Security Officer

Location, Salary & Schedule

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)

You’ll be entrusted to 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.

• 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.

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence training and UK Security Vetting (UKSV) clearance, or the ability to obtain it without issues.
• A full UK manual driving licence (maximum six points).
• 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 detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for secure environments. 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.

• Holidays: 24 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year).
• 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 Health Line, 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, donation of pennies from monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity.
• Employee networks:
  Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all colleagues, including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. We will make reasonable adjustments from interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working.

As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.