James Simmonds Email & Phone Number

Stevenage, GB

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Ensuring compliance with HMG process and policy, escalating any issues of non-compliance/risk to the Security Controller.
• Carrying out SWE (Secure Working Environment) audits
• Safeguarding secure holdings, from registering through to destruction
• Carrying out briefings and inductions
• Liaising with internal clients and outside agencies
• Chairing and recording committee meetings

• Providing comprehensive administrative support for classified work carried out in the secure rooms
• Processing material for projects running in the SWEs (receipt and delivery)
• Point of contact for the stakeholders for all general SWE queries and assisting the Compliance Officer when required
• Providing support for meetings held in the SWEs as and when required
• Assisting the Security Controller and Compliance Officer with SWE audits

• Processing and running the security audit programmes for the UK workforce (all are security vetted on joining the company)
• Auditing the operation of certain secure areas and acting as an out of hours duty manager for them on a rotational basis
• Liaison on a daily basis with key government agencies including the UK Security Vetting agency
• Responsible for the administration of processing, renewing and annually appraising the highest level clearances
• Sole responsibility for responding to an extremely busy departmental inbox

• Responsible for the vetting procedures during the employee lifecycle. Working in a team of 4 with sole responsibility for 300 + employees
• Responsibility at certain times for the administration of the renewal of criminal record checks for all employees and annual checks on changes in circumstances

United Kingdom

Huntingdon