Central Vetting Officer

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What you'll be doing

You will work with a respective approach and provide consistent and high-quality vetting support in accordance with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), Cabinet Office, and EDF Energy standards.

Day to day, you will:

- Provide an efficient and effective Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and vetting service to the business meeting stipulated delivery targets.
- Provide advice to individuals seeking help with inputting personnel security data into company HR programmes.
- Record and monitor BPSS and vetting clearances that require management support by Site Heads of Security and line managers.
- Ensure that company policy is understood and being met across the business.
- Participate in assisting visits and auditing own and supplier sites to deliver this commitment.
- Maintain a contact list of accredited trainers in fraudulent document recognition and facilitate and maintain the online training package.
- Undertake vetting-related assurance tasks as part of the Nuclear Personnel Security Assurance Programme.
- Take ownership and help development of the vetting database, hosted in a Microsoft SharePoint environment.

Do you have excellent customer service skills and the ability to follow process and procedures?, We are looking for a self-motivated individual, preferably with experience of Personnel Security within a regulated environment. You should be comfortable and familiar with computer-based process and able to follow procedures with an inquiring mind and strong decision-making skills.

Business acumen and excellent customer service skills are a must as you will be a frequent first point of contact for current and future EDF Energy employees and contractors. You will be adept at applying procedural knowledge and dealing with sensitive personal information securely and in a personable and professional manner.

It would be beneficial if you also have:

- Some specific experience of working in the Personnel Security domain and experience with delivering training.
- IT competence in Outlook and Microsoft Office Package, and in particular in report writing, preparing presentations, spreadsheet, and database management.
- Some grounding in the work delivered by a security team.
- Experience in the use of The Microsoft SharePoint platform.
- Experience in project delivery.

If any of the above sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

Please note, the successful candidate must be able to achieve SC level security clearance.

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. We're the UK's largest producer of low-carbon electricity, the biggest supplier of electricity by volume in Great Britain, the largest supplier to British businesses and we employ more than 13,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We are playing a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK to secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees.
Gloucester Business Park. Hybrid, 2-3 days in the office per week.

We are looking for a Central Vetting Officer to join our EDF multi-client Personnel Security team within our Nuclear Services Business.

The Personnel Security team make recommendations on an individual's suitability to hold levels of clearance and work within EDF Energy and the Civil Nuclear Industry.

Pay, benefits and culture

We can offer a competitive salary from £30,650
- £37,169, and you'll be appointed based on the parameters outlined in the Nuclear Generation Company Agreement as well as your existing salary, competence, experience and qualifications.
Alongside your salary and our market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.

We're talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.