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Location
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Cheltenham, Manchester
About the job
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Job summary
As an Online Operator, you'll turn your understanding of online spaces into something powerful: a way to detect, disrupt and deter those using the internet to cause harm.
This role is as much about people as it is about platforms. Your understanding of both could help prevent cyber-attacks, protect children online, disrupt terrorist communications, or challenge groups trying to radicalise others. The task might change, but the impact you have is constant.
Job description
You'll be comfortable working independently, but there will be plenty of collaboration too. Working closely with technologists, behavioural scientists and mission teams you'll help create smart, considered strategies that challenge adversaries and illegal activities - all within a strong legal and ethical framework. You'll also have the chance to work across different parts of the organisation, develop your skills and share ideas. From time to time, you may even work with external partners or other security agencies. Whilst travel is not required for this role, opportunities to attend events and conferences are available from time to time, if that's something that interests you.
Skills payments may be payable when you've developed into your role, and are subject to assessment as your progress. Skills payments are reviewed periodically.
Person specification
About You
You don't need a degree or previous experience to apply for this role. All that's needed is a Level 2 (GCSE or equivalent) qualification in English Language and Maths at Grade 4/C or above. Your skills and mindset are key. If you have a degree or another higher qualification, we welcome your application and you'll be just as engaged in exciting work you'll not find anywhere else - your qualifications are just the starting point!
Along with curiosity, you'll bring emotional intelligence, perseverance, and a love of learning to the role. Day to day, you'll be working towards broad goals using a unique set of tools, so an analytical mindset will help you make the most of every opportunity.
Using your communication and language skills are important, as you'll need to be able to explain complex information clearly. And because you'll be working closely with others, the ability to collaborate well within a team is essential.
Finally, if you've had any experience with open-source intelligence before, that will give you a helpful start in the role. But don't worry if you haven't - we'll provide all the support you need to succeed.
Benefits
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Alongside your salary of 36,408, GCHQ contributes 10,547 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
You'll receive a starting salary of 36,408 plus other benefits including:
25 Days Annual Leave automatically rising to 30 days after 5 years' service, and an additional 10.5 days public and privilege holidays
Opportunities to be recognised through our employee performance scheme
Interest-free season ticket loan (travel and parking)
Excellent pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Facilities such as a gym, restaurant, and on-site coffee bars (at some locations)
Paid parental and adoption leave
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Selection process details
What to Expect
Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. Here is a brief overview of each stage, in order:
Initial On-Line test
Application sift, looking at your motivation for the role and the organisation and your essential skills
Online roleplay exercise, examining your responses to different situations typical to the role
Interview, consisting of role specific and competency questions
If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment
Please note, you must successfully pass each stage of the process to progress to the next. Your application may take around 6 - 9 months to process including vetting, so we advise you continue any current employment until you have received your final job offer.
We're Disability Confident
GCHQ is proud to have achieved Leader status within the DWP's Disability Confident scheme. This is aimed at encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain, and develop disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader we aim to ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who best meet the essential minimum criteria for this position, will be offered an interview for this role. To secure an interview for this vacancy, the essential criteria, assessed at application sift, are:
Meet the minimum pass mark in our bespoke online analysis exercise
Demonstrate your motivation for the role. Assessed in application question 1
Exhibit good analytical and problem-solving ability. Assessed in application question 3 and CV
Show an awareness of Social Media technologies, Behavioural Science and Open-Source Intelligence tools and techniques. Assessed in application question 1 and CV
Demonstrate a proactive and positive approach to challenges. Assessed in application question 3
Meet the minimum pass mark in our roleplay exercise prior to being invited to interview
There is a wide range of extra support available throughout the recruitment process to enable you to do your best, see our website for information on reasonable adjustments (https://www.GCHQ-careers.co.uk/life-at-GCHQ/diversity-inclusion.html) we can offer.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting .
See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .
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