Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager

Government Recruitment Service; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service is advertising the Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager role for Home Office Digital in Sheffield. The post focuses on coordinating risk-based cyber security assurance across projects and live services within the department and across government IT systems.

You will provide independent challenge and guidance on cyber risks, helping stakeholders make auditable decisions using published standards, with a strong emphasis on reducing exposure to cyber-attacks.

Qualifications

• Lead cyber risk management across projects and live services.
• Provide independent challenge and advice on cyber risks throughout the service lifecycle.
• Enable stakeholders to make auditable decisions using published guidance.

Responsibilities

• Lead proportionate, risk-based cyber security assurance across Home Office projects and live services.
• Identify, assess and help mitigate cyber risks to critical national infrastructure and business-critical systems.
• Provide tailored expert support and advice to stakeholders, projects, and service owners.

Skills

Cyber risk management

Risk-based assurance

Stakeholder communication

Auditable decisions

Job description

Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

As a Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager in the Compliance and Assurance team, you will lead proportionate, risk-based cyber security assurance across Home Office projects and live services, identifying, assessing and helping mitigate cyber risks to critical national infrastructure and business-critical systems. Drawing on a range of evidence and your expertise, you will provide independent challenge and advice throughout the service lifecycle, enabling stakeholders, including senior leaders, to make informed, auditable decisions about cyber risk.

You’ll be joining an expert team of cyber professionals, committed to reducing the exposure to cyber-attack of new and existing digital systems. You’ll be aided in your role by a diverse and supportive organisational culture, and a commitment to further your continuous development.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home‑based working.Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of60% of their working time in the office.Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short videoto hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital.

The Lead Cyber Risk Manager supports, plans and develops the implementation and management of organisation‑wide processes and procedures for the management, assurance or governance of cyber risk. They will provide tailored expert support and advice that highlights cyber security risks to a range of stakeholders, projects, business teams and service owners, helping them to remedy identified risks by enabling well‑informed and auditable decisions, using published guidance and standards, and drawing on a range of experts as well as personal expertise.

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Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager

Company: Government Recruitment Service Salary: £62,732 to £62,732 a year Hours: Full‑time Location: Sheffield Job type: Permanent Posting date: 9 Nov 2026 Closing date: 23 Nov 2026

Summary

Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.

As a Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager in the Compliance and Assurance team, you will lead proportionate, risk‑based cyber security assurance across Home Office projects and live services, identifying, assessing and helping mitigate cyber risks to critical national infrastructure and business‑critical systems. Drawing on a range of evidence and your expertise, you will provide independent challenge and advice throughout the service lifecycle, enabling stakeholders, including senior leaders, to make informed, auditable decisions about cyber risk.

You’ll be joining an expert team of cyber professionals, committed to reducing the exposure to cyber‑attack of new and existing digital systems. You’ll be aided in your role by a diverse and supportive organisational culture, and a commitment to further your continuous development.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home‑based working.Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of60% of their working time in the office.Applicants can raise any queries to the email address at the bottom of the advert.

Watch this short videoto hear from members of Home Office Digital talking about the projects they work on and their experience of working here: Working for Home Office Digital.

The Lead Cyber Risk Manager supports, plans and develops the implementation and management of organisation‑wide processes and procedures for the management, assurance or governance of cyber risk. They will provide tailored expert support and advice that highlights cyber security risks to a range of stakeholders, projects, business teams and service owners, helping them to remedy identified risks by enabling well‑informed and auditable decisions, using published guidance and standards, and drawing on a range of experts as well as personal expertise.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

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