Cyber Security Compliance Lead

Notting Hill Genesis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association in London is seeking a Cyber Security Compliance Manager to help protect vital data. The role involves defining policies, leading audits, and ensuring compliance with standards like NIST and ISO27001. You will collaborate across teams to improve cyber resilience while driving security as a proactive business enabler. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary package, along with numerous employee benefits to support your growth and wellbeing.

Benefits

Excellent annual leave allowance

Generous pension scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay

Employee assistance services

Health cash plan

Staff discounts

Interest-free loans

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance – 4x annual salary

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in a cyber governance, risk, or compliance role.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO27001, NIST 800-53, and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.
• Working understanding of data protection legislation including UK GDPR, DPA, and PCI-DSS.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain cyber security policies and procedures.
• Lead and coordinate cyber audits, vulnerability management, and penetration testing.
• Manage governance and oversight of risk management processes.

Skills

Cyber governance experience

Risk management

Compliance frameworks knowledge

Cybersecurity standards knowledge

Leadership and communication

Education

CISSP or equivalent

Project management qualification (Prince2, Agile)

Tools

ISO27001

NIST 800-53

Cyber Essentials Plus

Job description

Summary

Cyber Security Compliance Manager

Join us and help protect the data that protects our residents.

At Notting Hill Genesis (NHG), we’re on a mission to ensure our systems and data are resilient, compliant, and secure – protecting the trust of over 60,000 residents across London. As Cyber Security Compliance Lead / Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of our efforts to strengthen governance, manage risk, and maintain compliance across our digital landscape.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across the organisation to embed security standards, manage frameworks such as NIST, ISO27001, and Cyber Essentials, and ensure we meet evolving regulatory expectations. This is a key role where your expertise will shape our cyber resilience and make security a proactive business enabler.

What you’ll do

• Define and maintain cyber security policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with key frameworks such as NIST, ISO27001, and Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Lead and coordinate cyber audits, vulnerability management, penetration testing, and disaster recovery oversight.
• Manage governance and oversight of risk management processes, ensuring SLAs and compliance objectives are achieved.
• Communicate cyber security goals and performance to senior management and governance committees.
• Monitor supplier security performance and risk, ensuring third‑party assurance.
• Stay current with changes to legislation and standards, including UK GDPR, DPA, and PCI‑DSS.
• Support the development of strategic compliance plans and cyber maturity roadmaps to improve visibility, resilience, and trust.
• Collaborate with Governance, Risk, and Data Protection teams to maintain alignment and best practice across NHG.

Hybrid working is available, with at least two days a week based in an office or site location, and the remainder from home where appropriate.

All about you

You’re a passionate and proactive security professional with the technical depth and leadership to make a difference. You combine a solid understanding of compliance frameworks with the ability to engage, influence, and drive continuous improvement across diverse teams.

Essential experience and qualifications

• CISSP (or equivalent) professional qualification.
• Substantial experience in a cyber governance, risk, or compliance role.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO27001, NIST 800-53, and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.
• Experience of vulnerability and risk management processes.
• Working understanding of data protection legislation including UK GDPR, DPA, and PCI‑DSS.
• Experience engaging with security and threat intelligence networks such as NCSC.
• Project management qualification (Prince2, Agile) preferred.

Behaviours for success

• Compassionate – putting people and residents at the heart of decisions.
• Progressive – striving for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Dependable – consistently delivering high‑quality, reliable outcomes.
• Inclusive – valuing diversity and collaboration across all teams.
• Empowered – enabling others to achieve their best.

What’s in it for you

Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning and development options to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance – free confidential advice and counselling services
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts across hundreds of retailers, gyms, restaurants, and entertainment venues
• Interest‑free loans (season ticket, tenancy deposit, and training loans)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance – 4x annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not‑for‑profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/

Selection Process

Step 1: Submit your application online by 25 January 2026

Step 2: Attend an interview with the selection panel.

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via .

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

Salary range

• £61,482 – £68,167 per year