Sector security specialist

Jisc; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work pattern

31 days annual leave

Home office allowance

Wellbeing benefits

LinkedIn Learning access

Job summary

Jisc is seeking a Sector security specialist to design, develop and deliver cyber security and resilience training for the UK education and research sector. You will translate complex security concepts into practical learning, create roadmaps, and deliver workshops, exercises, and simulations to strengthen sector cyber resilience.

You will collaborate across teams to align training with Jisc cyber services and sector priorities, travel weekly to member sites, and help build long-term sector

Qualifications

• Design, deliver cyber resilience training for the education and research sector.
• Translate security concepts and standards into practical learning.
• Develop measurable learning outcomes and training infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Cyber Resilience Training Roadmap aligned to sector needs.
• Deliver training and learning pathways for technical, security, and leadership audiences.
• Create practical exercises and simulations including ransomware and incident response scenarios.
• Produce engaging training materials and facilitator guides with accurate content.

Skills

Training delivery

Facilitation

Cyber security training

Incident response knowledge

Security operations

Cloud security

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Cyber security degree/quals

Tools

Microsoft security

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Cloud security

Job description

About the Team:

The Sector Resiliency and Engagement Team is focused on delivery and active engagement with the sector, developing awareness and training programmes to strengthen capability and resilience. The team works collaboratively across the sector to promote best practice and ensure that both security professionals and the wider education community remain informed of current threats and UK-specific risk trends. The team also provides specialist technical support to members and customers onboarding to the SOC, ensuring a smooth and effective transition into services.

About the role:

As a Sector security specialist within the Security Directorate, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering cyber security and resilience training for the UK education and research sector. Your role will translate and deliver technical security concepts, frameworks, regulation, emerging threats, and good practice into practical and engaging learning that organisations can apply to improve their cyber resilience.

You will help develop and maintain a training roadmap aligned to evolving sector needs and deliver a range of training, workshops, exercises, and simulations.

The role will also contribute to building Jisc’s longer-term sector exercising, simulation, and capability development, ensuring training remains current, practical, and focused on measurable improvements in cyber resilience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop and maintain a Cyber Resilience Training Roadmap, working with the Head of Resiliency and Engagement, Head of Training Services, and subject matter experts to identify priorities based on sector needs, emerging threats, regulation, and Jisc’s cyber strategy.
• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality cyber resilience training and learning pathways for technical, security, and senior leadership audiences, using face-to-face, online, workshop, and practical learning approaches.
• Develop training that enables organisations to understand and practically apply relevant cyber security frameworks, standards, regulation, assurance approaches, and good practice, adapting content to the specific needs and challenges of the education and research sector.
• Develop and deliver practical cyber exercises and simulations, including red teaming, ransomware response, crisis management, tabletop exercises, and advanced incident response scenarios, including refreshing and expanding Jisc’s existing Ransomware Incident Response training.
• Develop and maintain engaging training materials, facilitator guides, exercises, scenarios, assessments, presentations, and supporting resources, working with internal and external subject matter experts to ensure content is technically accurate, relevant, accessible, and current.
• Deliver training, workshops, presentations, and practical sessions to Jisc members and the wider cyber community, supporting participants to translate learning into practical improvements within their organisations.
• Work collaboratively with Outreach & Engagement, Sector Resilience, Product, Marketing and Communications, and other relevant teams to coordinate, promote, and align training with wider Jisc cyber services and sector priorities.
• Represent Jisc at relevant sector events, conferences, workshops, and community activities, delivering presentations, demonstrations, and practical cyber resilience sessions.

What we are looking for:

• Willingness to travel on a weekly basis to members sites and Jisc offices across the UK is essential.
• Excellent training, facilitation and presentation skills, with the ability to deliver engaging learning both online and in person.
• Proven experienced designing, delivering cyber security, cyber resilience or information security training to technical, operational and senior leadership audiences.
• Strong technical knowledge across core cyber security disciplines, including security operations, incident response, identity, endpoint, network, cloud, vulnerability management, logging and monitoring, with the credibility to engage with and challenge technical security professionals.
• Experience with enterprise security technologies such as Microsoft security, SIEM, EDR/XDR, cloud or network security.
• Experience developing and facilitating practical exercises, simulations, workshops and tabletop scenarios, ideally covering incident response, ransomware, crisis management or cyber resilience.
• Experience evaluating and improving training through feedback, assessment and measurable learning outcomes.
• Degree or equivalent professional experience in cyber security, information security, computing, technology or Industry-recognised cyber security qualifications such as CISMP, CISM, CISSP, Security+ or equivalent with a recognised cyber security qualification or demonstrable equivalent professional experience.

Hybrid working:

Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value, so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.

Why work for us?

At Jisc, every role is meaningful, and every individual is valued. We foster a culture of continuous learning and personal growth, offering opportunities to develop new skills and make a real impact in education and research. With a strong focus on work-life balance, we embrace flexible working that prioritises outcomes over hours, empowering you to create a rhythm that energises both your professional and personal life.

Our Guiding Principles:

Jisc’s culture is powered by our four guiding principles: putting customers first, driving innovation, creating impact, and championing inclusive collaboration to deliver sustainable outcomes and shape a better future.

Discover the amazing benefits we provide! Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes three closure days over Christmas
• Buy up to an additional 5 days leave during the flexible benefits window
• Generous flexible pension schemes
• A range of wellbeing lifestyle benefits including company paid health care cash plan, mental health first aiders and support
• A company culture of continuous learning with access to thousands of LinkedIn Learning courses, and lots of resources and opportunities to support your development
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• Financial well-being support including access to preferential loan and savings plans, mortgage advice, will writing tools and support and resources to help you make the most of your money
• A wide range of discounts and cashback from retailers and big-name high‑street stores
• Family friendly policies including enhanced parental, maternity and paternity and co‑parental leave as well as opportunity for career breaks
• Support your volunteering with up to 3 days volunteer leave

Equity, diversity and inclusion:

Jisc believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging.

We work hard to create an equitable experience for our candidates and workforce which embraces all aspects of their identity including race and ethnicity, religion and belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, trans identities, age, class, disability, neurodivergence, or veteran status.

Sponsorship:

Jisc has an active sponsor licence to recruit on a Skilled worker visa basis. Candidates wishing to apply who require sponsorship should determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant Home Office criteria. Jisc does not offer any financial re‑imbursement towards the applicant costs, such as re‑location, skilled worker visa and dependant costs or the immigration health charge.

No agencies please.

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