Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

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

Job summary

The Environment Agency is seeking a Corporate Security Senior Advisor to lead a small team in managing security risks and fostering a positive security culture. This hybrid role requires strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with responsibilities including risk assessment and training initiatives. The successful candidate will play a vital role in protecting the organisation's assets and promoting security awareness across teams.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes and promote partnerships.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to inspire cultural change and implement business solutions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mitigate security risks alongside 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

Cultural Change

Risk Management

Communication

Job description

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Job Description

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 to oversee and mitigate security risks
2. Provide leadership and direction on assessing and managing security risks, including our retained security 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, communications, and engagement
7. Run governance meetings to oversee security decisions
8. Maintain networks with security professionals to stay updated with the latest context

The wider team manages diverse work; you will be involved in various activities, gaining broad experience.

We are committed to an inclusive workforce reflecting the communities we serve. Flexible working patterns, including job-shares, are welcome. Please specify your preferred 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

• An appreciation of the wider influences on organisational security to enable continuous improvement
• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes, promote partnerships, influence, and inspire
• Ability to build effective partnerships with Defra and Environment Agency colleagues to jointly manage risks
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, managing multiple priorities and demands
• Experience in inspiring cultural change, stakeholder management, leading communications, and implementing business change solutions is beneficial

Contact and Additional Information

All new hires will undertake training and participate in incident response duties as needed. Further details are available in the candidate pack.

This is a hybrid role; you will be based at your nearest location in England with the option to work from home. Some national travel may be required.

There will be an informal session to learn more and ask questions on Wednesday, 21 May, 12:30-13:30. Contact Emma Young at [e-mail] to join or receive a transcript.

Interviews are scheduled to take place from the week commencing 16 June 2025.

To apply, please provide examples demonstrating the following competencies:

1. Builds and Sustains Relationships: Describe how you build effective relationships that lead to successful outcomes.
2. Leads People: How would you ensure everyone understands their security responsibilities?
3. Delivers Results Through Others: Provide an example of how you leverage others’ skills to achieve joint outcomes.

Note: The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service; thus, employment does not count as continuous service. For local government or similar roles, you may be eligible for certain rights; contact your HR for details.

We support diversity and inclusion, welcome flexible working, and guarantee interviews for candidates with disabilities meeting minimum criteria.

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