Facilities Assistant Ref. 3226

Flexible Working: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday 8am-4.15pm (4pm finish on Fridays). This role is office-based and cannot be undertaken from home. Optional weekend overtime available paid at double time.
About Us
We are MI6, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). Our mission is to protect the security and economic wellbeing of the UK from overseas threats such as regional instability, terrorism, and cyber-attacks. Working across the globe and in close partnership with MI5 and GCHQ, we help the Government to counter these threats through the provision of secret intelligence. A role in MI6 will see you providing vital support to this work, within a supportive and encouraging environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork.
The Role
As a Facilities Assistant, you'll be the face of the Estates Department for the majority of our colleagues. Everything you do will help to ensure the smooth running of the organisation. You could be driving a forklift, minibus or lorry, moving office equipment, sorting post room admin, or changing and securing locks among other tasks.
You'll have a level of autonomy, working in a friendly team set within the Estates Department, providing core facilities and services that support MI6 colleagues in the UK and overseas. Every day, you'll be working closely with other departments - both within the organisation and outside.
Though you'll be based in central London, you could occasionally be required to work at other sites within the M25. Depending on training and medical clearance, there may also be occasional short trips to support our facilities overseas .
About You
You'll be comfortable working as part of a team in a customer-facing role. Dealing with colleagues from across the organisation, you'll be able to communicate with people at all levels. No two days are the same, so you'll work flexibly and be able to switch between jobs as priorities change.
You might have trades, logistics or warehouse experience, but it's not essential - we'll give you all the training you need when you join. All you'll need is a full clean UK driving licence and basic knowledge of IT for data entry.
Training and Development
You'll receive extensive training upon joining, including the following:
External Training
• CPC for Lorry or minibus (if not already qualified)
• Forklift
• First aid in the workplace training
• Portable appliance testing
• PASMA scaffolding & stairwells
Internal Training
• IT training
• Health and Safety training, including manual handling and basic fire awareness
• Induction training, including unconscious bias and EDI training
We're committed to your development which is why you'll be given a Training & Development Plan tailored to you. There's potential for you to progress into a supervisor or management role, a different role within facilities or even a sideways move into a different department within MI6.
Rewards and Benefits
You'll receive a starting salary of £32,421 (plus a £3,050 LPA) and 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
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Excellent pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Facilities such as a subsidised gym and restaurant, and on-site coffee bars
• Paid parental and adoption leave
Equal Opportunities
At MI6 diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds.
Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on our website:
https://www.sis.gov.uk/explore-careers.html
We're Disability Confident
MI6 are 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. Being Disability Confident, we aim to ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview where practicable; this is known as 'Offer of an Interview'. To secure an interview for this vacancy, the minimum criteria (in order of application process) are:
• Meeting our eligibility criteria (below)
• Passing the application sift
What to Expect
Our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. Here is a brief overview of each stage, in order:
• You will complete an application form which will be sifted by the hiring team.
• If successful, you will be invited to a one-day assessment centre (online or in person tbc) which includes:
o Documents check (ID and any relevant qualifications)
o Competency question-based interview
o Drugs test
• If successful at Assessment Centre, you will be invited back for a driving assessment and a physical fitness to work assessment by a member of our Occupational health team. This will include a step test and blood pressure check.
• If successful you will be given a Conditional Offer of appointment, subject to passing vetting and other checks carried out.
• If you are granted security clearance, you will be given a final offer of employment and invited to sign your employment contract prior to starting your Induction course.
Please note, you must successfully pass each stage of the process in order 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.
Before You Apply
To work at MI6, you need to be a British citizen or hold dual British nationality. You can read our full eligibility criteria here .
This role requires the highest security clearance, known as Developed Vetting (DV). It's something everyone in the UK Intelligence Community undertakes. You can find out more about the vetting process here .
Please note we have a strict drugs policy, so once you start your application, you can't take any recreational drugs and you'll need to declare your previous drug usage at the relevant stage.
Before you apply, we advise you to consider setting up a separate email address for your contact with us, to ensure your personal and application correspondence remain separate. Try to avoid having identifying features in your email address, such as your first and/or surname and date of birth. This is good practice and will help you to manage your application with us more discretely.
The role is based in London so you'll need to live within a commutable distance. Please consider any financial implications and practicalities before submitting an application. A loan is available to support people relocating to London.
Please note, you should only launch your application from within the UK. If you are based overseas, you should wait until you visit the UK to launch an application. Applying from outside the UK will impact on our ability to progress your application.
Right to Withdraw Statement:
Please be aware that we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date once a certain number of applications have been received. Please be mindful of this and submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
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