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This position is based Nationally

Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you want to make a real difference and secure significant environmental gains in the present and the future? Do you enjoy working in a team? Can you see yourself advising communities and customers to maximise gains for the Natural Environment?

If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.

The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:

• Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive;
• Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change;
• Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods;
• Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature, and
• Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing.

We are the Government’s Adviser for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment.

Find out more about the work of Natural England at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

Job description

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work in the Information and Security Team within Natural England’s Legal and Governance Directorate.

As the Lead Advisor within Knowledge and Information Management (KIM), you will monitor internal compliance, inform, and provide advice regarding all aspects of KIM requests and act as a contact point for all information requests received from both internal and external customers / end users.

You will also support internal compliance on our SharePoint On Line (SPOL), Records Hub and other digital systems as well as providing data to support the Security and information Dashboard.  

Within this role you will also be working, at times, with the Data Protection Manager and the Security Officer, you will champion the highest access to information Standards and drive forward compliance across Natural England. As well as building expertise within the organisation and working on a range of exciting new programmes and projects, you will capture learning and embed improved ways of working to ensure that our legal position is robust, and we are upholding our core values.

Crucial to this role will be the development of an expert knowledge of all aspects of the Security and Information Team areas of responsibility as well as a proactive and pragmatic approach.

There is plenty of opportunity for development.

Key tasks/principal accountabilities:

You will be required to manage, develop, and champion NE’s corporate records management policies and procedures, in accordance with the Public Records Act and other related legislation.

Overall management and delivery of the corporate retention procedures for paper and electronic records.

Liaison with the Area Team’s on relocating or closing of facilities (record storage issues).

Support and contribute to the following:

• Electronic Records Management
• KIM Team Information
• SharePoint On Line (SPOL)

Promote and develop good records and information practice across the organisation.  Use appropriate tools and methods to train, support and inform customers.

Keep in touch with knowledge and information management (KIM) events and issues across the wider profession through membership of relevant societies and participation in working groups.  

• Providing advice and guidance to Managers and teams on the requirements of SPOL Asset Owners and site Owners, conducting SPOL health checks and reporting, their duties, and responsibilities and where necessary, provide support to help frame responses. 
   
• When performing your role, you will have due regard to the risks associated with release of information, and consider the nature, scope, context, and purposes of releasing information within Natural England. 
   
• Work with the wider Legal, Governance & External Affairs Directorate on Data initiatives to ensure a robust governance programme is managed.  
    
• Engage closely with and support a range of central services that play a key part in keeping Natural England’s Data safe, managing information, and using technology in its best form, applying appropriate control measures. Whilst, also, working flexibly across the Team as might be required to meet priority work needs.

 Benefits 

Wherever possible Natural England accommodates requests for both full-time and part-time hours and other flexible working patterns to help employees achieve a good work/life balance and maintain their health and wellbeing.

Natural England provides excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development tailored to your role. From induction to ongoing learning and development, everyone in Natural England is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. Everyone has 10 days to devote to personal learning and development, as well as an additional 3 days to volunteer.

You will have access to Civil Service Pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances (33 day per year pro rata), as well as flexible working, to help you achieve a work-life balance that works for you and us.

You will have access to a range of benefits including discounts on shopping vouchers, cycle to work scheme, and childcare vouchers. You can also join the Civil Service Sport club which offer discounts on a range of sports and leisure opportunities as well as social events.

Natural England is a fantastic place to work, where difference is celebrated.

We’re committed to fairness and equality for all, so you feel valued for who you are and what you do. Our shared values help us work together to benefit the communities we serve. Our thriving employee-led diversity networks support our inclusive culture and contribute to our Diversity Action Plan.

Blackpool, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sheffield

The Security Education and Awareness Centre (SEAC), is hosted and led by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), recognised as a leading exemplar in SEA across Government. As one of 5 security centres, operating across Government (GSeCs), SEAC is responsible for providing a centrally coordinated, streamlined approach to Government security education and awareness, providing high quality, high impact Pan-Government Security Education and Awareness (SEA) campaign material and best practice products, raising standards and performance across Government, and within individual Departments, working with the Security Advisor (SA) community, Government Security Group (GSG), and the National Technical Authorities (NTAs).

Our high level objectives include:
• Promote greater collaboration, knowledge sharing and re-use of centrally created SEA content across government, removing duplication and the need for large scale local modification, thereby increasing efficiency and decreasing associated costs;
• Establish, maintain, and promote a self- sustaining collaborative community of SEA practitioners;
• Produce purposeful and value adding Pan-Government SEA campaigns which are consistent, coordinated and measurable in their approach, delivering tangible business outcomes and benefits;
• Develop SEA products, knowledge, learning and best practice, improving SEA standards across Government, addressing a shared business need, or strategic / operational priority.

A role has arisen within our Project Management Office (PMO) function. PMO offers a varied role, providing pivotal services to the delivery arm of SEAC, including:

• Supporting the SEAC finance process, ensuring all invoices are accurate, raising and reviewing relevant Purchase Orders (PO) and tracking them to conclusion/payment
• Reporting on performance and progress through the provision of informative Management Information, expenditure, and business outcomes
• Maintaining high-level delivery plans
• Supporting colleagues in the production of low-level delivery plans
• Maintaining the Risk, Action, Issues and Dependencies (RAID) log
• Supporting the on and off-boarding processes for new contractors and staff
• Support in the development of Business Processes helping to drive efficiencies

 The applicant will also be given the opportunity to engage regularly with stakeholders from across government: 

• Ensuring all requests for service are responded to appropriately and within the timescales set out with the Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
• Building collaborative working partnerships with SEA practitioners from across government as well as the other GSeC’s and National Technical Authorities as appropriate
• There may also be an opportunity to support the team in working alongside individual Government departments, providing bespoke support, identifying, and delivering their individual SEA needs, offering a varied and challenging role

Essential Criteria

Experience in a similar role or the ability to demonstrate skills in the following areas:

• Planning
• Finance
• Reporting
• Stakeholder management
• Commitment to personal and professional development, someone who drives their own development journey and acts on feedback to improve performance

Desirable Criteria

An interest or proven experience in security, in particular behaviour change.

Strong written communication skills.

Project management qualifications are desirable – not essential – because DWP has a comprehensive learning and accreditation offer and prioritises investment in building skills and experience as part of our wider employee value proposition.

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

• Managing a Quality Service
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

• 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.

London

This is an exciting opportunity to lead, develop and deliver the Joint Intelligence Organisation’s (JIO’s) digital transformation – a critical role at the heart of the UK’s intelligence assessment community. Working at the heart of national security, you will lead talented teams of specialists to deliver technology and tradecraft that will improve all areas of our work. This will involve a complex change programme – working to design and implement changes to the way we run the business of intelligence assessment.

You will have oversight of two of the teams leading JIO’s work on innovation: the Insights Hub and the Information and Data Exchange (INDEX). Through these teams you will need to create a culture of innovation, enabling specialists to adopt and embed solutions and services that enrich our intelligence assessments, and our day-to-day operations.

For INDEX, you will need to provide oversight and strategic direction to the team’s development of a cross-government digital platform. For the Insights Hub, you will need to support the team’s delivery of both self-serve capability and bespoke specialist services on data, technology (particularly AI), visualisation and open source.

You will need to build strong partnerships with JIO’s technology and transformation partners, both inside Government and out. You will be responsible for ensuring JIO’s digital requirements are included in the UK Intelligence Community’s (UKIC) digital transformation programme (DTX). This will include rolling out their Intelligence Exchange (iX) platform across the JIO, and identifying ways in which to leverage higher classification data analysis for strategic assessment in new ways.

As we approach the next spending review period you will be responsible for developing our bid for further funding for this digital transformation
programme – securing future funding for our innovation work.

You will work in close partnership with the Deputy Director for the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA) and JIO Operations –
to deliver modernisation across the cross-government Assessments Profession.

You will play a broader leadership role as part of the JIO’s senior leadership team and as a member of the Management Board, taking collective decisions to ensure JIO continues to thrive and adapt in a rapidly-changing landscape. You will set a culture that celebrates and encourages innovation, and which fully embraces diversity and inclusion and the benefits they bring to our organisation. You will help ensure JIO supports and invests in the wellbeing of its staff, recognising how it is critical to exceptional business performance.

This role is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced leader to bring significant expertise of working strategically across complex organisations and deliver service transformation. Success in this role will come from combining the strengths of multidisciplinary teams whilst drawing on your own expertise and credibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a change and transformation programme across the JIO to expand and improve our use of technology (including AI), data and digital programmes – iX and DTX.
• Work with the Deputy Director (DD) of PHIA to deliver cross-community work on Professionalisation, Tradecraft and Standards – including AI Tradecraft & Standards, training and rollout of a new Professional Development Framework. Providing resilience for the DD on both PHIA work and JIO Operations (strategic workforce and budget planning, corporate functions).
• Identify and plan for technological modernisation for all JIO areas.
• Provide leadership to the JIO’s innovation functions: the Insights Hub and the Information and Data Exchange (INDEX) project.
• Ensure the JIO has the digital skills needed to support the production of cutting edge intelligence assessments.
• Building partnerships that enable us to access digital & data capability & expertise – UK (e.g. Office for National Statistics, Alan Turing Institute) and International. 
• Ensure Insights work forms a core part of JIO assessments, including expanding our data analysis and visualisation capabilities, and maximising our use of open source information. Lead our cross-community crowd forecasting tournament COSMIC BAZAAR. 
• Identify a pathway for our use of new technologies – particularly how the emerging use of Generative AI can help in the production of intelligence assessment. Oversee commercial acquisition of tools for the JIO, and deliver a programme of business change that will embed the use of technology into intelligence assessment processes.
• Identify where JIO can benefit from cross-community synergies and steer efficiencies that JIO can use to help our own capability build, and shape the long-term investment strategy for JIO’s digital transformation – across tech, skills, policy etc.
• Work with Deputy Director for Capability & PHIA to develop future spending proposals for the JIO – including future spending review bids/similar requirements. Oversee a cross community Spending Review bid that will support investment in digital tools and skills for intelligence assessment. Manage the INDEX and Insights budgets for technology investment.  

It is important that, through your CV and supporting statement, that you provide evidence of the professional skills, breadth of experience and personal qualities for this post.

Essential Criteria:

• A strong track record of excellent change management as well as delivery of digital projects, and the required level of business change.
• Exceptional communication skills, the ability to command credibility with senior stakeholders, build deep and inspiring collaborative partnerships across the Civil Service and/or external organisations.
• An ability to look at the bigger picture whilst driving and leading complex digital and data transformation in a fast-paced ever changing environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to utilise excellent judgement.
• Experience of working within the intelligence community and National Security issues.
• You will bring inspiring leadership, including the ability to build, motivate and develop high performing, diverse teams.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working on large digital initiatives and delivering change.
• Experience leading or managing data focused teams (data analysis or data science).

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Leadership
• Changing and Improving

Alongside your salary of £75,000, Cabinet Office contributes £20,250 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career within the Department and wider Civil Service. It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and you’ll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you’ll be entitled to a large range of benefits.

This includes:

• 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays.
• This will be complimented by one further day paid privilege entitlement to mark the King’s Birthday;
• A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire;
• Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers;
• Childcare benefits (policy for new employees as of 5 April 2018): The government has introduced the Tax- Free Childcare (TFC) scheme. Working parents can open an online childcare account and for every £8 they pay in, the government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2000 a year for each child or £4000 for a disabled child. Parents then use the funds to pay for registered childcare. Existing employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here;
• Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle;
• The opportunity to use onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens (where applicable); and occupational sick pay.

Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford

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.

This is an exciting time to work in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), a department at the heart of the UK’s relationship with the global economy. Our role is to promote UK trade globally by attracting foreign investment to our shores. We support UK businesses to take advantage of the global appetite for British goods and services. We also assist international companies to collaborate with UK suppliers.   

The Security Team’s role is to protect the Department’s people, assets, and information from those that would do us harm.  We do this by building a diverse team with expert, generalist, and entry level roles to provide and safe and secure working environment for the department and its staff. This mix allows us to develop talent and to benefit from a wide range of life experiences. The security function has two separate elements, the Core Security, and the Trade Negotiations Security. This role will sit in the Core Security under the information risk assurance team.   

It is a newly created role that will be steering our needs on supply chain security and assurance.  You will be working collaboratively across DBT to ensure it complies with the required industry security elements of the Government’s Security Functional Standard. 

The role will be responsible for identifying vulnerabilities and assessing risks throughout the life cycle of a contract, beginning before contracts are let. To facilitate this, the role shall:

• take a holistic approach to supplier assurance that considers and mitigates the risks posed to physical and personnel security as part of the IRAP process working with cyber security and data protection.
• build a relationship with National Security Agencies, Government Security Group and other government departments on best practice supply chain security including attendance at governance boards and working groups.
• ensure the relevant security policies prescribed by DBT and HM Government are meet by suppliers.
• set and communicate minimum contractual security requirements.
• build security considerations into departmental contracting processes, including the requirement for suppliers to notify contract managers of security incidents or changes to the security profile of their organisation.
• ensure procurement is at the most suitable classification and suppliers abide by facility security clearance assurance (List X).
• conduct frequent assurance to verify that security measures are being met by suppliers and remain adequate.
• develop a culture through education and awareness whereby individuals understand that mitigating threats in industry is a collective responsibility whilst contract managers are responsible for the security of their assigned suppliers.

Working patterns

You will be asked to express a location preference during the application process.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked from within the UK and not overseas.

Informal hybrid working arrangements will be available as agreed with the vacancy manager and in line with the requirements of the role.

Most DBT employees will be working a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in an office, on average.

If your office location is London, you will be eligible to receive London weighting.

Appointments will be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences.

Essential Criteria

• The ability to distil technical information into understandable business language both verbally and in writing.
• The ability to work as part of a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.
• A track record of engagement with a wide variety of senior stakeholders and team player.
• The ability to prioritise between multiple work streams to ensure that deadlines are met.
• Security Check (SC) cleared or are prepared to obtain SC before being appointed.

Desirable Criteria 

• Willing to work toward security qualifications when in role.
• Experience of delivery in a project management role.
• Collaborate and communicate with the wider security team to support priorities and workload.

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

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

• 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.

Bristol, London

The Emergency Services Network (ESN) Programme is creating the next generation mobile communications network which will replace the existing Airwave solution based on Tetra Technology with a new solution that uses a commercial 4G network, with specialised devices and extensive improvements in coverage. It is a multi-year initiative with a budget measured in billions of pounds, and significant technical complexity and challenge.

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Emergency Services Network (ESN) is accountable for ensuring that appropriate security standards are agreed with User Organisations, and for ensuring that the ESN solution is built in line with those standards. They will work to provide the ESN team with advice and support on cyber security matters for the sector and the department, this extends to include current capabilities as part of the Airwave network  As an integral member of the ESN team, you will implement the enterprise security strategy approach and processes to reduce information security risks and enable services to the ESN to be delivered effectively. You will also be responsible for the development of Cyber and Information Security expertise within the programme, growing civil service talent in preparation for the future ESN Security Operating Model.

You will establish appropriate strategy, standards, controls, and implement policies to protect the ESN’s information assets and technologies. You will also be the ESN’s policy advisor for cyber risk in the sector and be responsible for bringing together the department in its approach to cyber and information security. You will work closely with the emergency services users responsible for security to ensure that standards and ESN solutions have their approval.

In combination with the existing Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme you will act as the sustaining functions that will take and develop the deliverables from the programme to enable and sustain elements of the overall cyber strategy for the ESN.

You will establish appropriate strategy, standards, controls, and implement policies to protect the ESN’s information assets and technologies. You will also be the ESN’s policy advisor for cyber risk in the sector and be responsible for bringing together the department in its approach to cyber and information security. You will work closely with the emergency services users responsible for security to ensure that standards and ESN solutions have their approval.

In combination with the existing Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme you will act as the sustaining functions that will take and develop the deliverables from the programme to enable and sustain elements of the overall cyber strategy for the ESN.

The post holder will initially be responsible for:

Security Strategy

• Review, evolve and agree the security strategy for the deployment of ESN and transition of Airwave for ESMCP;
• Assist in the creation and updating of a business case for strategic security investments;
• Ensure that the security policy is updated as threats evolve, and lessons learned are fed from incidents either within the Department, within Government or information from within the wider industry;
• Provide a department and service threat assessments and re-define the department’s risk appetite as necessary
• Provide an escalation point for risk decisions where necessary;
• Primary interface with National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Emergency Services and other government departments;
• Primary point of ESCMP contact for the department, Emergency Services, Risk Management Committee and Senior Civil Service on cyber security matters;
• Set, maintain and audit the implementation of security policy, standards and controls for the department
• Build and continuously maintain a central understanding of the security status and risk posture of the services of the department.
• Drive implementation of the ESCMP cyber security strategy
• Develop and maintain cyber expertise within the programme via education pathways for existing staff or apprentice/graduate recruitment

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of leading and managing operational and technical complexity in a diverse and complex matrixed structure involving stakeholders across sectors.
• Experience of working with multi-layered, complicated technology environment stacks.
• Experience of defining and implementing change and transformation from inception to delivery across all security domains, through maturity capability modelling and reporting.
• A pro-active dynamic, visible leader who can simplify the complexities of information security and risk management to communicate effectively and influence staff and senior stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Experience of developing, executing and managing information security approaches incorporating HMG/Industry security standards and good practice in security services delivered through a hybrid supply chain; while balancing conflicting priorities in a dynamic programme.
• An expert in Risk Management with direct practical experience of risk identification and delivery of associated mitigations and treatment plans through a deep understanding of information risk in legacy deployments and, emerging technologies and practices.

Essential Qualifications:

• Fully certified against one or more of the following: CISSP and/or CISA
• Member of one of more of the following: ISC2 and/or ISACA

Desirable Criteria:

• Masters degree in a information or cyber security
• Fully certified against one or more of the following: GIAC SLC/GSE
• Member of one of more of the following: CIISEC, IET, IRM, BCI

CISSP and/or CISA
Member of one of more of the following: ISC2 and/or ISACA

Alongside your salary of £75,000, Home Office contributes £20,250 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%

MOD Main Building, London

In Defence Intelligence (DI) our people solve problems, create understanding and give perspective to the diverse and complex Defence threats and challenges in a rapidly changing world. Together our civilians and military personnel inform decision making in Defence, manage complex finance programmes and develop new technology.

The Defence Intelligence Counter Intelligence (DI CI) mission team leads the strategy and capability to secure the Defence Mission and its people against the threats from Terrorism, Espionage, Sabotage, Subversion and Organised Crime (TESSOC). Our work focuses on increasing Defence’s understanding of threat posed by hostile actors and responding through proactive operations. We work closely with partners and customers across the MOD and wider government. Our work is in high demand and has impact across Defence and beyond.

In DI we believe your unique experiences, view and understanding of the world could provide a vital perspective and contribution to our work. We recognise that great minds do not think alike and are striving to increase our diversity representation at all levels. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The DI CI Assessments branch acts as the pivot point between understanding the threat and contesting it. We produce high quality, customer focused intelligence assessments to inform and shape decision making across the Defence Enterprise.

Within DI CI, the Economic Security Team produce intelligence assessments on foreign economic activity that poses a threat to UK national security. This includes protecting Defence supply chains from malign investment and identifying business partnerships and other collaborations that pose a risk of illicit technology transfer.

We are looking for an HEO all source intelligence analyst to work as part of our efforts focused on threats to Defence supply chains and National Security resulting from malign investment into the UK. This a high priority and impactful role and will require a candidate who is confident in engaging across Whitehall and in presenting to others. Occasional travel will be required.

This post will be embedded in the DI Capability Assessments intelligence centre, providing a link between them and both the Counter Intelligence team and the wider economic security intelligence and policy community. Specifically, this role will act as the link between the economic security community and the maritime and land capability teams, and is responsible for developing an understanding of foreign military capabilities and the implications for economic security.

Collaboration is a key part of the role and you will work across a wider community which includes other elements of DI, wider Defence, across government, the UK Intelligence Community (UKIC), and international allies.

You will be required to develop and maintain subject matter expertise in emerging technologies, foreign military capabilities, and intelligence threats to Defence and the UK. Using critical and creative analysis of a range of information sources you will produce effective intelligence which is impactful and outcome focused.

Occasional travel to RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire will be required.

Working with the wider team, the principal duties will include:

• Deliver and communicate high quality, impactful intelligence assessments (verbal and written) that adhere to the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment’s Analytic Standards and DI guidance.

• Build Subject Matter Expertise and maintain a high level of situational awareness, using all resources available to you. Act as an expert across your community.
• Apply a range of critical and creative approaches and techniques to process information and answer customer intelligence requirements. Maintain and develop analytic skills. Promote good tradecraft and give and accept constructive challenge
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key customers and ensure intelligence output is aligned to their requirements, decision-making processes and timelines.
• Participate fully in relevant national and international intelligence community collaboration processes and activities. Provide a link between DI CI and the Maritime and Land capability teams.

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

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions

Alongside your salary of £34,850, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,409 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Salary Payroll Giving
• Financial Education Resources
• Bicycle Purchase Advance & Cycle to Work Scheme
• Holiday, Season Ticket, Tenancy Deposit & Work Space Salary Advance Loans
• Free Parking (not available at Main Building)
• Generous Pension Scheme with employer contribution between 26.6% & 30.3%
• Death in Service Benefit
• Up to 30 days’ Annual Leave, and one Privilege Day
• Special Leave (including Study Leave and Volunteering Leave)
• Adoption, Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave
• Childcare Vouchers
• On-Site Nursery & Childcare at some MOD sites
• Flexible Working Hours
• Discounted Healthcare Packages
• Eyesight Tests and Spectacles
• Free On-Site Gyms at many sites
• Employee Assistance Programme
• In-Year Reward and Thank You Schemes
• Talent Schemes
• Defence Discounts
• Microsoft & Vodafone Employee Discount Schemes
• Boundless and Civil Service Sports Council Memberships available
• On-site shops, restaurants & cafes at most sites

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, South East England, South West England, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

This position is based nationally

Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you want to make a real difference and secure significant environmental gains in the present and the future? Do you enjoy working in a team? Can you see yourself advising communities and customers to maximise gains for the Natural Environment?
 
If this appeals to you, a career at Natural England offers rewarding opportunities to secure environmental improvements and play your part in creating a better future for people and nature.

The priority work Natural England is delivering includes:
 
•    Establishing a Nature Recovery Network to help wildlife thrive; 
•    Monitoring environmental changes to identify and help reduce the effects of climate change;  
•    Working with farmers and landowners to develop greener food production methods; 
•    Advising on plans for new developments to maximise gains for nature, and 
•    Providing ways for people to better connect with nature, including green social prescribing.  
 
We are the Government’s Adviser for the natural environment, playing a vital role in delivering the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan, an ambitious vision which brings new opportunities to protect and enhance and to achieve real outcomes for the environment. 
 
Find out more about the work of Natural England at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england.

Job description

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to work in the Information and Security Team within the Legal and Governance Directorate.

As the Security Senior Adviser, you will understand security (Government Functional Standard 007: Security)  and can work collaboratively within Natural England and across Defra Group to understand the emerging threats and develop mitigating solutions. You will be an expert in your field – an experienced, inclusive leader, adept at managing security risk and implementing sustainable change.

You will support the Principal Advisor for Security and Information in the oversight and effective management of physical, personnel and information Security domains of Natural England. This includes working with Internal teams and wider defra Group Colleagues to provide a safe and secure workplace for all our staff, contractors, visitors, and volunteers.

You will therefore be required to liaise effectively and develop excellent working relationships with a wide range of business and administrative individuals, partners and organizations. 
 
Crucial to this role will be the development of an expert knowledge of all aspects of the Security and Information Team areas of responsibility as well as a proactive and pragmatic approach.

There is plenty of opportunity for development.

Key tasks//principal accountabilities:

•    Professional security management experience.

•    A working knowledge of and skill in the preparation of written reports, procedures, business cases and investigations, protest management, personal security, CCTV auditing and security risk management.

•    Strong management and leadership skills with high quality communication, influencing and negotiating abilities.

•    Meeting Security monitoring and assurance requirements such as the Departmental Health Check and using information from it to identify areas for improvement and to ensure compliance to the Government Security Standards.

•    proficient knowledge of security best practice and industry technology and innovation.

•    Establish strong working relationships with the Defra Group Security Team and the wider Arms Length Bodies security community to ensure that Natural England’s interests are understood.
 
•    Act as a security professional championing and sharing best practice throughout Natural England, embedding a government security culture within the department.

•    Manage the Natural England Security Incident Management process and support the collation of incident statistics for the Monthly Dashboard.

Benefits 

Wherever possible Natural England accommodates requests for both full-time and part-time hours and other flexible working patterns to help employees achieve a good work/life balance and maintain their health and wellbeing.
 
Natural England provides excellent opportunities for career progression, training and development tailored to your role. From induction to ongoing learning and development, everyone in Natural England is supported to develop their skills and capabilities. Everyone has 10 days to devote to personal learning and development, as well as an additional 3 days to volunteer.
 
You will have access to Civil Service Pension and benefits arrangements and generous leave allowances (33 day per year pro rata), as well as flexible working, to help you achieve a work-life balance that works for you and us.
 
You will have access to a range of benefits including discounts on shopping vouchers, cycle to work scheme, and childcare vouchers. You can also join the Civil Service Sport club which offer discounts on a range of sports and leisure opportunities as well as social events.

Natural England is a fantastic place to work, where difference is celebrated.

We’re committed to fairness and equality for all, so you feel valued for who you are and what you do. Our shared values help us work together to benefit the communities we serve. Our thriving employee-led diversity networks support our inclusive culture and contribute to our Diversity Action Plan.

Locations
 
Natural England is adopting hybrid working – which means our staff work from a flexible range of locations, encompassing home, offices (ours and our partners) and relevant sites. All new staff will be formally linked to one of our 25 offices across England and the expectation is that all new staff will be able to access their local office to be part of the community of staff in their geographical area.

Full time staff are expected to attend their associated office for a minimum of one day a week. 
 
Staff members are required to carry out all their duties working in this way and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. Travel expenses will be paid if work related travel is required but does not apply to travel between home and your associated office.
 
National team roles can be linked with any Natural England office.

View a map of our office locations here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-england-office-locations.
 
Pay
 
It is Natural England policy to employ at the entry point of the salary range.

East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Security Operations Manager – IT Security – End User Computing

Location: National

Closing Date: 24th September

Interviews: w/c 9th October

Grade: G7

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary:

National: £43,953 – £59,000

London:£48,354 – £63,500

Working pattern: Full time, Flexible Working

Contract Type: Perm

Vacancy number: TECH-342

*We are currently offering hybrid working which includes 2 days per week in your local office. Office locations can be found HERE

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Security Operations Manager here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative End User Computing team.

These are exciting times at MOJ Digital and Technology. We have a clear vision – to develop a digitally-enabled justice system that works more simply for users – and we’re looking for talented people to help us achieve it. We’re making things better by building adaptable, effective services and making systems that are simple to use for staff and citizens. It can be challenging but it’s also important and rewarding.

As well as doing great work, we’re creating a place that’s great to do work in. We offer tip-top kit, brilliant training opportunities and support from expert colleagues. On top of that, you’ll find flexible working, an inclusive culture and a place where your opinion is valued.

The EUC Security Operations Manager will support the operations and ongoing management of complex technology environments in the Ministry of Justice. Our key suppliers and in-house teams provide services to an estate of over 90,000 end user devices, and over 70,000 users in Probation, Courts, Prisons, and other business areas.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

Key Responsibilities:

• This role supports the EUC Service Owner in the delivery, maintenance and ongoing future strategy to support business requirements.
• This role will work with stakeholders/suppliers and other teams to find solutions to gaps between business demand and service offerings.
• Maintain, improve and report on security systems and to ensure any potential related security issues are identified quickly and mitigated.
• To provide input to the operational teams by analysis and engagement to improve the Authority’s security posture.
• This role will develop existing and new systems, process and procedures to enhance services and solutions.
• This role supports the EUC Service Owners in the delivery, maintenance and ongoing future strategy to support business requirements
• You will act as an escalation point for incidents and day-to-day operational management of the EUC service, including supplier performance management, participating in service level reviews with suppliers and supporting all other aspects of EUC services.
• The EUC Operations Manager will support the operation and management of current and future services, and provide governance for both suppliers and internal teams to deliver MoJ solutions.
• This role will develop existing and new systems, process and procedures to enhance services and solutions.

You will:

• Lead engagement with senior Stakeholders and users alike and be the first point of escalation
• Responsible for monitoring EUCS focussed IT Security correlating the findings and reporting them to the D&T management function.
• Develop and maintain a security dashboard, reporting on security status and progress.
• Ensure that a risk based approach is adopted regarding delivery of IT Security.
• Implement improvements to the existing IT Security mechanisms in use.
• Input and contribution towards the Information Security strategy.
• Liaise with project teams to ensure required security measures are implement within a security by design approach to new and implemented services.
• Protect end user computing assets by implementing and enforcing security controls.
• Work cross functionally to gain insight of emerging critical security issues; proposing risk-reduction solutions.
• Maintain knowledge of emerging security trends, risks, new guidance or standards (internal and external) and security enhancing technologies.
• Liaising with technical teams to ensure that security principles are embedded in architectural designs.
• To understand and work towards Key Performance Indicators regarding Security process adherence.
• Work with internal teams and suppliers to identify resolutions to incidents and problem tickets, and utilise this data to improve the service of a product
• Have working knowledge of end user environments and Enterprise tools (GSuite/ O365/ Windows/ MacOS), and broader technology services.
• Have experience of recognised methodologies or structures – ITIL, Agile, Waterfall, 5-Case Model etc.

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in Operations of large enterprise – preferably central government. Including knowledge of processes and governance.
• Experience developing strong relationships in complex stakeholder networks and successfully delivering services via suppliers and dynamic inhouse teams.
• Working knowledge of end user environments and IT risk management
• Use of recognised methodologies or structures – ITIL, Agile, Prince2, 5-Case Model.
• Knowledge of platforms used in geographically-distributed systems architectures.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to proactively meet deadlines and priorities.

Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for SC clearance

We welcome the unique contribution diverse applicants bring and do not discriminate on the basis of culture, ethnicity, race, nationality or national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability status, sexual orientation, educational or social background or any other factor.

Our values are Purpose, Humanity Openness and Together. Find out more here about how we celebrate diversity and an inclusive culture in our workplace.

 Benefits

• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• We are committed to nurturing our staff and provide lots of training and development opportunities with learning platforms such as: Linux Academy, O’Reilly, Pluralsight, Microsoft Learning, Civil Service Learning, GDS Academy, etc.
• 10% dedicated time to learning and development with a budget of £1000 a year per person
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 26-30% depending on salary.
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Nurturing professional and interpersonal networks including those for Careers & Childcare, Gender Equality, PROUD and SPIRIT
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

Please refer to Job Description

Alongside your salary of £54,358, Ministry of Justice contributes £15,165 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

Lunar House – Croydon, Waterside Court – Leeds, The Capital – Liverpool, Soapworks – Manchester, Vulcan House – Sheffield

The role of the Protective Security Centre (PSC) is to help government departments to understand and manage the security risks they are facing and improve their security in line with government-wide standards and policies. PSC provides a simple route for government departments to obtain expert advice and operational support, led from the centre to ensure consistency of approach to handle complex security risks effectively and meet government standards.

PSC is one of five Government Security Centres providing security advice and consultancy services to government departments. PSC provides an integrated and accessible service of expert protective security advice. It achieves this by working in strategic partnership with the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) and in collaboration with the other National Technical Authorities (NTAs) and the various entities within the Government Security Function.

PSC directly supports the mission of the Government Security Function, which is ‘to enable government to protect citizens and provide vital public services, by understanding and managing security risks’.

PSC Physical Security Advisers will play a key role in mitigating the risks to the UK from national security threats inclusive of crime, unlawful protesters, fixated individuals, organised crime groups and abuse of physical space from outside groups. The service will deliver authoritative protective physical security advice to reduce departmental/organisational vulnerabilities and mitigate the risk from physical related attacks.

PSC will receive and feedback information from central or third-party security functions, such as the NTAs, Cabinet Office, Intelligence Agencies, private industry, and academia. The service will disseminate its expertise to Government organisations including the provision of specialised advisory services to departments needing to enhance/review security standards.

The successful candidates can start in post with a minimum of Security Check (SC) clearance but must be willing to undergo and successfully obtain Developed Vetting (DV) once in post, if not already obtained.

Due to the nature of the role, this post is available on a full-time basis only and with the possibility of compressed hours.

Hybrid working enables employees to work partly in their workplace(s) and partly at home.  A hybrid working pattern may be available, where business needs allow. Applicants can discuss what this means with the vacancy holder if they have specific questions.

This role will require regular travel to government sites across the UK and which may include overnight stays up to two to three nights per month

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will span three broad categories. You will be required to:

1) Provide expert tailored physical security advice to the public sector.

a. Provide proportional, practical security advice, based on the security risks that face the public sector, aligns with relevant regulation, policy and standards and is tailored to the local needs and environment. You will need to remain responsive and adaptable to the changing threat environment, business requirements and central HMG policies.
b. Work with organisations to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the physical security processes across the organisation and make recommendations for continual improvement.
c. Develop and maintain effective relationships with Senior Security Advisers (SSAs), and Chief Security Officers (CSOs), in order to support them in raising security standards across their departments, by developing and delivering personnel security initiatives.
d. Establish and maintain effective relationships with Senior Board members and key stakeholders to ensure protective security receives the necessary support. This may include producing comprehensive site assessment reports to support senior officials on identifying key risks and designing mitigation in conjunction with central policy and standards.
e. Identify holistic requirements or mitigations for physical security threats and work closely with colleagues from the PSC Personnel and People security team, cyber and technical security disciplines.

2) Raise the standard of physical security implementation across the public sector.

a. Promote common standards and alignment of security policy and practice across Government. Identifying risks and applying risk assessment methodology following protective security risk management principles.
b. Contribute to developing and applying new concepts and potential solutions to existing and emerging challenges across the Security piece. This could involve leading engagement with other specialisms/enablers, facilitating meetings and workshops as needed to disseminate information and enhance security standards.
c. Maintain and develop relationships with the Intelligence Agencies, NTAs and other key partners to ensure that appropriate information and support is fed between relevant stakeholders.
d. Forge alignment with stakeholders in the other government security centres and the Government Property Agency.
e. Promote physical security as a business enabler.

3) Establish, develop and improve PSC advisory services.

a. Appropriately respond to requests for specialist physical security advice and consultancy services which may include ongoing engagement with the government department or organisation concerned, including providing site assessments, operational requirements and threat and risk assessments in line with existing standards and processes.
b. Maintain awareness of current and emerging technologies and practices and their impact on existing security practices.
c. Champion learning, development and accreditation, both for yourself and others. Cultivate talent and foster an inclusive, diverse and motivated workforce and contribute to the development of the specialism. As a senior member of the team, the role requires project management skills at a higher level to define clear processes and ensure these are implemented across the business.
d. Ensure timely and effective communication to a high standard with senior leaders to demonstrate project development at all stages.
e. Produce regular complex written reports to a high standard that assess risk in line with appropriate standards and policies.

Note: This is not an exclusive or exhaustive list, and the post holder will be required to perform additional duties reasonably expected of them within the scope of the grade and within the limits of their skill, competence and training.

Essential Criteria

• Proven background in physical security at a senior level (which may come from roles in protective security, security management, intelligence, a risk or security consultancy).

• Strong understanding of physical protective security including security threats, knowledge of Government security standards, policies and processes and security management.

• Proven ability to operate in a consultancy role to provide strategic and operational advice: good personal engagement; excellent listening skills; excellent verbal and written communication that could be delivered to senior stakeholders, such as permanent secretaries; ability to manage upwards; ability to understand influencers and work autonomously and at pace within Government Organisations to drive change.

• Strong assessment skills; demonstrating perception and proportionality.

Desirable Criteria

• Applicant holds an undergraduate or post-graduate qualification in security risk management or related subject/qualification.

• Applicant is a Chartered Security Professional (CSP) or willing to work towards gaining chartered status.

• Holds an appropriate training qualification such as the Level 3 Award in Education and Teaching (or equivalent).

• Good working knowledge of HMG physical security requirements.

• Experience of conducting physical security site assessments.

• Understanding of NPSA principles of Deter, Detect, Delay, Mitigate and Respond as part of a layered protective security regime.

• Display an understanding of technical requirements and be able to demonstrate technical experience, including sound knowledge of requirements in areas such as VSS, intruder detection and access control.

• Experience in leading on physical security projects.

• Understanding of working with FM/security providers delivering security requirements through contract management.

• Broad understanding of personnel security procedures.

• Basic knowledge of information/cyber security.

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

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

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

• Communicating and Influencing

• 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%

Didcot, South East England, OX11 0QR

Background: The UK Space Agency:

The UK Space Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and provides technical advice on the government’s space strategy, supporting the UK space sector to deliver the government’s vision. 

Space is a part of everyday life. Satellites underpin our national economy, from agriculture and banking to aviation and shipping, and support our national security. Space science provides critical data to understand and address global challenges such as climate change, while missions to explore our solar system unite nations and advance humanity’s horizons.

We support a thriving space sector in the UK, which generates an annual income of £16.5 billion and employs 47,000 people across the country. 

Through our portfolio of programmes and projects, we encourage the development of national space capabilities and are an early-stage investor in space research and development.  We also promote the UK space sector’s interests and achievements; make connections to join up industry and academia; and represent the UK in international space programmes. 

We have a powerful global voice, partnering with institutions across the world, including the European Space Agency. 

More information about the Agency is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency

To discover more please watch this film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZZ-o0IkVU

Our Inclusive Environment

We have an inclusive culture to make UK Space Agency a brilliant place to work where our people feel valued, have a voice and can be their authentic selves. We value difference and diversity, not only because we believe it is the right thing to do, but because it will help us be more innovative and make better decisions.

We offer first-class flexible working benefits, excellent employee well-being support and a great pension. We are fortunate to have a range of excellent staff networks and are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will support talented people from all backgrounds to build a career and thrive.

We actively welcome applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusion.

The Role

Working as part of the CNI team, the post holder will be responsible for exploring a common cyber security assessment and reporting framework for agreed standards of cyber security and resilience in the sector, and how this could be implemented and assured by the owners and operators of space services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Researching the voluntary and compulsory standards of security (primarily cyber security) currently used across other UK CNI sectors, including the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework
• Reviewing the CNI regulatory landscape
• Identifying elements of the above that could be adapted for the Space sector and developing a proposal for implementation
• Engaging with BEIS legal services in order to assess any implications requiring consideration
• Designing a suitable programme of implementation for Space sector owners and operators of critical services and assessment of compliance
• Engaging and consulting with key partners including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Critical infrastructure leads across Government
• Engaging with BEIS Space Directorate on the future regulatory landscape
• Working in partnership with the Space security emergency planning and exercising team

UK Space Agency Generic Responsibilities (This is a requirement of all posts)

• Ensure compliance with statutory and legal provisions as set out in the UK Space Agency’s policies and procedures. In particular in relation to: Financial Regulations, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, Health and Safety, Civil Service Code, Data Protection & the Official Secrets Act.
• Comply with the behaviours and standard requisites as relevant to your post as detailed in your job description, person specification and take responsibility for continuing self-development, participating in training and development activities as required or requested by your line manager.
• Attend meetings as required some of which may be outside normal working hours

The above-mentioned tasks and responsibilities are neither inclusive nor exhaustive. The post holder may be called upon to carry out such other appropriate duties as may be required by the Chief Executive and/or senior officer(s) within the grading level of the post and the competence of the post holder.

Essential criteria

• Relevant technical/scientific degree or experience.
• Experience and understanding of cyber security and previous experience working in a cyber assessment /resilience role.
• A working knowledge of NCSC products and services, especially the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)
• Experience working with stakeholders to gain support, gather information and prompt action.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working in the Space Sector.
• Programme Planning & Programme Management skills.
• Familiarity with the Government’s approach to critical infrastructure oversight.
• Experience of working within government programmes or policy teams

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

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace

UKSA offers a competitive mix of benefits including:

• A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
  
  

• Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%.

• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
  
  

• An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
  
  

• Access to a range of retail, travel, and lifestyle employee discounts

• A generous maternity/paternity and adoption leave package.

• This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home, or elsewhere, as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this).  If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

• The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.