Senior Cyber Risk & Assurance Lead

UK Home Office; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

25 days annual leave

8 public holidays + 1 privilege day

Hybrid working 60% office time

Job summary

UK Home Office is seeking a Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager to drive proportionate risk-based assurance across projects and live services. You will identify, assess and help mitigate cyber risks to critical systems, guiding evidence-based decisions.

You will support senior stakeholders with independent challenge and advice, under a culture of continuous development and collaboration within the Compliance and Assurance team.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead cyber security risk or assurance practitioners.
• Experience in risk-based governance and policy development.
• Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders and challenge risk decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead proportionate, risk-based second-line cyber security assurance.
• Develop and implement organisation-wide cyber risk management processes.
• Provide tailored expert support to projects and service owners.
• Advise on remediation of vulnerabilities and assurance findings.
• Ensure risk assessments align with Home Office policies and guidance.

Skills

Lead cyber security risk

Stakeholder communication

Policy development

Risk assessments

Threat and risk analysis

Tools

NIST

ISO27001

COBIT

BS EN 31111

Cyber Essentials

Job description

UK Home Office is seeking a Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager to drive proportionate risk-based assurance across projects and live services. You will identify, assess and help mitigate cyber risks to critical systems, guiding evidence-based decisions.

You will support senior stakeholders with independent challenge and advice, under a culture of continuous development and collaboration within the Compliance and Assurance team.