Chief Protective Security & Vetting Leader

Government Recruitment Service; Texas; On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Annual leave 25 days + bank holidays

Flexible working

Job summary

The Head of Physical and Personnel Security at DVSA is the senior specialist lead for physical and personnel security, responsible for developing and assuring protective security arrangements across physical, personnel, vetting and resilience capabilities. The role provides expert advice to senior leaders and governance forums to enable a risk-based protective security model throughout DVSA.

Operating across DVSA and with wider government security partners, the post holder translates central

Responsibilities

• Act as deputy to the Head of Cyber Security on protective security matters, representing DVSA at senior governance forums and providing expert advice to Executive Team members and Directors on significant security risks and incidents.
• Act as DVSA’s senior specialist lead for physical and personnel security, leading the development and implementation of protective security strategy and controls across physical security, personnel security, vetting and resilience capabilities.
• Lead DVSA’s personnel security and vetting capability, ensuring effective end-to-end processes, proportionate decision making and alignment with organisational risk appetite.
• Manage effective working relationships with DfT, UKSV, Cabinet Office, Government Security Function and other departments to support policy implementation, operational improvement and professional practice.
• Provide expert leadership for physical security, incident management and resilience, ensuring arrangements are threat-informed, risk-based and proportionate to DVSA’s operating environment.
• Oversee development and implementation of resilience and recovery arrangements.
• Drive continuous improvement and foster a security-minded culture across DVSA.
• Provide strong, visible and expert leadership across physical and personnel security disciplines, acting as the senior specialist point of authority within the role’s defined remit.

Job description

The Head of Physical and Personnel Security at DVSA is the senior specialist lead for physical and personnel security, responsible for developing and assuring protective security arrangements across physical, personnel, vetting and resilience capabilities. The role provides expert advice to senior leaders and governance forums to enable a risk-based protective security model throughout DVSA.

Operating across DVSA and with wider government security partners, the post holder translates central