PB6b, Senior Security Adviser, Grade 6, Perm, London

• Are you a Senior Security Professional looking for a new challenge?
• Are you highly adaptable and great at building constructive relationships at all levels?
• Do you like the idea of learning from and influencing three different stakeholder Government Departments?

If so, why don’t you think of applying for this unusual role where you will be the senior security professional in three diverse and fascinating Government Departments: Charity Commission, Competition and Markets Authority and the National Archives.There are a terrific range of issues to be tackled ranging from the security of the Doomsday  Book to managing the risk posed by foreign surveillance technology in new buildings.

The role is part of the Government Security Leadership Group relying on close links with the Cabinet Office and other Senior Security Professionals across Government.  It’s potentially a great steppingstone to promotion because of the responsibility and the wide range of issues you will come across.

The role has massive senior visibility with a lot of exposure to the top of all three organisations.  You will be influential with your expertise being recognised and acted upon.  The role is very autonomous- working for three stakeholders, with three different laptops and three different email addresses, you will need to be incredibly organised and ruthless in prioritisation of commitments both from your departments and the centre.

Whilst you don’t have a single team working for you, there is a range of great people supporting you in the three different Departments.  All departments operate on a hybrid basis, with the majority of “office days” being in or around London.  There is an occasional need to travel on a planned basis to other locations, including Liverpool- on average up to 3 days a month.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Providing advice and engaging with CEO and Executive Committee Boards, the Audit and Risk Committees and accountable Directors to determine how to mitigate security risks affecting all business areas.
• Working closely with and advising senior colleagues in IT, operations, data protection, estates, and HR teams to ensure the security needs of each organisation are met in the most efficient way;
• Acting as a security ambassador, encouraging adoption and compliance with the Security Functional Standards framework with each Department and their contractors.
• Embedding government security culture within the departments, across people, technology, operations, and suppliers, building organisational proficiency at identifying, managing, and reporting security issues and risks;
• As a member of the Government Security Profession, leading engagement with Government Security Group and providing oversight of all security assurance.
• Determining the business case for securing funding and negotiating the services to be procured from the central government offer and acting as the departments’ intelligent customer for the delivery of these services;
• Scrutinising the services provided by the Government Security Centres, to ensure they meet the agreed service level defined in the Service Level Agreements. Reviewing Service Level Agreements to ensure that the services provided meet the needs of the departments;
• Monitoring, advising, and supporting Security staff and contractors;
• Hands on management and coordination, including running Security Working Groups in all three departments;
• To act as a main point of contact for all three departments into GSG and the wider security community, feeding into cross government Incident Response activities and monitoring the changes in requirements coming out of the centre and distilling it to actionable information for the departments.

As a Security Adviser community member across government:

• Maintain and develop your own and other’s security skills and knowledge across government
• Enthusiastically contribute to government security standards
• Actively analyse and assess quality of centrally provisioned service offerings
• Actively liaise with other Security colleagues to share and embed best practice within your departments

Ability

• To form excellent relationships within each department and with the wider security community; including the NTAs, with knowledge to draw on experts/the expertise of others when required;
• To analyse, translate and simplify complex information in order to provide appropriate advice and guidance.
• To take a cross-government approach, considering the impact of your decisions in the broadest of settings;
• Have the gravitas to build trust and develop strategic relationships with senior stakeholders and be able to represent technology challenges through a business lens.

 Experience

• Evidence of leading security and risk management at a senior level
• Awareness of issues arising when working in subject areas of risk management, data protection, information, data, cyber, personnel and physical security
• Managing contracts and representing senior stakeholders.

Technical

• Knowledge specifically of cyber security or IS Security Controls and Risk management;
• For all issues, identifying and assessing risks and implementing strategic solutions;
• Application of risk management principles during the management of work and when making decisions.
• Handling data and information sensitively in accordance with the business procedures and/or law.
• Willingness to undergo Developed Vetting
• Any relevant and recognised security qualifications/certifications such as CISSP, SABSA,CISM or willingness to undertake same or similar

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

This is your chance to make a contribution that really matters and to make an impact in an organisation where your voice will be heard and your hard work noticed.

Watch this short video to find out more about us.

We operate a flexible hybrid working policy where office attendance is combined with at least 3 days homeworking per week dependent on role requirements.

We recognise everyone as an individual, accepting people for who they are and treating everyone fairly.

We offer access to the highly competitive Civil Service Pension Scheme (employer contributions of 27.1%), far more than in the private sector, and a flexible, family-friendly environment, plus you can look forward to other great benefits via our ‘Perkbox’ scheme. These include everything from an interest-free season ticket loan and bicycle loan after two months to discounts on gym membership, cinema tickets and restaurants.

You will start on 25 days leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service and previous service with another government department will be recognised for this purpose.

Work at the Charity Commission and you’ll make a difference every day. To the 170,000 charities of all shapes and sizes that we regulate across England and Wales. To the trustees we partner with and advise. And to the people and causes that benefit from the £10bn generously donated each year by the public.

Find out more about working for us here.

Any move across the Civil Service on or after 4 October 2018 may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.

Job contact :

• Name : Charity Commission Recruitment
• Email : Recruitment@charitycommission.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : charitycommissionrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk