At MI5 Business Enablers play an essential role in keeping the country safe. As the country faces increased threats to national security, through our corporate graduate scheme it will be your role to support the intelligence business through our many corporate roles.

The Role
This is a role for those who are looking for a rewarding career in corporate services, and who want to use their skills to help keep the country safe by providing the vital services that MI5 needs to operate. Our Business Enablers develop a breadth of experience by undertaking corporate roles across a range of business areas. Business enablers can also go onto specialise in areas such as Finance, HR, Legal or Policy. On joining, you will be placed in a corporate post, which typically last for 2-3 years. After that point, you will be able to apply for a range of other corporate vacancies across MI5. This provides an opportunity to move between departments or to specialise in a certain area, based on how you would like to progress your career. For more information, please click here.

What it’s like to work at MI5?
Protecting national security is a truly collaborative effort. At MI5, we are committed to creating a supportive and diverse working environment meaning that no matter what team you join, you will be supported by a Line Manager, with a big emphasis on personal and professional development. And whilst the nature of the work is serious, our Business Enablers enjoy an informal atmosphere, while also maintaining a very professional and driven approach to work. This creates a uniquely rewarding and friendly environment, where everyone works together to get the job done.

What we look for
Safeguarding the UK against threats to national security requires intelligent, talented people and those people aren’t found in any one particular section of society. People from a range of backgrounds, and degree disciplines join the Business Enablers scheme. The UK Intelligence Agencies / MI5 / MI6 / GCHQ are Equal Opportunities employers, committed to reflecting the society we protect. Our recruitment process is fair, transparent and based on merit. We particularly welcome applications from diverse and under-represented groups; women / Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates / candidates with a disability / LGBT+ candidates.

To apply, you’ll need to have – or be expecting – a 2:2 or above in any degree discipline, or have relevant and permanent work experience.

As a confident communicator, you can quickly establish productive working relationships with your colleagues. You’ll need good organisational skills have a good eye for detail and trust your own judgement. While happy to take responsibility for your own areas of work, you’ll also enjoy collaborating to solves problems and make decisions. MI5 also expects its employees to have a high degree of honesty and integrity.

Key Dates
Application closing date: 2nd December @23:00

Telephone Interviews will take place from mid November

Assessment Centres will take place from January 2020

The recruitment and vetting process can take around nine months to complete. If you are in the final year of your studies we advise you to apply now. During the recruitment process our recruitment team will give you further information about when you would be able to join.

The Recruitment Process
The first step is for you to complete our pre-screening questions to find out if you do meet our initial criteria. If you do meet these criteria we then ask you to begin an application. You will need to create a login and provide your full name, email address and memorable password. Once you have successfully created a personal account, you will be required to complete an initial application form providing contact details and equal opportunities information. The application form also includes a Situational Judgement test.

Situational Judgement Test
During the situational judgement test you will be presented with a set of hypothetical scenarios which have been designed using situations relevant to our values and key behaviours needed to perform the Business Enabler role. The situational judgement test is set in the context of you taking on the role of a Business Enabler, however you will not need any knowledge of the policies or procedures relating to MI5 in order to answer the questions in this test. You will just need to use your own judgement to rate the effectiveness of each option in response to the situation presented and pick the most and least effective options. This situational judgement test will present you with different situations that you might have to deal with as a Business Enabler.

Your application will be sifted by our recruitment team and if successful, the next stage is a telephone interview. This will include competency based questions and will explore your motivation to work for MI5.

Assuming you pass the telephone interview, you will be invited to attend an assessment centre in London. This half day assessment will include a mixture of role-plays, an interview and a written assessment. It is designed to assess the full range of competencies and skills required for the Business Enabler role, but is often described by candidates as a challenging but very rewarding and enjoyable day.

If you are successful, the final stage of the recruitment process is a final selection board interview, which will be followed by the Vetting process.

You should read about the Vetting process and satisfy yourself that you meet the criteria outlined in the Vetting pages prior to submitting an application.

Eligibility Criteria
You should read the How to Apply section for further information on the eligibility criteria and recruitment process for this role, and satisfy yourself that you meet the criteria outlined:
Eligibility Criteria
Equality Criteria
Equality and Diversity
Recruitment Process

Discretion
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.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part or commitment to being a ‘Disability Confident Leader’ we offer an interview to all candidates with a disability who meet our minimum criteria for the role that they are applying for. This is known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS).
To secure an interview for this vacancy, the minimum criteria (in order of application process) are:

Eligibility Questions
You will be asked a series of questions relating to this vacancy. If you meet this criteria here you will be directed to the initial application form.

Online Test
You will be required to reach the pass mark set for the situational judgement test.
On successful completion of this test and an application form sift; you will be invited to an interview. This will normally be a telephone interview and is our guaranteed interview.