Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

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

Job summary

The Environment Agency is seeking a Corporate Security Senior Advisor to lead a small team focused on enhancing security culture and mitigating risks. This hybrid role involves collaboration with senior stakeholders and developing security strategies to protect the organization. Ideal candidates will have proven leadership skills and experience in stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills to achieve results and inspire others.
• Experience in managing multiple priorities and balancing demands.
• Ability to build effective partnerships with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mitigate security risks.
• Provide leadership and guidance on security risk management.
• Collaborate with risk owners to ensure risks are understood and mitigated.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Engagement

Cultural Change

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 enhancing our security culture. You will be a role model for security, promoting a positive culture and cultivating good behaviors. Your work will contribute to protecting the organization from security threats that could impact 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. Collaborate with risk owners across the organization to ensure risks are understood, assessed, and mitigated.
4. Provide assurance to the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for security, EA Board, and Executive Directors.
5. Partner with Defra group Security to develop and implement security strategies, policies, and processes.
6. Lead initiatives to improve our security culture through training, communication, and engagement.
7. Manage governance meetings to oversee security decisions.
8. Maintain networks with security professionals to stay updated on the latest security developments.

The wider team manages diverse activities. You will be involved in various team projects, offering opportunities to gain broad experience.

We are committed to an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working arrangements, including job sharing. Please specify your preferred working patterns in your application.

The team

You will be part of a small, welcoming team within the Corporate Management, Assurance, and Security team, focused on organizational resilience. You will have access to professional security advice within Defra group Security and collaborate with subject matter experts at the Environment Agency.

Experience/skills required

The external security landscape is complex and evolving. While you do not need to be a security professional, you should have:

• An understanding of broader influences on organizational security to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Proven leadership skills to achieve results, foster partnerships, influence, and inspire others.
• Ability to build effective partnerships with Defra and Environment Agency colleagues to jointly manage risks.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, managing multiple priorities, and balancing demands.
• Experience in inspiring cultural change, stakeholder engagement, and implementing business change solutions is advantageous.

Additional information

All new hires must undertake training and participate in incident response duties as needed. Further details are available 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 travel may be required for meetings.

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

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

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

1. Builds and Sustains Relationships: Describe how you build effective relationships that lead to successful joint outcomes.
2. Leads People: Explain how you would 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; therefore, you will not be a Crown Servant if appointed. Please consult your HR if you are unsure about your employment status.

We value diversity and inclusion and welcome flexible working arrangements, including job sharing. We also guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body that uses government frameworks for recruitment. We do not engage directly via post, email, or phone for recruitment purposes. For support suppliers, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier.