirements focussing on the SCC, but where required, providing logistical support to the wider Estates Building Security & Safety Team.

Government Property Profession Career Framework (Link) This role sits within the following: Job Family – Workplace & FM Core Role – Workplace Management Level – Senior Practitioner Key accountabilities Support and develop requirements for physical security in the DWP Estate and the integration with the Security Control Centre (SCC) Collaborating with the business, operations, security, compliance and resilience stakeholders to ensure inclusiveness in decision making Lead on the development of SCC process mapping, workflows, reporting lines, alongside DWP Stakeholders and the SCC Supplier Leading on monitoring the SCC Contract delivery, working closely with the Supply Chain Manager Lead on developing relationships with DWP Service Delivery supply chain leads to ensure the required service is obtained from our SCC Supplier Supporting the Estates Security G7 Leads in conjunction with the Physical Risk & Security Team to ensure all Site Security Threat Risk Assessment requirements are appropriate to DWP’s needs Manage the relationship for Service Delivery with DWP commercial teams regarding the SCC contract changes and improvement Working with the SCC Supplier to encourage change and innovation Work in partnership with DWP Security to support the Estates contribution in the National Security Review, ensuring the relevant security systems within buildings, are integrated into the SCC and reported in the review Managing the SCC security contract through mobilisation to operational implementation across the Security Systems and Manned Guarding provision Represent DWP Estates on required Service Delivery projects relating to Operational security, that are government wide Ensure appropriate governance escalating and reporting structures are in place with DWP Stakeholders Manage stakeholder engagement /comms on all supply chain areas of responsibility

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