Security Officer in Carterton

Location: RAF Brize Norton, Carterton Oxfordshire, OX18 3LX

Salary: £28,753.54 plus excellent benefits

Schedule: 2 days (12 hours/07:00-19:00) / 2 nights (12 hours/19:00-07:00) / 4 days stand down (includes 1 rostered duty cover shift)

As a Security Officer in our RAF Brize Norton team, you’ll help protect and support the RAF’s largest operational base by delivering essential access, security, and traffic services. Your work will ensure colleagues, visitors, and contractors experience a safe, efficient, and welcoming environment. Every day, you’ll play a meaningful role in maintaining the integrity of this critical site.

What you’ll do as a Security Officer:

• Provide a professional and friendly welcome to all visitors and colleagues.
• Control vehicle and pedestrian access, checking identification and passes with accuracy.
• Assist with security searches and emergency response when required.
• Maintain accurate logs, records, and incident reports.
• Deliver vehicle escort duties and traffic management services across the base.
• Airfield pass check.

Does this sound like you?

• Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence training and UK Security Vetting (UKSV) clearance or having no issues obtaining it.
• A full UK manual driving licence (maximum six points).
• The ability to meet the colour perception requirement for an Airfield Driving Permit.
• Excellent communication skills and a positive, customer focused mindset.
• Reliability, punctuality, and the ability to work 12-hour day and night shifts.

You must obtain UKSV Security Clearance (SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

What we offer:

• Holidays: Competitive holiday package.
• Pension: Up to 6 percent contributory pension scheme.
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30 percent off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service.
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity.
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging.

This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments.

A little bit about us:

At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on.

Our inclusive recruitment commitment:

We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview.

Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).