Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager

UK Home Office; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Reward scheme

25 days annual leave

Public holidays + privilege day

Flexi-time / flexible working

Job summary

UK Home Office is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager to identify, assess and mitigate cyber risks to information systems and critical infrastructure. You will provide risk-based advice to stakeholders and help develop risk frameworks for ongoing improvements.

You’ll join a team of cyber professionals with a supportive culture and commitment to continuous development, engaging with diverse partners across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk identification, assessment and mitigation.
• Ability to develop risk treatment plans and communicate risks.
• Structured approach to audits and maintaining audit trails.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and mitigate cyber-related risks to information and systems.
• Provide risk-based advice to stakeholders across the organisation.
• Contribute to risk systems, processes and frameworks.

Skills

Risk assessment

Risk treatment

Audit & compliance

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Location: Croydon | Sheffield | Salford | Glasgow (hybrid)

Skills allowance of up to £7,550, pending assessment

Advert Close Date: 14th September 2026

Job summary

As a Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager, you will support the identification, assessment and mitigation of cyber-related risks. You will help evaluate security risks to information, processes, critical national infrastructure and business-critical systems, drawing on a range of evidence to provide advice to stakeholders across the organisation and support informed, risk-based decision- making. You will also contribute to the development, maintenance and continuous improvement of risk systems, processes and frameworks.

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.

You’ll have a demonstrable experience in, and passion for, Cyber Security including the

following skills or experience in:

• Reviewing and performing risk assessments, developing risk treatment plans and communicating those risks to others.
• Identifying typical risk indicators and explaining prevention measures.
• Adopting a structured approach to executing and documenting audits, following agreed standards.
• Maintaining integrity of records to support and satisfy audit trails.
• Ability to champion cyber security risk and ensure ongoing appropriateness or practices.
• Communicating technical requirements effectively to both technical and non technical stakeholders.

Why work for us...

Find out more information at: Benefits - Home Office Careers, but some of the primary ones are:

• A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of £14,441 annually
• In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
• 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
• 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day.
• Flexi-time allowance and flexible working options

Plus so much MORE: https://careers.homeoffice.gov.uk/benefits