Number of Vacancies
Details of current vacancies are available on our website.
Work Offered
An interesting, challenging and varied career.
Subject of Study
Any discipline for generalist posts.
Specialists will require relevant qualifications.
Salary
Starting salaries vary according to role.
Details are available on our website.
Location
Predominantly London based.
Application details
Please visit our website for further information including job profiles and how to apply.
There's a huge selection of careers on offer
here, calling for a diverse range of skills.
So, whatever your degree might be, it's
likely there's a role that suits your abilities.
In addition to academic ability, we look
for a range of strong personal qualities.
Intelligence Officers: Many graduates join
us in this generalist role. It's demanding,
stimulating and rewarding. Typically, you
would start by assessing or investigating
threats to national security; over your career
you could be involved in personnel, finance,
management or operational work, ranging
from implementing policies to dealing with
agents. You would have your own areas of
responsibility but you would work as part
of a wider team of people from a range of
backgrounds. Most intelligence officers move
departments every 18 months to three years
so as well as variety, you'll gain a range of
skills and experiences.
Language Unit: Information is our biggest
resource. Your work will involve listening to
and translating a variety of communications
in a particular language. Working with
intelligence officers, you'll use your own
understanding of the political and cultural
context to provide insight and assessment
to support investigations. Whether that
language is your mother tongue or you've
studied it formally, you must have an indepth
knowledge of its use in modern life. We recruit
for a variety of languages including Somali,
Kurdish central (Kurdi, Sorani), Pashto,
Arabic (particularly North African), Urdu
(with or without Gujarati), Punjabi, Bengali,
Persian and Farsi. Our website is regularly
updated with our language requirements.
Information Technology, Scientific and
Technical Roles: We depend on professional
and dedicated teams to support the Service's
technical requirements in a number of
disciplines. You'll be working in a fast-paced
environment, where you will enjoy a varied
and interesting career.
Additional Careers
We also recruit administrative assistants
and business support officers, data analysts
and mobile surveillance officers. Further
information about these roles is available
from our website.
Why work here?
As well as vital and varied work, there
are lots of other benefits. Our training and
development programme will give you a
broader understanding of the organisation
and will equip you with the specialist skills
needed to make the most of the great career
opportunities available.
Our salary and rewards are competitive and
include a generous pension scheme and
holiday entitlement.
You can also look forward to working with
people from a range of backgrounds in a
friendly, team oriented working environment
with a strong sense of shared purpose.
Anything Else?
To apply you must be a British Citizen.
Further details about nationality and residency
requirements can be found on our website.
Our recruitment and vetting process can take
up to six months. Discretion is important,
so please only discuss your application with
your partner and/or immediate family.
You can find out more about the careers we
offer and qualities we look for by visiting our
website.
Who are we?
MI5 is the UK's security intelligence agency.
Through the collection, dissemination and
analysis of intelligence, we protect the
nation's people, economy and institutions
from threats such as terrorism and espionage.
To do this takes talented people from a range
of backgrounds.
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