Security Culture Change

Public Sector Resourcing; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A governmental agency in the UK is seeking a Security Culture Change Officer for a 6-month contract. The role involves supporting the design and implementation of security culture initiatives while working hybrid with an expectation of 1-2 days in the office. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of culture change methodologies and SC Clearance is essential.

Qualifications

• SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role.
• Experience in culture change projects within the public sector is desirable.
• Familiarity with behavioral science or change psychology is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support and evidence the organisation's transformation journey.
• Assist in analysing current organisational culture.
• Gather and interpret data to measure cultural change.
• Contribute to communication strategies that engage staff.
• Monitor and report on the progress of initiatives.

Skills

Strong understanding of the Culture Web framework

Demonstrated analytical ability

Excellent communication and storytelling skills

Collaborative approach

Awareness of different security dimensions

Adaptable and curious

Job description

On behalf of FCDO, we are looking for a Security Culture Change - (Inside IR35) for a 6-months contract working on a hybrid basis and with an expectation of between 1 to 2 days attendance in the London office

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) pursues our national interests and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. We promote the interests of British citizens, safeguard the UK's security, defend our values, reduce poverty, and tackle global challenges with our international partners.

Security Culture Support role, assisting the Security Culture Lead in the design, implementation, and evaluation of security culture initiatives. Contribute to communities of practice and knowledge sharing within the organisation and across the wider government/public sector network.

The Security Culture Support Officer will play a key role in helping to shape and embed a strong, positive security culture across the organisation. Working closely with the Security Culture Lead and partners across Physical, Personal, and Information Security functions, the postholder will contribute to a long‑term programme of cultural change‑anchored in the Culture Web framework‑to improve and sustain secure behaviours across a diverse, global workforce.

As a Security Culture Change - (Inside IR35) your main responsibilities will be:

• This role will focus on supporting and evidencing the organisation's transformation journey over the next five years — helping to turn good intentions into measurable, lasting change.
• Support the design, implementation, and evaluation of security culture initiatives using the Culture Web and complementary change frameworks.
• Assist in analysing current organisational culture, identifying strengths, barriers and opportunities to embed positive security behaviours.
• Gather and interpret data (e.g., surveys, interviews, observations, behavioural metrics) to measure cultural change and inform interventions.
• Contribute to storytelling and communication strategies that engage staff and bring the organisation's security culture vision to life.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across Physical, Personal and Information Security, HR, Learning & Development, and Communications to ensure coherence and alignment.
• Support the creation of practical tools, resources, and campaigns that help individuals and teams adopt secure behaviours in everyday work.
• Monitor and report on the progress of initiatives, capturing qualitative and quantitative evidence of change.
• Definition of requirements stemming from findings
• Help design and maintain the organisation's Security Culture Change Roadmap, ensuring it remains dynamic, inclusive, and evidence based.

PLEASE NOTE:

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short‑term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance

Essential Skills

• Strong understanding of the Culture Web framework and broader organisational culture/change methodologies.
• Demonstrated analytical ability—comfortable with data collection, analysis, and presentation to support evidence‑based decision‑making.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with an ability to convey complex messages clearly and compellingly to diverse audiences.
• Collaborative approach, able to build effective working relationships across functions, geographies, and cultures.
• Awareness of the different dimensions of security (Physical, Personal, Information) and how these interact in an organisational context.
• Adaptable and curious, with a genuine interest in understanding what drives behaviours and how to influence them positively.

Desirable Skills

• Experience supporting or delivering culture change projects within the public sector or large complex organisations.
• Familiarity with behavioural science, change psychology, or human factors approaches to security and risk.
• International or cross‑cultural working experience.
• Experience designing or supporting evaluation frameworks or dashboards for cultural change measurement.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, FCDO guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.