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Are you an experienced competition specialist, or have experience of litigation, enforcement or regulatory work, looking to make a positive impact on the UK economy and society?

As a Principal Case Officer, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference, helping to protect consumers, working on a variety of competition law investigations.

About the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

About you 

A proven track record of working in a delivery role in competition enforcement or in a similar enforcement or regulatory field is essential. Alternatively, you may have relevant experience as a competition lawyer or economist, or as a lawyer, litigator, investigator, consultant or adviser, with experience of complex enforcement or regulatory cases.

You will need experience of undertaking complex analytical work, including experience of gathering, analysing and managing evidence and complex information from a variety of sources and presenting information to an audience.

Experience of leading and managing successful projects is equally important. You will also need excellent verbal and written communication skills including an ability to draft a range of documents, including technical reports.

What we can offer you

The CMA is a hugely diverse, rewarding and stimulating place to work – an opportunity to work for the public good and to stretch and develop yourself in doing so. We offer generous benefits, including an excellent pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%, at least 25 days leave (increasing to 30 over five years), and generous maternity/paternity leave provision. You can also take advantage of interest-free season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, and our extensive flexible working options.

To find out more about this opportunity please click on the APPLY button.

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Closing date: 11:55pm on Monday 25 September 2023

Working in our Antitrust and Cartels enforcement teams, you will play a central role in a multi-disciplinary case team, investigating one or more suspected competition law infringements. You will contribute to many aspects of investigations, from initiation all the way through to decision making and beyond, supporting our Litigation team in any appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

You will advise on the direction and strategy of an investigation and devise robust project plans to support this. You will be responsible for gathering and analysing factual, legal and economic evidence as well as contributing to key investigatory steps. This will include the drafting of documents and correspondence and contributing to internal and external meetings.

When driving forward project plans, you will be pro-actively managing risks and procedural aspects of the investigation, including protecting rights of defence.

In addition to progressing a major investigation, you may also help to develop intelligence leads, apply for a search warrant for an inspection, bring proceedings to disqualify a director, or devise a media campaign to amplify the deterrence message of a successful enforcement outcome.

You may also get involved in the development of cartel and antitrust policy at a national and international level and have opportunities to represent the CMA externally.

We are also currently advertising for roles in the Competition Enforcement Teams at Assistant Director level. To be considered for both, you will need to submit a full application for each vacancy however may be offered a single interview at the higher grade if your application is deemed suitable for consideration for both.

The CMA will be hosting a virtual event on Monday 18th September 2023 between 17:00 – 18:15 via Microsoft Teams. Candidates will have the opportunity to find out more about the organisation and the opportunities available. To register for the event please click here.

It is essential that you can provide evidence and examples for each of the following selection criteria in your application.

• A proven track record working in a delivery role in competition enforcement or in a similar enforcement or regulatory field; or as a competition lawyer or economist; or as a lawyer, litigator, investigator, consultant or adviser with experience of complex enforcement or regulatory cases. (Lead criteria)
• A proven track record undertaking complex analytical work including experience of gathering, analysing and managing evidence and complex information from a variety of sources and presenting information to an audience. (Lead criteria)
• Experience of leading and managing successful projects (or workstreams within projects), to specification, whilst working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including an ability to draft a range of documents including technical reports and documents for publication, for a wide variety of audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to lead, influence and motivate people and build rapport with senior colleagues and key internal and external stakeholders.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Developing Self and Others

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including an ability to draft a range of documents including technical reports and documents for publication, for a wide variety of audiences.

Alongside your salary of £55,133, Competition & Markets Authority contributes £14,885 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

As well as the interesting and varied work you’ll do to contribute to effective competition in the UK, and to ensure consumers get a good deal when buying goods and services, you’ll also benefit from:

• An exceptionally generous pension scheme with a significant employer contribution and range of options, including a tax-free lump sum at the point of retirement and injury, ill-health and life assurance benefits
• 25 days leave (increasing to 30 days over five years), plus 8 public holidays and an additional day off for the King’s birthday. In addition, you’ll be able to access a wide range of other types of leave as and when you need it, including generous maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption options, as well as paid special leave for volunteering
• Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, flu vaccinations and eye tests
• Access to the Civil Service Sports & Leisure, giving discounted gym membership, high street discounts, free access to UK wide attractions and a free Tastecard
• A range of wellbeing benefits, including an employee assistance programme, flexible working options and family friendly policies, regular networking events and professional learning opportunities at work

Any move to the CMA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

Like many other organisations, we operate a hybrid working model with a mix of office and home working. We believe this supports us to deliver our best work while allowing the flexibility to maintain balanced and healthy lives. We work at least 40% of our time from our office locations across the UK.

If you’re already a civil servant being appointed on level transfer, you’ll retain your existing terms, including annual leave. If you are being promoted you’ll receive either a 10% pay increase or the new grade minimum, whichever is the greater. Applicants new to the civil service can be considered for appointment at a salary higher than the starting point indicated above, but not more than the advertised mid-point, depending on skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications.

We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We want a diverse workforce that reflects the consumers we serve. We welcome applications from under-represented groups, including ethnically diverse people, people with a disability, and people with diverse gender identities and from people of different ages.  

We are an accredited Disability Confident Employer and disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.

Our Values

The CMA delivers impactful outcomes for people, business and the UK economy.​ We are Ambitious and Evidence-based, and always strive for Excellence.​ We treat everyone with Respect, and are Collaborative and Inclusive.​

Everything we do is underpinned by the Civil Service values: Honesty, Integrity, Impartiality and Objectivity.

This post is based in Darlington (Feethams House).

About HM Treasury

If you’re interested in making a difference to people’s lives, the Treasury can offer you an exciting opportunity to influence decision making that affects the whole of the UK. Working at the heart of government, we collaborate across government to promote responsible public spending and drive strong and sustainable economic growth.

Our work ranges from protecting customers through the regulation of the financial sector, helping to reduce carbon emissions and creating a greener economy, to promoting British trade around the world and supporting people across the country on jobs, growth and more.

HM Treasury is proud of a diverse and inclusive work environment, committed to fairness and the promotion of equality of opportunity for all. We know that having a range of experiences, ways of working and thinking makes us stronger and better at developing policy that reflects the needs of every community. We embrace different views and experiences and value the new perspective that people from a variety of circumstances bring to the work we do. We welcome applications from candidates who have not previously worked for the Civil Service, mid- and late-career changers with transferrable skills, people from all backgrounds and circumstances regardless of disability, gender, age ethnicity, LGBT+ identity and socio-economic status.

We are part of the Darlington Economic Campus, a pioneering new cross-government hub which brings people together to play an active role in the most important issues of the day whilst working closer to the communities we serve. The campus provides the opportunity for people from all over the UK to help shape the future of the country, and our flexible working practices ensure you can collaborate effectively with our partners. It’s central government, made more accessible to you!

About the Group

The Corporate Centre Group delivers a wide range of corporate services to enable people at HM Treasury and many of the other organisations who form part of the Treasury Group (including the Government Internal Audit Agency and the Debt Management Office) to operate effectively and efficiently. We are a diverse group, both in terms of our professions and in our ways of working. Our colleagues are based across 3 sites in London, Darlington and Norwich.

The Corporate Centre Group consists of a range of teams and is led by two directors (one of Finance and one of Operations);

• Correspondence and Information Rights
• Finance & Commercial
• People & Capability
• Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
• Treasury Business Solutions
• Multisite Darlington Economic Campus team
• Exchequer Funds & Accounts team

About the Team

The Treasury Business Solutions (TBS) Team is responsible for HM Treasury’s technology, security and knowledge and information management services. Working with our partners, TBS leads and runs technology enabled change. The team takes forward programmes and projects that improve services, enabling our staff to deliver extraordinary services to government.

The TBS Security team are responsible for:

1. Providing written and verbal advice on departmental security issues, sometimes at short notice including briefings to Ministers, the Board and staff at all levels.
2. Ensuring HM Treasury staff, including senior leaders, have sufficient and appropriate understanding of security and risk.
3. Managing HM Treasury physical and cyber security and information risks.
4. Leading the delivery, often through suppliers or other parts of government, of services and improvements to HM Treasury’s cyber security.
5. Meeting security monitoring and assurance requirements such as the Department Security Health Check and GovAssure, and utilising intelligence and information from those processes to identify areas for improvement and achievement of government security standards.
6. Supporting the processing of security clearances, advice and guidance on personnel security. Working with HR on developing policies and managing sensitive areas of casework.
7. Running the security function at HM Treasury’s multi-site campus in Darlington, providing sound advice and judgement to Ministers and senior officials.
8. Leading the Department’s Business Continuity and Incident management activities.
9. Project Management of security projects, supporting partners by providing advice on all aspects of security.

About the job

This role acts as Deputy to the Senior Security Adviser across all security domains and will be based at the Darlington Economic Campus. It is an exciting and meaningful opportunity to work on security at the heart of government in a time of momentous change. If you’re interested in the challenge, we’d be delighted to hear from you!

HM Treasury are seeking a candidate that has a consistent track record of managing security risk. The ability to empower, lead and drive a team providing critical services to the organisation will be key. Working as part of HM Treasury’s Departmental Security Unit will allow you to not only gain exposure and insight into an exciting central government department, but also a career in government security, working to secure the UK against the most sophisticated threats.

As a member of HMG’s security profession, you will continually refresh and develop your professional skills, maintaining a current understanding of the latest thinking in security and its impact on existing security practices. The successful applicant will have a role in participating in workshops and forums across government, providing practical insight to aid and influence the improvement of security practices across-government.

Working closely with the Government Security Group in Cabinet Office and the UK Intelligence Community, including the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Protective Security Authority, to understand the key security threats to HMT and use this information to assess the risks to departmental business.

Key Accountabilities

The postholder will support the team with articulating the security needs of the department, coordinating and reporting on the delivery of services to agreed standards, including being the responsible owner for local security policies. You will ensure that departmental security requirements are being met, directly leading around half the team (the areas to be confirmed based on the experience of the successful candidate) while deputising across all areas of responsibility of the team.

1. Managing a team, setting direction on the team’s work, keeping track of overall team progress and building team capability through learning and development.
2. Provide security advice to all levels of the organisation from Ministers to staff to establish and maintain a positive security culture.
3. Represent HM Treasury at various fora, briefings or committees across government and/or other authorities with experience of building effective working relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders such as NCSC, Government Security Group and the National Protective Security Authority.
4. Lead the development and maintenance of organisational policies, products and methodologies to drive continuous improvement.
5. Delivering value in a complex, high volume live services environment, influencing senior stakeholders to ensure that risk is appropriately managed, including communicating at executive and board level.
6. Acting as a security professional, championing and sharing good practices through the community. Embedding government security culture within the department, across technology, operations and suppliers.
7. Being a subject matter authority on the security elements of diverse and wide-ranging projects.
8. Being a proactive customer for the security services delivered to HM Treasury (both from inside and outside government), holding suppliers to account and ensuring value for money.
9. Being a leader and role model for the entire security community, modelling Civil Service values to cultivate and develop the profession across government.

If you would like to speak to the hiring manager informally prior to the closing date for applications to find out more about the job, please contact Darren Hall at Darren.Hall@HMTreasury.gov.uk or Emily Pilkington at Emily.Pilkington@HMTreasury.gov.uk

We are looking for the below skills, experience and behaviours and we will ask you to demonstrate these in your application form. Please review the Candidate FAQ document that is attached to the advert for guidance on how to complete your application form.

1. Evidence of experience working within at least one specialist area of security; physical security, personnel security (including vetting), risk management, IT security, cyber security. (Experience)
2. Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at all levels of an organisation whilst projecting credibility and self-assurance. (Communicating and Influencing)
3. Ability to form excellent relationships with internal and external partners with ability to draw on experts/the expertise of others when required. (Working Together)

The lead criterion is: Evidence of experience working within at least one specialist area of security; physical security, personnel security (including vetting), risk management, IT security, cyber security. (Experience)

If we receive large volumes of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead criterion only.

Candidate Guidance Support Session 
 
We will be running an overview of Success Profiles and the STAR approach; top tips for the application and interview process and an opportunity to ask general questions around our recruitment practices. If you would like to join us, then use the appropriate link below to join the call at the right time. 

Thursday 14th September at 12:00: Click here to join the meeting

Tuesday 26th September at 17:30: Click here to join the meeting

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

• 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month.
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours) and arrangements
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions.
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A Rental Deposit Advance Scheme to help meet the total costs of deposits for privately rented homes
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity (e.g. women in the Treasury, ethnic minority network, LGBT* network, faith and belief network)
• Access to a range of allowances if eligibility applies. These include profession related allowances.

Flexible Working Arrangements

HM Treasury views flexible working as essential in enabling us to recruit and retain talented people, ensuring that they are able to enjoy a long-lasting career with us. All employees have the right to apply for flexible working and there are a range of options available including; working from home, compressed hours and job sharing.

HM Treasury operates an office based working approach across all Treasury sites – Darlington, London, and Norwich, with the expectation of achieving 50% attendance in the office as a minimum requirement, along with the flexibility of working remotely. This blended working approach allows you to work collaboratively, meet stakeholders face to face, support others and promotes a healthy work life balance (please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas). Some roles will not be suitable for Hybrid Working. Similarly, Hybrid Working will not suit everyone’s circumstances. Arrangements will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate(s) and subject to regular review. All our offices have been recently modernised and designed to collaborate and connect with colleagues as well as desk and quiet space to allow a range of ways to work.

Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield

This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved with cutting edge Cyber Defence & Fraud Combat at a huge scale.

You will work with Cyber Resilience Centre and DWP Digital colleagues to Develop, Secure and Operate our extensive fleet of security tooling systems.

This includes engineering on Cloud Native Data Science platforms, configuring enterprise-wide data platforms and bespoke departmental system integrations that span the largest and most heterogeneous UK Government IT estate.

How about designing, architecting, developing and administering highly scalable, cloud-native and on premise applications? Often taking the lead yourself and helping others? Or troubleshooting major incidents to resolve problems across multiple technology domains and complex infrastructures?

You will be empowered to take the lead on major pieces of work making sure that the whole team are fully involved and supportive of your innovations and continuous improvement.

You will develop, secure and operate the full software system stack.

This might be writing new code, configuring new applications, entrepreneurship, horizon scanning, embedding new technology, deep systems integrations, CI/CD, data & infrastructure engineering (as code). All carried out whilst championing best practice, automation and the sharing of knowledge and experience with the team. Tasks also include regular review of development products with stakeholders and service management to ensure our systems are fully operational and adhere to all appropriate security and enterprise standards and protocols.

Essential Criteria

• We are looking for a successful, highly motivated and adaptable team player with a deep technical background.
• Ability to design, develop and implement secure and supportable full stack solutions to customer specification.
• Willingness and curiosity to learn, use new technologies and programming languages.
• Develop a close relationship with our internal customers and provide operational support.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems across multiple technology domains.
• Broad understanding of enterprise level IT, cybersecurity topics and fundamental internet architectures and protocols.
• Expert knowledge of data platforms and expert level experience of integration with security products and countermeasures.
• Experience in administration of cloud stacks, operating systems, virtualisation technologies and server hardware.
• Expert level experience and successful track record of design, build and operations of cyber security services and significant experience in design, construction and customization of security software in large enterprise organisations.
• Successfully presenting to non-technical audiences.

We understand that there is a lot on this list of essential skills, if you have just some of these skills we would absolutely love to hear from you.

Desirable Criteria

•    Experience of improving cyber security capability in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment at a large scale.
•    Demonstrated experience of designing, implementing, and supporting large scale services that are aligned to business strategy and user requirements.
•    Expert AWS & Cloud Native DevSecOps knowledge and experience.
•    Highly skilled at writing Infrastructure and configuration as code / Terraform, Cloud Formation.
•    Very experienced with big data platform administration.
•    Data Science ML knowledge and experience.
•    Highly proficient with multiple programming languages & being curious to pickup new ones.
•    For jobs located in Wales, the ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Leadership

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Secure Development
• Technical Leadership

• 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%.
• Hybrid working – this job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your office will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business need, but personal circumstances and other relevant circumstances will also be taken into account. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.
• A Digital Allowance of up to £15,000 per annum may be offered, for exceptional candidates. This is based on our assessment of your capability, skills and experience.

The post will be based at in the DMO’s office in the City of London

The role is central to how the DMO delivers its cyber security strategy, which is aligned with the UK Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy, and the Cyber Assessment Framework. It is focused on cyber-attack monitoring, incident response, cyber defence, threat intelligence, and the support of cyber security assurance programmes (e.g. GovAssure).

Strong technical skills in cyber security operations, incident response, and threat intelligence are essential. There is particular emphasis on the use of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Network/Endpoint Detection and Response (NDR/EDR), and threat hunting (e.g. MITRE, TTPs).

In addition to strong technical skills, the candidate will need to be self-directed and motivated, an effective communicator, and enjoy working across teams for delivery. A focus on collaboration and consensus building is essential.

Conduct cyber security operations, comprising Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Network/Endpoint Detection and Response, threat intelligence, and threat hunting (e.g. MITRE, TTPs)

Conduct cyber security incident investigation, analysis, containment, and recovery. To include continuous improvement of SOP and development of metrics.

Provide a threat intelligence capability for current and emerging threats, risks, vulnerabilities, and technology developments, for continuous improvement of detection, response, and threat hunting capabilities (e.g. Indicators of Compromise, TTPs)

Conduct vulnerability assessments and cyber-attack simulations, and develop hardened device configuration standards, working with stakeholders for implementation

Support cyber assurance programmes (e.g. GovAssure)

Demonstrable experience with Intrusion Detection (IDS) and Network and Endpoint Detection/Response (NDR/EDR), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and other common cyber-security technologies

Demonstrable knowledge of cyber-attack analysis, able to correlate multiple event sources to provide a complete analysis of an intrusion, and to effective threat hunt (e.g. MITRE, kill chain)

Demonstrable experience with best practice Incident Response principles (e.g. NCSC/NIST)

Demonstrable knowledge of Threat Intelligence reporting and modelling

Desirable: familiarity with NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Threat intelligence and threat assessment (Working)
• Intrusion Detection and Analysis (Working)
• Incident management, incident investigation and response (Practitioner)
• Cyber Security Operations (Practitioner)

Alongside your salary of £55,000, UK Debt Management Office contributes £14,850 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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%

Darlington, London

Four exciting new opportunities have opened up to work in the Market Distorting Practices & Economic Coercion Team at the Department for Business & Trade. We are recruiting for three roles working on economic coercion policy (two with a domestic focus and one with an international focus) and another role working on implementing our international engagement strategy. This latter role will also involve an element of project management within the team.  

Addressing economic coercion and market distorting practices is a priority for the UK Government to ensure free and fair trade and protect our economic security, society, and UK businesses. 

These are high-profile roles, with considerable Ministerial and international interest, that will provide ample opportunity for variety, development and stretch in developing and applying policy and strategy, as well as planning and implementation. The roles will also be equally rewarding, sitting at the heart of some of the most interesting geopolitical and economic challenges of our time, with potentially far-reaching real-world impacts. 

This is a relatively new policy area, and the roles offer strong opportunities to identify new and innovative ways to address the policy challenges. 

We strongly encourage applications from people with diverse skills, perspectives, and backgrounds to bring real strength to our team and the wider department. 

When applying, candidates should specify which role they would be most interested in. 

2x Domestic Policy Adviser – Economic Coercion  

The post holders will:

• Work collaboratively across Whitehall to develop and implement a programme of work to ensure that the UK has the right domestic tools to defend itself against acts of economic coercion. 
• Evaluate policy according to a consistent framework, base lining against international comparators, assessing gaps in the UK’s current regime, bringing together policy experts to propose creative/innovative but realistic options, and evaluate them to produce evidence-based recommendations. 
• Work with analysts to develop a strong evidence base. 
• Work with lawyers to ensure planned interventions are lawful.  
• Manage domestic stakeholder and business engagement. 
• Manage public/ministerial communications around our approach/strategy and Parliamentary engagement, enquiries, and briefing. 
• Support senior managers and provide briefing advice where needed. 

International Policy Adviser – Economic Coercion 

The post holder will:

• Collaborate with teams across government (including FCDO, Cabinet Office and posts) to develop and deliver international policy on economic coercion, including for high profile meetings of the G7, OECD (among others).
• Work strategically to influence international counterparts on economic coercion.
• Provide high quality briefing for seniors to support international engagements.
• Support and participate in engagement with international partners on economic coercion.
• Monitor and track upcoming international milestones for forward-planning purposes.
• Become an authority on the global landscape on economic coercion.

Strategy Adviser – Economic Coercion and Market Distorting Practices  

The post holder will: 

• Work collaboratively across Whitehall and the HMG Diplomatic network to develop and implement the department’s international strategy for MDPs and economic coercion. This will involve building strong relationships  to ensure that there is effective join up and coordination on MDPs and Economic Coercion across HMG . 
• Work effectively across the department to ensure that the team’s strategic engagement priorities are reflected in wider departmental strategies.  
• Engage with key likeminded and non-likeminded partners on Economic Coercion and MDPs through a range of bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral forums – representing UK positions and priorities. 
• Produce high-quality briefings and updates on MDPs and Economic Coercion for Ministers and senior officials. This will include feeding into speeches for Ministers, bilateral and multilateral briefings as well as internal meetings with Ministers on our policy programme.  
• Provide an effective and efficient project management oversight function across the team. This will include: managing key PMO products for team; ensuring that team plans are kept up to date on a regular basis; co-coordinating the day-to-day briefing commissions for the team.

Essential Criteria

• Knowledge and experience of trade policy. 
• Excellent communication/drafting skills and ability to influence effectively. 
• Excellent personal organisation skills (including experience of project management), and an ability to balance competing priorities. 
• Comfortable working in uncertainty, with the ability to develop proposals at pace and within ambiguous contexts. 

Desirable Criteria 

• Knowledge and experience in economic security issues.
• Knowledge and experience of strategy development and implementation.

Personal Attributes & Skills 

• Able to identify, evidence and analyse policy options with authority, drawing on others as appropriate. 
• See the big picture, able to identify links and opportunities in a fast-moving policy area. 
• Ability to form effective working relationships across DBT/Whitehall. 

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

Alongside your salary of £38,052, Department for Business and Trade contributes £10,274 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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%

Please refer to the attached candidate pack for further information on our benefits.

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

National

Digital and Information Directorate (DID) brings together professional experts in digital technology, security, information management and operational process transformation to deliver high quality services to the CPS. 

The Senior Cyber Security Manager post is based in the Cyber Security Team which provides specialist advice on cyber risk management and day to day operations (e.g. questions around secure digital data systems and devices) as well as strategy and policy.

The unit also deals with cyber security incident management, as well as working with suppliers and other Government Departments to ensure the delivery and development of an appropriately secure ICT network and other digital services.

**We will be holding an engagement session on Monday 18th September 2023 at 16:30 for any prospective candidates to come along to. Here you can meet the hiring manager in the Cyber Security Team to find out more about the role and responsibilities, how the team works and the opportunities available to you. We strongly recommend that prospective candidates do not formally submit their application form before attending this session.
You can request a link to join this meeting by emailing natalie.ylazaca@cps.gov.uk **

The Digital and Information Directorate (DID) brings together experts in digital technology, commercial services, security, information management, and operational process transformation to provide high-quality services to the CPS. They aim to build positive partnerships across the Criminal Justice System and with government colleagues, implementing innovative practices to reduce risk, improve user experience, and support successful business delivery. Within DID, the Security and Information Assurance Division (SIAD) consists of interlinked teams offering holistic guidance on security and information assurance. The Cyber Security Team (CST), part of SIAD, supports the Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) and Data Protection Officer (DPO) in ensuring the organisation’s information and technology are securely protected. CST’s primary role is to safeguard the CPS network, IT infrastructure, and services from theft, damage, and cyber-attacks, investigating advanced methodologies and technologies for threat detection and defence.

The Cyber Security Team (CST) at the CPS fosters a vigilant and collaborative culture, emphasising continuous learning. They prioritise teamwork, communication, and adaptability while facing daily challenges of safeguarding the CPS’s digital infrastructure. The team stays proactive by identifying risks, responding to cyber incidents, and ensuring compliance with security standards and audits. A typical day involves engaging in various programs, offering guidance on cyber security aspects, implementing policies, providing training, and participating in audits. The team stays updated on emerging threats and technologies, and collaborates with external agencies to combat cyber-crime and protect sensitive information. Overall, the CST’s crucial role is to protect digital assets and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.

• Devise and disseminate cyber related departmental security policy and procedures based upon current good business practise, knowledge of technical developments, Cabinet Office guidance and an understanding of CPS risk appetite and DPO and SIRO decisions.
• Develop a strategic cyber security approach that leverages the additional reassurance provided by the Advanced Threat Investigation services to deliver increased business benefit.
• Prepare cyber reports to advise senior managers and assist in increasing knowledge of cyber security risks and practise across CPS.
• Develop and implement a training strategy to raise the level of cyber security awareness and behaviour within the CPS.
• Engage with suppliers to maximise benefit and achieve optimal balance of security and business benefit.
• Engage and collaborate with other stakeholders such business users and external suppliers to investigate whether suggested business solutions can be implemented within the CPS risk appetite.
• Knowledge of technical and logical data controls relevant to cyber security, including encryption, access controls, and right-sizing data access.
• Knowledge of physical and personnel security requirements, including environmental controls, security vetting and geo-location.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Making Effective Decisions

Alongside your salary of £38,940, Crown Prosecution Service contributes £10,513 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Join the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and have a future that matters: Find Your Purpose

CPS is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We are committed to be an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated.

We want to ensure all our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes where possible, flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment, which means that where you work (i.e. a court, an office, or a remote setting such as your home) will be based on the kind of work you are undertaking.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility alongside our Mental Health First Aiders Programme and Wellbeing Sessions.

CPS commits to offer its employees the following experience

• Impactful, purposeful work – making a difference to your local communities
• The ability to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources
• To care about your wellbeing
• To feel valued, trusted and included

We also offer the following range of benefits:

• Civil Service Pension
• Access to employee savings
• Cycle2Work scheme
• 25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service.
• 1 extra privilege day entitlement to mark the King’s Birthday.
• Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
• Flexible working and a family friendly approach to work.
• Childcare vouchers unless already registered with the Government Tax Free Childcare Scheme)

 The CPS has also designed a range of Management Development Programme to support all Aspiring, New and Experienced Managers in developing the skills, behaviour and knowledge to build their confidence and capability. We strongly recommend that all new managers undertake the Manager Induction.

Stoke Gifford, South West England, BS34 8JH : Corsham, South West England, SN13 9NR : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HB

Fraud Defence is the central counter-fraud function for the MOD. It takes the strategic lead for fraud, corruption and other economic crime matters across Defence, it represents the MOD as the victim of fraud and drives the MOD’s coordinated response to fraud. Fraud Defence provides subject expertise to inform risk decisions by Defence senior stakeholders on fraud & corruption; is the single reporting gateway for economic crime and whistle-blower concerns, undertakes investigations and coordinates training and awareness.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership

Alongside your salary of £41,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £11,070 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• 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%

Durham, North East England, DH1 1SL : Lytham St Anne’s, North West England, FY8 4TS : Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8JX : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1P 3BT

We are currently looking to build out our Enterprise Architecture team at NS&I, to help support our business transformation journey.

Having previously outsourced these functions, it is now time we bring this skillset in house to help drive the future success of the business during an important time of change and development.

This role is one of 4 we will recruit for, which includes a Business Architect, an Application Architect, a Data Architect, and an Infrastructure & Security Architect.

The Infrastructure & Security Architect is a key role in the Enterprise Architecture team, defining and assessing the organisation’s platform and security architecture strategy, high level architectures, and practices. The Infrastructure and Security Architect will be required to effectively translate business objectives and risk management strategies into secure designs and services.  They are also key to ensuring that solutions proposed are aligned with NS&I ‘cloud-native’ principles, and for identifying opportunities for exploiting cloud technologies in future.

The Infrastructure & Security Architect works with NS&I’s service providers and the internal Risk team to plan and design the security architecture that enable the enterprise to develop and implement  solutions and capabilities that are clearly aligned with the security risk appetite of the business, while supporting NS&Is “fast follower” ambition.

The Infrastructure & Security Architect evaluates services, suppliers, applications and security tools, from a technical and security architecture perspective, and translates the risk characteristics of these activities and functions into enterprise risk terms.

Please see attached role profile for further details on responsibilities.

Essential experience:

• Significant experience of defining security architecture and governance principles in an organisation, and the assurance processes to monitor compliance.
• Significant experience of working in an outsourced environment with an “outputs-based” operating model.
• Considerable experience of IT system delivery projects (following both agile and waterfall methodologies), and implementing security within those deliveries.
• Considerable experience of designing and implementing hybrid infrastructure landscapes.
• Proven experience in definition and delivery of IT infrastructure at scale.

Essential technical knowledge and skills:

• Significant experience of designing and supporting the implementation of a cloud-native solution stack in large, complex organisations.
• Strong working knowledge of implementing security infrastructure
• Recent technical experience of infrastructure design and implementation with a major technology ecosystem.
• Strong working knowledge of defining the architecture for security tools within an enterprise
• Experience designing the deployment of applications and infrastructure into public cloud services.
• Full-stack knowledge of IT infrastructure (including applications, hosting platforms, cloud-native infrastructure):
• Direct experience designing and/or reviewing IAM technologies and services.

Desirable qualifications, experience and technical knowledge / skills:

• Degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity or a related field.
• Experience in using architecture methodologies such as TOGAF and preferably TOGAF certified.
• Knowledge of:
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF);
• NCSC guidance and best practice;
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act (DPA)

Alongside your salary of £54,900, National Savings and Investments contributes £14,823 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

NS&I is one of the largest savings organisations in the UK with 25 million customers and more than £207 billion invested. We are both a government department and an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our origins can be traced back over 150 years to 1861.

A small company with a big reach we offer a range of benefits to include flexible working, great opportunities for development and a generous pension scheme. We care for colleagues, respect one another, invest in our people and manage talent effectively.

Some benefits of working at NS&I include:

• • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible hybrid working options
  • 9 day fortnight scheme
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
  • Generous annual leave – starting at 25 days, increasing to 30 days
  • Performance related variable pay bonus
  • Enhanced Maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.