Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

Environment Agency; Ware; 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 mitigating security risks and promoting a positive security culture. This hybrid role involves collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure effective security strategies are in place, enhancing the organisation's resilience against threats.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes.
• Ability to work with senior people and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in stakeholder management and leading communications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mitigate security risks.
• Provide leadership on security risk assessment.
• Lead actions to improve security culture.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Partnership Building

Culture 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 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 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. There is an expectation that you will become involved in work the whole team does, giving you the opportunity to gain a broad range of experience.

We are committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job-share. Please include any information about your preferred working arrangements on 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 to function effectively and be resilient. You will have access to the advice of professional security teams in Defra group Security and work with subject matter experts in the Environment Agency.

Experience/Skills Required

The external security landscape is complex with evolving risks. While you do not need to be a security professional, you will need the following skills and experience:

1. An appreciation of wider influences on the security of the organisation to enable continuous improvement
2. Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes, promote partnership, influence, and inspire others
3. Ability to build effective partnerships with Defra and Environment Agency colleagues to jointly manage risks
4. Ability to work with senior people, manage multiple priorities, and handle competing demands
5. Experience of inspiring culture change, stakeholder management, leading communications and engagement, and implementing business change solutions is beneficial

Contact and Additional Information

Everyone joining us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when needed. Further details can be found in your candidate pack.

This is a hybrid role; you will be based at your nearest office in England but will also be able to work from home. Some national travel for meetings is expected.

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

Interviews are scheduled for 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 joint outcomes.
2. Leads People: Explain how you ensure everyone understands their security responsibilities.
3. Delivers Results Through Others: Provide an example of how you use 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 and may not have continuous service. For some applicants in local government or similar bodies, you may be eligible for continuous service for redundancy payments. Contact your HR for clarification.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome flexible working arrangements, including job share. Please specify your preferences in your application.

We offer a Guaranteed Interview Policy for applicants with disabilities, ensuring an interview if the minimum criteria are met.

The Environment Agency uses government frameworks and contracts for external recruitment; direct market engagement is not possible. To become a support supplier, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier.