Senior Information Security Manager

The Careers & Enterprise Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) is seeking a Senior Information Security Manager to lead and maintain its ISO 27001-certified information security management system. This role involves strengthening security governance, auditing, and risk management for the charity serving England’s learners.

You will work in a mission-driven team, ensuring safeguarding and data protection while guiding policy development and resilience across the organisation.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years in an information security governance role in an ISO 27001 environment.
• ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification.
• CISSP or degree with information security focus or computer science including security modules.

Responsibilities

• Oversee CEC's ISO 27001-certified Information Security Management System and continually improve it.
• Lead business continuity management for information and technology risks.
• Support development of a proportionate quality management approach, including work towards ISO 9001 certification.

Skills

Information security governance

ISO 27001

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Microsoft tools

Education

CISSP or equivalent

Degree in information security / computer science

Tools

ISO 27001 Lead Implementer

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

Job description

Job Title: Senior Information Security Manager

Working For: The Careers & Enterprise Company

Working Arrangements

This role can be home-based, with occasional attendance at the London office required, or performed on a hybrid basis (depending on your location). This is a permanent position (37.5 hours per week) although we are open to excellent applicants seeking part-time work (i.e. 4 days a week, 0.80 FTE).

We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st century careers education.

The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.

Do you want to be part of a mission-driven team focused on transforming young people’s lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Role summary

The Careers & Enterprise Company, a non-profit organisation with a social purpose, is looking for a knowledgeable and committed Senior Information Security Manager to join its small Compliance Team. Reporting to the Head of Compliance (CEC’s Data Protection Officer), you will lead CEC’s ISO 27001-certified information security management system, strengthen processes, and help shape policy. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring information risk is managed effectively, overseeing security governance and standards, conducting audits and monitoring, and ensuring policies and processes continue to improve. Your work will be essential in providing assurance that the young people’s data entrusted to CEC is secure.

You may already be leading information security governance in a smaller organisation, or you may have built strong experience as a key member of a larger information security or governance team.

We are seeking a candidate with broad experience across information security and governance, including most of the following: identifying and assessing information risk, managing controls, carrying out internal and third-party audits, improving processes, developing training and guidance for staff, managing and reviewing incidents, and contributing to policy development.

Because CEC works with children’s data and provides digital tools for careers education, we are especially interested in candidates who are motivated by social purpose who understand the importance of security governance in this context. An appreciation of data protection, tech ethics, and safeguarding will be important in helping you thrive here. Technical skills and experience matter, but so do your values.

We are passionate about helping young people take their best next step, and keeping their information safe is fundamental to that mission. This is a fast-moving environment, so you will need to be comfortable working through ambiguity, building strong partnerships across teams, finding practical solutions, and confidently raising significant risks when needed.

The key responsibilities of this role are to oversee information security standards by managing and continually improving CEC’s ISO 27001-certified Information Security Management System, leading business continuity management for information and technology risks, and supporting the organisation’s development of a proportionate quality management approach, including work towards ISO 9001 certification.

Essential criteria:

We are looking for someone with at least three years’ experience, ideally five, working in an ISO 27001-certified environment. A CISSP or similar professional or academic qualification is preferred, and an understanding of quality management, or a willingness to develop it, would be an advantage.

• A minimum of 3 years of work experience in an information security governance role within an ISO 27001 certified environment
• ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification
• CISSP, or a degree or equivalent level 6 or above qualification with an information security focus, or computer science or similar including relevant security modules

Skills and core competencies:

• Good knowledge of current information security threats and best practices for information security management and governance
• Delivery focused with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Capable of building and maintaining strong working relationships across teams and working through ambiguity
• Motivated to find practical solutions, yet willing to elevate significant risk
• Confident user of Microsoft tools and comfortable developing skills for use of new technologies

Please note that a basic DBS check is required for this role before any offer of employment can be confirmed.

Closing date: Sunday 4th October 2026 (Midnight)

• PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS ADVERT EARLY SHOULD WE RECEIVE SUITABLE APPLICATIONS*

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

At the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) we are committed to fostering a culture of belonging. We know that engagement at work relies on feeling included and valued. Inclusion is both a choice and a practice, for us as an organisation and for individuals within our team. We aim to drive inclusion through every aspect of our work and we understand that diverse teams are essential for innovative careers education and are central to our mission and impact. CEC values the visible and invisible qualities that makes each member of our team who they are. We are a disability confident employer and if you need any help or support through the application process, please contact the HR team and details can be found on our website.