Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

Environment Agency; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency is seeking a Corporate Security Senior Advisor to enhance its security culture and manage risks effectively. This hybrid role involves collaboration with various stakeholders, ensuring the organization is protected against security threats. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and a deep understanding of security dynamics.

Qualifications

• Understanding of external security landscape and evolving risks.
• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes and foster partnerships.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and managing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mitigate security risks with the Corporate Security Manager.
• Provide leadership on assessing and managing security risks.
• Lead initiatives to improve security culture through training and engagement.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Risk Assessment

Communication

Culture Change

Job description

Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

Are you an inspirational and collaborative leader? Are you keen to use your leadership skills to protect the organisation and our staff?

As Corporate Security Senior Advisor, you’ll be working in a small team responsible for providing assurance that we’re addressing our security risks and improving our security culture. You will be a role model for security, promoting a positive culture and cultivating good behaviours. You'll contribute to protecting the organisation from security threats that could affect our people, data, information, or physical assets.

In this role, you will:

1. Help the Corporate Security Manager oversee and mitigate security risks.
2. Provide leadership and guidance on assessing and managing security risks, including our retained responsibilities.
3. Work with risk owners across the organisation to ensure risks are understood, assessed, and adequately mitigated.
4. Provide assurance to the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for security, EA Board, and Executive Directors.
5. Partner with Defra group Security to ensure security strategies, policies, and processes are in place.
6. Lead initiatives to improve our security culture through training, communication, and engagement.
7. Run governance meetings to oversee security decisions.
8. Maintain networks with security professionals to stay updated with the latest developments.

The wider team manages a diverse range of work. There is an expectation that you will contribute to various team activities, offering opportunities to gain broad experience.

We are committed to an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Flexible working arrangements, including job-share, are encouraged. Please specify your preferred working arrangements in your application.

The team: You will be part of a small, welcoming team within the Corporate Management, Assurance, and Security team, focused on protecting and empowering the organisation. You will have access to professional security advice from Defra group Security and collaborate with subject matter experts in the Environment Agency.

Experience/Skills Required:

• Understanding of the external security landscape and its evolving risks.
• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes, foster partnerships, influence, and inspire.
• Ability to build effective partnerships within Defra and Environment Agency colleagues to jointly manage risks.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, managing multiple priorities and demands.
• Experience in culture change, stakeholder management, communications, engagement, and implementing business change solutions is advantageous.

Additional Information:

• All new hires are required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties as needed.
• This is a hybrid role; office-based in your nearest location in England with the option to work from home, and some national travel may be required.
• An informal session will be held on Wednesday, 21st May, 12:30-13:30. Contact Emma Young at [e-mail] for details or to receive a transcript.
• Interviews are scheduled to commence from the week of 16th June 2025.