Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

Environment Agency; Hexham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency in the UK seeks a Corporate Security Senior Advisor to enhance security culture and manage risks. The role involves collaboration with senior stakeholders, ensuring effective security strategies, and leading a small team. This hybrid position offers flexibility and the chance to influence organizational security positively.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes and inspire.
• Experience in stakeholder management and communications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mitigate security risks.
• Provide leadership on assessing and managing security risks.
• Lead actions to improve security culture through training.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Cultural Change

Job description

Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

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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 which 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 how we assess and manage 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. Work in partnership with Defra group Security to ensure we have security strategies, policies, and processes in place
6. Lead on delivering actions to improve our security culture including through training, communications, and engagement
7. Run governance meetings to oversee security decisions
8. Maintain networks with security professionals to stay up to date with the latest context

The wider team manages a diverse range of work. You will have the opportunity to gain experience across key activities and be involved in various projects.

We are committed to an inclusive workforce reflecting the communities we serve. Flexible working patterns, including job-share, are welcomed. 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 within Defra group Security and collaborate with subject matter experts in the Environment Agency.

Experience/skills Required

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

Contact and additional information

All staff are required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties as needed. Further details are in your candidate pack.

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

An informal session to learn more about the role will be held on Wednesday 21st May, 12:30-13:30. Contact Emma Young at [e-mail] to join or request a transcript.

Interviews are scheduled to occur from the week commencing 16th June 2025.

To apply, please provide examples for each of the following competencies:

1. Builds and Sustains Relationships: Demonstrate how you build effective relationships leading to successful outcomes.
2. Leads People: Explain how you ensure everyone understands their security responsibilities.
3. Delivers Results Through Others: Provide an example of how you leverage others’ skills and expertise to achieve joint outcomes.

Note: The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service; you will not be a Crown Servant upon appointment. Check your eligibility for continuous service if applicable. We value diversity and inclusion, encourage flexible working, and guarantee interviews for disabled applicants meeting minimum criteria.