Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager

UK Home Office; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

The UK Home Office is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager in Sheffield to lead the implementation and management of risk processes. The role involves overseeing risk management activities, developing policies, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. Candidates must have Security Clearance and a strong background in risk assessment and management.

Benefits

Civil Service pension with high employer contributions

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discounts

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Study leave and support

Paid leave for volunteering

Generous parental leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrable passion for managing security risk.
• Experience in developing risk treatment plans.
• Ability to explain prevention measures.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cyber security risk assessments and communicate outcomes.
• Develop and assure risk management-related policy.
• Advise on cyber security risks and mitigation measures.

Skills

Risk Assessment

Security Clearance

Communication

Policy Development

Job description

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Lead Technical Recruiter (Cyber Security, Data & IT Operations) @ UK Home Office | HR, Recruiting, Hiring

Location: Sheffield

Salary: £44,720 Candidates may be eligible for an additional allowance, pending a Capability and Skills assessment, with a value of up to £12,680

The Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager plans and implements organisation-wide processes and procedures for the management of risk. They monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the risk management processes across the organisation and make recommendations for continuous improvement.

As a Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager, your main day-to-day responsibilities will be:

• Working within established security and risk management governance structures, usually under supervision to support, review and undertake straightforward risk management activities such as: undertaking cyber security related risk assessments; basic threat assessments and other risk management activities.
• Communicating the risk assessment outcomes to stakeholders in ways that support effective security, risk management and decision-making.
• Developing risk management-related policy and assuring the ongoing appropriateness of policy in accordance with regulation and wider organisational and government policies.
• Providing advice to address straight-forward cyber security risks by applying a variety of security capabilities, which may include using published guidance or standards, and validating the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures.
• Helping risk or service owners to make decisions that are well informed by providing clear security team

What you'll bring:

Please note that this role requires Security Clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years.

As a Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager, you’ll have a demonstrable passion for Managing Security risk with 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.

Please note for this role you will require a SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years.

We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from women, people with disabilities and LGBT+ as they are currently under-represented in the Home Office at this grade level. Appointments will be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.

Some of the benefits our employees love

• A Civil Service pension with employer contribution rates of between 26.6% and 30.3%, depending upon salary.
• season ticket loans and rental deposit loans
• cycle to work and payroll giving
• employee discounts - including a huge number of retailers (via the Edenred platform), Microsoft Home Use programme and gym membership
• a variety of staff recognition schemes including thank you vouchers
• health and wellbeing initiatives including monthly mindfulness sessions
• staff support networks
• maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
• maternity and adoption support leave (paternity leave) of 2 weeks full pay
• up to 5 days paid leave for volunteering
• study leave and support for studying for a qualification or other accredited development relevant to your role

For full job description and salary please follow the "Apply" link.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration

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