Position: Vetting Administration - HR Service Delivery

Career level : Analyst

Location: London

N.B : 6 months Fixed Term Contract.

Applicants should have Security Clearance or should be willing to go for SC process.

More than 5years UK residency required.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Role:

Responsible to the Personnel Security Controller for delivering effective National Security Vetting (NSV) administration within the Company and network where appropriate, and the day to day administration and delivery of NSV procedures and processes. This may include dealing with sponsorship of NSV clearances, ensuring the BPSS has been satisfactorily completed before NSV is sought, and any NSV related duties that the Personnel Security Controller sees fit to delegate. Where the Personnel Security Controller has delegated the processing of some (or all) aftercare activities, they should be managed and undertaken promptly and effectively, liaising with HR and Welfare organisations within the company as necessary.

Responsibilities:

• The administration of an organisation’s processes and procedures relating to National Security Vetting (NSV).

• Administer the Company's NSV related processes in compliance with relevant legislation, and that they operate according to the principles embedded in relevant Government standards.

• Where appropriate and required, administer the security controls for the appropriate maintenance of personnel security for National Security Vetted (NSV) staff either in the employ of the Company, or sub-contracted to that Company.

• Administer policies, practices and decisions which recognise the current and evolving needs of all the stakeholders.

• Where appropriate, and where the responsibility has been delegated, ensure that incidents, changes of circumstances or any other situation or event that may affect an individual’s ability to hold an NSV clearance are reported via the appropriate means to UKSV in their role as UK Vetting Authority for Government.

• Where appropriate and where the responsibility has been delegated, liaising within the Company, and between the Company and Security Officials of the relevant Contracting Authority, on vetting related security issues.

• Being readily available for consultation and providing vetting related security advice to the Company’s management and employees.

Specific duties may include:

• Administering and maintaining the vetting register, ensuring it is kept accurate and up to date.

• Administering the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) process ensuring it is compliant with HMG standards.

• Initiating and managing clearance sponsorship on the UK NSV system.

• If appropriate, ensuring that residency waivers are constructed for sign off by the Personnel Security Controller.

• Where appropriate and where authority has been delegated, ensure that NSV clearances that are due for renewal are still required and renewal action takes place in good time.

• Where appropriate and where authority has been delegated, ensure that transfer action takes place on NSV clearances, where sponsorship responsibility has passed to another organisation.

• Where appropriate and where authority has been delegated, ensure that termination action takes place on NSV clearances.

• Where appropriate and where authority has been delegated, ensure that the relevant checks on individuals, such as change of personal circumstances and annual Security Appraisal Forms (SAFs) are completed.]

• Providing clearance details to Contracting Authorities, Project Teams or other industry partners when required.

• Providing clearance details and statistics to the Personnel Security Controller when required.

Skills Required:

• Communicates well orally and in writing, to external and internal customers.

• Can maintain records accurately and in such a way that information can be easily accessed and analysed when appropriate.

• Can explain UK Vetting regulations and concepts to a wide range of audiences and stakeholders.

• Willing to challenging assumptions and ‘business as usual’.

• Maintains an awareness of changes to UK Vetting regulations and procedures.

Suggested Training:

CPNI Briefings and Courses  http://www.cpni.gov.uk/

Suitable Document Verification Course

About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 742,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Application deadline: Ongoing

Accenture reserves the right to close the role , should a suitable candidate be found.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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