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Job summary
The Home Office has one of the most challenging and critical jobs in Whitehall: to keep Britain safe and secure. We operate at the heart of the Government’s agenda, leading on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy, counter-extremism and counter-terrorism and work to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK. The challenges the Department faces are significant and can change rapidly in the global environment in which we operate, making this one of the most exciting and stimulating Government Departments in which to work.
Home Office Security Adviser Team sits within Home Office Security, which in turn forms part of a Corporate and Delivery function. One of our main functions is the management of security incidents and security breaches across the department in line with the Government Functional Standard Gov 007: Security and provide information assurance advice to a wide range of stakeholders to enable the business to operate within secure parameters. This role contributes to the overall security of our staff, buildings, and information.
Job description
The Security Incident Manager role sits within the Home Office Security Adviser Team. The primary function of the role is the oversight and management of security incidents including data incidents and security breaches. Duties will also include advising on security and assurance queries across the team and other ad hoc duties to support the unit.
This role is key in ensuring security incidents and breaches are managed in line with current policies and guidance. You will work closely with colleagues internally and cross-government to ensure risks are mitigated or escalated, lessons are learnt, and appropriate sanctions applied where necessary. Stakeholder engagement is also pivotal to the role to develop security awareness across the department and provide advice on a wide range of security matters. You will also play a key part in the integration of the data and security incident application and drive improvements for the system as necessary and agreed.
Due to the nature of this post this position is only open to Full Time members of staff.
This role is only being offered as an FTA as it is to help with a temporary increase in work.
Hybrid working
Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home. This position requires 40% office attendance (2 days per week).
Person specification
The successful candidate will be required to provide Security and Information Assurance advice on a wide range of security matters in collaboration with security colleagues across the department where necessary to enable the business to deliver their functions in a secure environment.
They will also be responsible for:
• Producing management information and trend analysis on security.
• Incidents and breaches for a variety of stakeholders.
• Maintaining oversight of security policies and driving improvements.
• Drive security awareness and culture across the department.
• Ad hoc duties to support the wider Security Adviser team as required.
• Management and oversight of data and security incident investigations and assisting and/or leading on investigations as required, escalating high profile incident to the SEO/G7 as necessary.
• Management and oversight of security breach investigations, assisting and/or leading on investigation as required and ensuring security breach notifications are issued in a timely and consistent fashion.
• Ensuring data quality of records relating to data and security incidents and security breaches to produce accurate management information.
• Maintain oversight of security policies to ensure these are accurately reflected in security breach notifications and templates are updated as necessary.
• Oversight of the Security Incident team inbox and responding to a wide range of enquiries.
• Lead on updating content on the Security Incident pages on Horizon.
• Line Management responsibility for up to 2 x EO.
• Ad hoc duties and projects to support the wider Security Adviser team as required to provide resilience across work streams.
Note: This is not an exclusive or exhaustive list, and the post holder will be required to perform any additional duties reasonably expected of them within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skill, competence, and training to provide resilience across the wider team.
Essential Criteria:
You will have the following skills or some experience in:
• Highly motivated, dynamic, and proactive; able to work in a fast-paced environment, managing time and priorities effectively.
• Awareness of security risk management practices within His Majesty’s Government or general risk understanding and mitigation.
• Able to gather, analyse and manage information, with the ability to express this to a range of stakeholders and audiences.
• Strategic thinker, problem solver and able to provide clear, accurate direction to the team and stakeholders.
• The ability to build effective relationships within a multi-stakeholder environment and drive improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must hold or be willing to apply for SC clearance.
Desirable Criteria:
The role would suit an individual who has an eye for detail. The ability to analyse a security incident case and draw out the relevant aspects to make a well rounded confident assessment of an incident and craft a detailed report.
The ability to provide confident guidance to the EO caseworkers.
Behaviours
We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Managing a Quality Service
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
- Managing a Quality Service
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%