Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

Environment Agency; Pickering; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Environment Agency is seeking a Corporate Security Senior Advisor to lead security initiatives and foster a positive security culture. This mid-senior level role involves collaboration with various stakeholders to manage security risks and ensure compliance. The position offers flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Understanding of organisational security influences.
• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes.
• Experience in inspiring cultural change and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mitigate security risks.
• Collaborate with risk owners to assess and manage risks.
• Lead initiatives to improve security culture.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Cultural Change

Partnership Building

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 work in a small team responsible for providing assurance that we’re addressing our security risks and fostering a positive security culture. You will be a role model for security, promoting good behaviours and contributing to the protection of our people, data, information, and physical assets.

In this role, you will:

1. Help the Corporate Security Manager oversee and mitigate security risks
2. Provide leadership on assessing and managing security risks, including our retained responsibilities
3. Collaborate with risk owners across the organisation to understand, assess, and mitigate risks
4. Ensure assurance to the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), EA Board, and Executive Directors
5. Partner with Defra group Security to implement security strategies, policies, and processes
6. Lead initiatives to improve our security culture through training, communications, and engagement
7. Facilitate governance meetings to oversee security decisions
8. Maintain networks with security professionals to stay informed on the latest developments

The wider team manages diverse activities, offering opportunities to gain broad experience. We value an inclusive workforce that reflects our communities and support flexible working arrangements, including job share. Please specify your preferred working pattern in your application.

The team

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

Experience/Skills Required

The external security landscape is complex and evolving. While you don’t need to be a security professional, you should possess:

• An understanding of broader influences on organisational security to facilitate continuous improvement
• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes, foster partnerships, influence, and inspire
• Ability to build effective partnerships with Defra and Environment Agency colleagues for joint risk management
• Experience working with senior stakeholders, managing multiple priorities and demands
• Experience in inspiring cultural change, stakeholder management, leading communications and engagement, and implementing business change (beneficial but not mandatory)

Additional Information

All new hires will undertake training and participate in incident response duties as needed. 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 will be required.

An informal session will be held on Wednesday 21st May 12:30-13:30 to discuss the role. Contact Emma Young at [e-mail] for details or to receive a transcript. Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing 16th June 2025.

Applicants should provide examples for each of the following competencies:

1. Builds and Sustains Relationships: Demonstrate how you build effective relationships that lead to successful outcomes.
2. Leads People: Explain how you ensure everyone understands their security responsibilities.
3. Delivers Results Through Others: Describe how you leverage the skills of others to achieve joint outcomes.

Note: The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service and does not offer continuous service. For further details, contact your HR team. We welcome flexible working and support applicants with disabilities through our Guaranteed Interview Policy.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other, Information Technology, Management