Security Training and Planning Manager, Judicial Security Office
This vacancy is only available to existing Civil Servant employees and employees of accredited non\-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). Please review the "Eligibility" section before you apply.
General Information
Salary
The national salary range is £42,914 \- £46,182 London salary range is £49,325\- £53,081 Your salary will be dependent on your base location
Working Pattern
Full Time, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
Cross Government
Location
Leeds, London, Loughborough
Region
London, Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber
Closing Date
17\-Sep\-2026
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
SEO
Number of jobs available
1
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
21712
Descriptions \& requirements
Job description
Role title: Physical Security Training and Planning Manager
Team/Directorate:
Judicial Office: Strategy, Information and Digital
Location
This position can be based at RCJ, London WC2A 2LL, Loughborough Magistrates Court, or 5, Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP.
Judicial Office expectation is for minimum 60% office attendance over each quarter, with some travel to other offices and courts, subject to business requirements
Overview of the role:
The Judicial Office
The Judicial Office (JO) reports and is accountable to the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ) and was established in 2006 to provide support to the LCJ and to the wider judiciary following the Constitutional Reform Act 2005\. In addition, we support, and are accountable to, the Senior President of Tribunals, whose responsibilities extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The JO is an interesting and unique place to work. Everything we do is in support of upholding the independence and impartiality of the judiciary. We work ly with HMCTS, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and others across Government as well as with the legal professions.
We are an Arm’s Length Body sponsored by the MoJ. This creates an interesting and complex environment in which to work w we agree our priorities with the senior judiciary and receive our funding to deliver them from the MoJ. The JO has been through a period of significant growth resulting from an expansion of our remit and responsibilities.
Judicial Security Office
This is an exciting time to join the JO, and help to establish a new, dedicated, intelligence\-led Judicial Security Office, which will be responsible for leading on out\-of\-court/hearing centre judicial security.
With the risk/threat landscape evolving, you will be part of a team that will work alongside Judicial HR, HMCTS, and a wide network of national security, law enforcement and Government partners to identify, assess and respond to a broad range of security threats, helping to protect those at the heart of the justice system.
Delivered through three specialist teams, the Judicial Security Office will support around 24,000 judicial office holders, including judges, magistrates and tribunal members across England and Wales.
This is a great opportunity to join a new and growing function, with a high\-profile mission: safeguarding judicial independent by ensuring judicial office holders receive the security support they need, when they need it, in an increasingly complex threat environment.
Summary:
This role offers the opportunity to make a direct contribution to judicial independence and the effective administration of justice by helping ensure that judicial office holders can carry out their duties safely and confidently.
Responsibilities,Activities \& Duties:
Key responsibilities include:
- In collaboration with the Judicial College, the SEO will provide physical security training, guidance and briefing to judicial office holders through a range of channels. They will also ensure preparation for potential physical security incidents by planning and running a series of desktop (and other) exercises with officials and judicial office holders.
- Within six months, support the Head of the Judicial Security Office to conduct a review of the team’s demand, threat and risk to determine whether it needs to be scaled up.
- Promote an inclusive culture within the team and the wider Judicial Security Office.
- Contribute to the wider development and success of the Judicial Security Office, and the Judicial Office overall.
- Build collaborative relationships with the judiciary, HMCTS, MoJ, law enforcement and other security organisations.
- Participate in an on\-call rota for the wider Judicial Security Office to support the 24/7/365 incident response service. Any relevant MoJ allowance and overtime policies will apply, w appropriate.
Core behaviours
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing (Lead)
- Working together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
Strengths will also be tested at interview
Essential Knowledge, Experience and Skills:
- Experience working in a personal security, risk, resilience, investigations, law enforcement or operational response environment.
- Experience of working in and contributing to an inclusive and collaborative working culture.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to develop productive relationships across organisational boundaries.
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high\-quality outcomes in a fast\-paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to explain complex issues clearly and confidently.
- Ability to provide clear, balanced and proportionate advice to a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to remain calm, resilient and professional when responding to sensitive or challenging situations.
- If not already a member, willing to work towards becoming a member of the Security Institute.
- CTC clearance will be required when taking up post. SC or DV clearance may be required in due course.
- Member of the Security Institute.
Please note:
Central Government policy dictates that applicants for National Security Clearance must be a resident in the UK for these minimum periods:
\- CTC \- 3 years
Additional Information
T may be a need to attend meetings with the judiciary before or after court (before 9\.30am and after 4\.30pm) so t will be the need for flexibility in this regard.
Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's skills, and potential fit within our organisation. This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
The selection process for this role will be:
Application Stage: Sift of CV and behaviour question(s) responses.
Interview Stage: Interview
You must be successful at each stage to progress to the next stage.
Application stage
Experience: You will be asked to submit an anonymous copy of your CV.
Behaviours: You will be asked to provide 250\-word statements on the following:
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing (Lead)
- Working together
- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
Feedback will not be provided at application or short\-list stages.
Interview stage
All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on Behaviours, Strengths and Experience in line with Civil Service Success Profiles, as set out above. It is anticipated that interviews will take place via MS Teams mid\-September, but please note that these dates are subject to change.
A reserve list may be held for a period up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made.
If you would like to speak with someone about the role, please contact peopleserviceteam@judicidary.uk
Additional Information
Working Arrangements \& Further Information
The MoJ offers Hybrid Working arrangements w business need allows. This is an informal, non\-contractual form of flexible working that blends working from your base location, different MoJ sites and / or from home (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity.
Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review.
For nationally advertised roles: All successful candidates will be appointed to the nearest viable office nearest to their home postcode and on its respective pay scale. This will be at either a HQ building (subject to desk allocation, a Justice Collaboration Centre (JCC) or a Justice Satellite Office (JSO) – See Map. All employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office, subject to local estate capacity).
For current MoJ employees, your base location will need to be changed to the nearest viable office (to your home postcode), either at a HQ building, JCC or JSO within the National Office Network and moved its location’s respective pay scale (any legacy arrangements/locations will need to be amended).
Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available
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