Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942

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

Job summary

The Environment Agency is seeking a Corporate Security Senior Advisor to lead security initiatives and promote a positive security culture. In this hybrid role, you will oversee risk management, collaborate with various stakeholders, and contribute to the agency's resilience. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership and partnership-building skills, with a commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes and inspire others.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands.
• Experience in stakeholder management and implementing business change.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mitigate security risks.
• Provide leadership on security assessments and management.
• Run governance meetings for security decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Partnership Building

Culture 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 decisions for security
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, which will give you the opportunity to gain a wide range of experience of key activities.

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 new and evolving risks. Although you do not need to be a security professional, you will need the following skills and experience:

1. Appreciation of wider influences for the security of the organisation, to continuously improve to meet changing demands
2. Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes, promote partnership, influence, and inspire others
3. Building effective partnerships with Defra and Environment Agency colleagues to jointly manage risks
4. Ability to work with senior people, manage multiple priorities, and competing demands on yourself and your team
5. Experience of inspiring culture change, stakeholder management, leading communications and engagement, and implementing business change solutions is beneficial

Contact and additional information

Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when needed. Further information can be found within your candidate pack.

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

An informal session to hear more about the role and ask questions will be held on Wednesday 21st May 12.30-1.30. For further details, contact Emma Young at [e-mail] to join the session or receive a transcript.

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

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

1. Builds and Sustains Relationships: Demonstrate how you build effective relationships leading to successful joint outcomes.
2. Leads People: Explain how you would ensure everyone in the organisation is aware of their security responsibilities.
3. Delivers Results Through Others: Provide an example of how you use the skills and expertise of others to deliver joint outcomes.

Note: The Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service, so appointees will not be Crown Servants and will not have continuous service.

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

We have a Guaranteed Interview Policy for applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria.

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