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Information and Digital Directorate (IDD)

IDD are responsible for delivering digital, data and technology and information management solutions and services to support the FCDO and UK Government partners deliver our international diplomatic, development and consular outcomes.

The work we do in IDD is varied – from historical analysis and library services to cyber protection, from user research to global network management, from supporting staff in using the latest Microsoft toolsets, to architecting major corporate applications and much more. The Directorate is made up of a wide range of talented staff and experts including specialist, contractors, home civil servants, and diplomats who have served overseas.

Our ambition is to build an FCDO widely recognised as a world leader in the use of technology and data to achieve diplomatic and development outcomes. We want to be faster, more agile, better informed, more targeted and more resilient in the face of global disruption.

Information and Digital Directorate has a crucial role to play in supporting and enabling organisational change, working in partnership with teams across FCDO, the UK Government and the international community. That means becoming an ever more professional and expert Data, Digital and Technology organisation – one that not only keeps pace with today but is equipped for tomorrow.

Information and Cyber Security Unit (ICSD) overview

Within IDD, is ICSD, indispensable to the FCDO’s success. The unit has multiple functions ranging from advice on cyber security, operational security, risk and incident management, information assurance and IT architecture covering our global network.  Led by the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), ICSD are responsible for ensuring the FCDO’s information and systems are secure, resilient, and available. Our Team is growing, and this role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of Cyber Security in Government. The successful candidate will benefit from on the job learning and exposure to market leading technologies and working with highly skilled and experienced cyber security professionals. Cyber Security work is a leading priority within the FCDO, with senior high-level support and a commitment to the importance of the work.

Vacancy Description

This is an exciting opportunity to help build and develop the Threat Intelligence capability within the Information and Cyber Security Unit and the wider organisation. As part of Cyber Operations, you will be responsible for developing and managing the threat intelligence capability. You will work closely across the organisation to ensure that the right processes and contacts are in place.

You will have a chance to Influence the wider security culture across the FCDO through the Threat intelligence and Incident management processes and by reporting on incident trends.

We want to bring out the best in our staff and its essential the Cyber function remain up to date with the latest technology and trends. The role will suit an individual looking for flexibility and high levels of personal responsibility. You’ll have freedom and support to help develop the Incident Management capability as part of the FCDO’s Cyber strategy. There will be opportunities and support to develop and receive technical training if required.

As part of the role, you will be expected to undertake technical and risk management training to further your skills and development in line with the Government Security Profession career framework.

Key Responsibilities

We all have a responsibility to embrace the changes of the FCDO as it transforms, building the culture we want to see and delivering our cultural statement in how we lead and behave towards others; how we make decisions and how we get the job done is everyone’s responsibility.

In this role you will also be responsible for:

• Shape the department’s Threat Intelligence policies and process to ensure these meet the organization’s needs, in line with the appropriate standards.
• Communicate with a broad range of stakeholders and be responsible for defining the vision, principles, and strategy for incident response.
• Work with Cyber Services, SOC and assurance on delivering the goal within the FCDO’s Cyber strategy.
• Ability to translate technical information to a non-technical audience for the purpose of supporting other teams.
• Delivery of strategic, operational, and tactical outputs to feed into the SOC’s detection and response activities
• A personal drive to want to contribute directly to the security and protection of the FCDO, the wider Government, its staff and the information it processes.

Candidates who secure a role that is considered specialist/technical, may be required to affiliate to the relevant specialist network, if not already a member.

About You

We are looking for candidates with the following skills…

• Strong background in running and developing a cyber threat Intelligence capability.
• Ability to report on highly technical information to both technical and a non-technical audience.
• Technical depth required to understanding emerging threats and producing actionable intelligence
• Experience with using a variety of SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and network analysis tools.
• Strong attention to details and ability to work with competing priorities.
• A personal drive to want to contribute directly to the security and protection of the FCDO, the wider Government, its staff and the information it processes.

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

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

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

• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Threat intelligence and threat assessment – Practitioner
• Threat Understanding – Practitioner
• Information Risk Assessment & Risk management – Practitioner

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

• Threat intelligence and threat assessment – Practitioner
• Threat Understanding – Practitioner

• We understand that people are at the heart of our success. We promote and encourage all our staff to follow continued professional development, offering our staff access to a range of learning and development opportunities.

• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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.

Overview of the job

The post holder(s) will work in the National Intelligence Unit at HQ or one of the 5 Regional Intelligence Units. The post hold will be responsible for analysis in their respective areas. These areas include, but are not limited to, Counter Terrorism, Counter Corruption, Financial Intelligence, Sensitive Intelligence, Strategic Intelligence or Crime including Organised Crime across the relevant region or nationally in HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). All these intelligence units form part of the National Intelligence Unit.

Intelligence Analyst(s) will play a critical role in developing the intelligence picture on a range of threats impacting on their geographic or thematic area, drawing on existing intelligence products as well as developing their own analysis.

The post holder will be responsible for providing strategic and tactical intelligence analysis and products which will look across prison and probation contexts at ‘high priority’ offenders, offending groups and operational security vulnerabilities in their area.

The post holder will report directly to the band 7 Senior Intelligence Analysts in the respective Unit. The post is a flexible resource within the function and the post holder may be asked to undertake work for another Unit to respond to changes in priorities.

The post holder may have direct line management and professional development of the band 3 intelligence researchers.

These posts may be based either in HQ (102 Petty France, London) or in one of the five Regional Hubs, exact details will be specified in the advert. Regular travel is likely and will include prison establishments, prison Group Directors’ offices and Probation Service Division offices as well as law enforcement partners’ offices. In addition there is likely to be occasional travel throughout England and Wales for national matters. Remote/Home working will be an option though specifics will be role dependent.

A background in analytical work (any discipline) would be an advantage but is not essential; training in intelligence analysis will be provided if required. Furthermore, some roles will require the post holder to partake in specialist training and accreditation which will be provided.

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to take up a key role supporting the ongoing development of intelligence analysis as a professional service to HMPPS.

The post holder will be expected to develop and deliver a high quality intelligence analytical service to HMPPS and law enforcement partners; therefore, they will require a strong grasp of intelligence and data analytical techniques, research skills, information handling requirements, as well as understand and anticipate information and intelligence requirements from a range of partners.

The post holder will also require strong communication skills to engage with a wide range of consumers of intelligence at all levels within HMPPS, with law enforcement partners, the National Crime Agency and, for some roles, the Security Services.

The post has no operational requirement. However, an understanding of prisons, probation and/or law enforcement operating environment would be an advantage.

The postholder must act with the highest levels of personal and professional integrity and champion these qualities in others. They must be vetted to Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) depending on the role. It is likely that roles in the Sensitive Intelligence Unit will require DV, but this is subject to change.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties  

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

• National and Regional Intelligence Products: produce ad hoc ‘problem profiles’ on request, based on emerging trends. Produce intelligence assessments to support the case management of high risk or emerging ‘threat group’ individuals, discuss and develop terms of reference for an intelligence analysis product; obtain and evaluate information for intelligence analysis; apply analytical techniques to interpret information for intelligence analysis; use inference development to make judgments based on intelligence analysis methodology; create intelligence analysis products to support decision making; disseminate intelligence products; and review the effectiveness of the analysis process.
• Intelligence Sharing and Partnership working: Support the unit in developing and maintaining good working relationships with both internal colleagues and external partners at national, regional and local levels to facilitate timely sharing of intelligence. Attend prison, probation and law enforcement regional and national forums as required. Support information requests and flows on both strategic and tactical intelligence, information or data requirements.
• Management & Leadership: line manage and provide professional development to Band 3 Intelligence Researchers, and provide support to prison and probation colleagues and partners on the Professionalisation of intelligence.

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

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

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

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

• Analytical desktop exercise

• 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

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

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Are you ready to work in one of the most interesting cyber security environments and share your experience to support national security?

Cyber security plays an integral role in protecting the UK against external and internal threats, acting as a deterrence to ensure that our Armed Forces have the strong cyber defences they need.

The Cyber Assessment and Advisory Service (CySAAS) provides assurance, support and advice to teams across defence. It consists of sub teams which assess specialist ICT, communication, and weapons systems.

The team is within the Cyber Defence and Risk (CyDR) organisation which sits at the forefront of Cyber Security and Information Technology within Defence. It is responsible for enabling Defence, through the provision of specialist assurance and cyber security services, across UK Defence including industry partners, other Government Departments and our international allies.

CyDR sits within Defence Digital who provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces.  Defence Digital operates at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

With a fantastic growing team of military and civilian staff operating across the UK it is a great time to be a cyber security professional in the Ministry of Defence. If you can see yourself contributing to the world of CySAAS the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

As a Cyber Security Risk Assessor within the CySAAS team, you will provide timely, impartial and consistent assessment and advisory services across the department and our industry partners. You will also lead a small team providing assessment and advisory services.

Your knowledge and experience will provide the expertise to ensure an accurate understanding of through-life cyber security risks and to assist in making informed business decisions. You will work with projects that involve complex technical and security challenges, which may include highly sensitive networks, cryptography and next-generation platforms. Along the way, you will strengthen links with other cyber security bodies and business functions, including business delivery partners, who provide project-based assurance activities.

Thought leadership will be a key aspect of the role and you’ll need to demonstrate a talent for solving complex problems through innovation. You’ll have the ability to advise on complex risk balance decisions and explaining cyber security policy, governance and technology to non-experts. With you on board, we will develop a culture across UK Defence which values and protects data.

In return, you will benefit from excellent learning and development opportunities tailored to your role and beyond. Whilst in post, you’ll be able to gain industry recognised qualifications, such as CISSP or CRISC and more and we’ll support you throughout the process. You’ll also be able to take advantage of our excellent benefits package, including flexible working, generous leave allowance and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

For this role, a Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) of up to £9k per annum may also be payable; this is paid in increments, upon reaching the required level of competence.

We are a small, highly specialised team, performing a critical role in Defence Digital, offering an exciting opportunity to join us and become part of our journey!

Responsibilities include:

• Provide line management of civilian and military Cyber Security Assessment personnel, ensuring that workloads are balanced efficiently and training and development needs are managed.
• Lead the promotion of cyber security standards and best practice across Defence, guiding and influencing project and policy decision making as appropriate and seeking novel solutions to challenging security issues.
• Ensure the risk assessment process against approved frameworks (e.g., NIST).
• Review risk management evidence to confirm that risk assessments and risk treatment plans are consistent with business requirements.
• Confirm that residual security risks have been captured and accepted by the appropriate risk owner, in accordance with the risk owner’s delegated authority.
• Recognise risk management and security decisions that have an implication beyond their level of responsibility, experience or delegated risk tolerance and escalate accordingly.
• Explain the Cyber assessment to the risk owner, in terms of business objectives threats, risks, vulnerabilities, controls and business impacts.
• Liaise with appropriate subject matter experts across Defence including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Cryptographic Service for Defence, Joint Cyber Unit and, where appropriate other Government Departments and Security Agencies.

If you have the following skills and experience, we would love to hear from you!

We would expect to see some previous experience in Cyber Security Governance and Management, Risk Management and/or Operational Security Management and ideally you’ll have the following skills:

• The ability to build strong working-relationships
• Great communication skills, able to converse at a wide variety of levels
• Able to lead both technical and non-technical teams

Qualifications: Your experience is key but if you have any of the following industry qualifications that would great; if not, we’ll help you attain them. You’ll need to have the motivation and desire to continue to learn and develop and we’ll provide opportunities to gain these in post:

• Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
• Certificate in Information Security Management (CISM)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
• Certified Cyber Professional (CCP)

Memberships: If you aren’t already a member, we’ll help you with the process and if/when you are, we’ll assist you in supporting & maintaining them:

• CIISEC
• BCS

Allowances: A Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) of up to £9k may be payable with this post, paid in increments upon reaching the required level of competence.

This job role is 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 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.

We anticipate that the successful candidate will be required to attend the office for a minimum of 1-2 days per week, occasionally at short notice, with travel to other sites and additional office attendance determined by the business needs.

Dependent on the business need, there may be a requirement to travel to meetings within the UK (or potentially occasional overseas visits).

If not already held, successful candidates will be required to undergo DV clearance. This position is open to sole UK Nationals only.

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Information risk assessment and risk management
• Applied security capability

• Learning and development tailored to your role with a dedicated minimum of 5 days per year
• Flexible working options
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (by 1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of five years’ service
• Ability to roll up to 10 days annual leave per year
• In addition to eight public holidays per year, you will also receive leave for HM The King’s birthday
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• Parental and Adoption Leave
• Discounts on a range of services within and external to the civil service – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, Company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes such as vouchers and gift cards
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Please see Benefits Leaflet for more detail

Background: The UK Space Agency

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) 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 UKSA 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.

Job purpose

Do you want to help protect and strengthen the resilience of the UK space sector?  An exciting opportunity has become available in the Security and Resilience team, made up of specialists across a diverse range of subject matters, which works with the space sector to ensure it is prepared to deal with any threats and hazards which could cause disruption.

The UK space sector was recognised as part of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure and Systems (CNIS) in 2015, and the UK Space Agency is the delegated Lead Government Department.  The Head of Critical National Infrastructure and Systems will be responsible for managing the talented and friendly CNIS team, of up to 5 FTE at different grades, delivering the programme of work to build resilience within the space sector, satisfying the requirements of the National Space Strategy and the annual Sector Security and Resilience Plan.

The post holder will work across government departments and within relevant committees and working groups, representing the Agency and leading on national space resilience and security issues. This role should prioritise on building detailed knowledge of the space sector’s critical assets and on building strong working relationships with Cabinet Office Resilience Directorate and critical infrastructure leads across Government.

Key responsibilities of this role will include :

• Leadership and line management of a multi-disciplined team.
• Identification and risk analysis of critical assets within the space sector:
  • Define criteria to enable assets to be categorised as CNIS and review the classifications annually;
  • Identify upstream and downstream dependencies of CNIS, including national and international supply chains;
  • Collaborate with experts in the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in conducting personnel, physical, and cyber resilience assessments of CNIS;
  • Support developing and implementing mitigations for residual threats and hazards;
  • Develop advice and guidance on security and resilience matters in the sector;
  • Share, as appropriate, threat and hazard information with respective owners/operators.
• Working across government and with industry to undertake an in-depth analysis of the use of space services by all CNIS sectors:
  • Build the evidence base for space dependence across other critical sectors;
  • Inform and coordinate with other lead government departments (LGDs) on cross CNIS sector dependencies;
  • Ensure departments understand their reliance on space services and promote resilience;
  • Where necessary develop and recommend appropriate mitigation and resilience improvements.
• Lead on National Security assessments of license applications under the Outer Space Act and the Space Industries Act:
  • Ensure a full review is undertaken, liaising with SME’s and intelligence agencies across government where appropriate;
  • Provide a formal response within the required timeframe;
  • If necessary, conduct in-depth analysis and recommend license conditions or modification of the security posture of the licensee.

We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate drive, excellent inter-personal skills, highly developed organisation and prioritisation skills, as well as strategic awareness and communication skills.  You will be able to analyse and draw conclusions from complex evidence and be able to clearly communicate these to a wide range of audiences.

You will be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, management teams, boards and committees across government and industry and be equally comfortable working independently as well as in a team.  A strong commitment to project delivery and effective cross-departmental working is essential for the role, along with collaborating and partnering with key external stakeholders.

Essential

• Experience of leading and developing teams
• Experience of working within government programmes or policy teams and should be able to produce briefs to senior managers
• Experience of working with industry stakeholders
• Strong programme or project management experience

 Desirable

• Familiar with the Government’s approach to critical infrastructure and systems oversight or civil contingencies planning, including COBR
• Working across government departments
• Previous experience working on assessing vulnerability and managing risk

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

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. 

Would you like to be part of a team supporting the delivery of a range of cutting-edge intelligence applications and services to our armed forces?

Defence Digital plays a vital role in helping to defend and protect our nation in the age of information warfare. As part of the Ministry of Defence, we put effective and innovative digital and information technology into the hands of over 200,000 users across the globe.

Our Cyber Apprenticeship is your chance to join the front line of the digital battlefield and make a real-life impact on the safety and security of the UK. From day one, you’ll be playing your part and doing important work that simply can’t be found anywhere else.  Over 2 years, you will develop both independently and as part of a hardworking team by learning while you work, completing formal training, and studying for your fully funded Level 4 Apprenticeship.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of Defence digital and technology, the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their Defence Digital 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.

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.  This post is advertised at 37 hours per week, and for part time roles the minimum will be 30 hours per week.

Following completion of all pre-employment checks, successful candidates can expect to start around November 2023. We recommend downloading and keeping a copy of the candidate pack at the bottom of this page.

This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Cyber Apprentice in Defence Digital.Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due this is an apprenticeship opportunity.  This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end 23 months after that date.You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy.

Learning while you work

While on the programme you’ll complete 1 or 2 placements. These could be in Defence Digital, with another team or organisation in the Ministry of Defence.

As the talent of the future, you’ll be in high demand with our digital links across defence.

Formal training and Apprenticeship study

The rest of your time will be allocated to formal learning consisting of compulsory and chosen modules as well as self-study for your qualification.  Our core training package will cover all the basics and help you settle into working life by developing your presenting skills, increasing your emotional intelligence, and building your resilience. The list of core topics includes:

• Resilience and Wellbeing
• Emotional Intelligence
• Assertiveness
• Conduct high quality conversations
• Presenting confidently

The Cyber Security Technologist standard has three distinct options. At the end of the 2-year apprenticeship you will be competent in either:

• The Cyber Security Engineer is the most technology focused role in the occupation and will typically design, build, and test secure networks or security products or systems with a particular focus on the security aspects of the design.
• The Cyber Risk Analyst Focuses on risk assessment, analysis and giving advice on risk mitigations. The roles may support formal security governance, regulatory & compliance (GRC).
• The Cyber Defender & Responder is more operationally focused, configuring and operating secure systems to prevent security breaches or monitoring systems to detect and respond to security breaches.

Qualifications:

• The entry requirements for this programme are as follows:
• An A Level in ICT
• Or an International Baccalaureate at Level 3 in ICT
• Or a Level 3 Apprenticeship in a similar subject
• Or a BTEC Extended Diploma in ICT (180 Credits)

Experienced (if you are unable to meet the qualification requirements):

• A minimum of 1 year’s work experience in a Technical Support role e.g., Help Desk. You should also be working at Level 2 in Maths and English.

Cyber Security Technologists all require an understanding of security concepts and technology and how to mitigate risks arising from threats.  As well as supporting your colleagues, you’ll have your own tasks and projects to take charge of and will be encouraged to speak up and challenge how we do things.

You don’t need to have spent time in the cadets or completed lots of internships. You don’t need to be from a particular background or think a certain way. The important thing is that you’re someone who considers every possibility, asks questions, and digs deeper.

We are looking for people who are curious, adaptable, ready to learn and able to:

• Adapt quickly when faced with new problems
• Come up with ideas that improve what we do
• Use their initiative
• Communicate well in a variety of situations
• Be productive and professional with a sense of responsibility
• Collaborate with colleagues and teams across defence

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

• Leadership
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes
• Flexible working
• Generous leave allocations
• A wide range of discounts – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• Family Friendly – Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• Please see Benefits Link for more info: Civilian Discover My Benefits (mod.gov.uk)

The Strategy, Investment and Planning Team sets a clear and compelling future direction for HMRC Security, informing the prioritisation, resourcing, and investment decisions of the Director and her SLT.

Providing leadership, advice and promoting best practice the team enables the Directorate to demonstrate its value to HMRC through robust planning, informative performance reporting and coordinated communications.

Developing, agreeing, and monitoring progress against strategic goals for HMRC’s Executive Committee, the team ensures that security risk ownership and accountability is embedded across HMRC, enabling safe, secure, and resilient working practices to flourish.

HMRC Security supports HMRC to assess business and reputational risks. HMRC Security is responsible for ensuring everyone has the skills and capabilities to fulfil their security responsibilities and develop individual capability to detect, prevent and respond to all security risks and threats.

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: “https://hmrc-jobs.career-inspiration.com/app/home“, find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question.

Working at the heart of HMRC’s Security directorate, you’ll inform and influence senior leaders in the communication and implementation of the new HMRC security strategy, building compelling cases for security investment at the next Government Spending Review.

You will enjoy stretching opportunities to develop and implement new solutions and improved ways of working which have a wide ranging and lasting impact.

You will promote and influence others to adopt and evolve consistent, efficient, and collaborative working practices.

You will demonstrate commitment to your own continuous professional development – maintaining and evolving your skills, knowledge, experience and understanding.

Leading a wide-ranging group of stakeholders, including Senior Leaders up to Director level, you will inform and influence decision making across and beyond HMRC Security when:

• Communicating and implementing the new HMRC Security Strategy.
• Building compelling cases for security investment for the next Government Spending Review.
• Collaborate with the specialists in our various security teams to help demonstrate value through effective performance measures and alignment to strategic goals.
• Contribute to the assessment of security implications of other investment bids across HMRC.
• Enabling HMRC Security teams to plan and demonstrate the value of their work through effective performance measures, aligned to strategic goals.
• Support SLT creating business plans that are strategically aligned, regularly reviewed, and contain measurable outcomes for success.
• Ensuring coordination of departmental security communications so that important security messages achieve maximum impact.

You are skilled at creating and maintaining respectful and trusting working relationships with others. You identify connections, bring people together and build long lasting partnerships.

You bring a fresh perspective, while understanding wider context. You consider long term implications of decisions.

Appreciating other people’s opinions, you successfully influence them, verbally and in writing. You simplify complexities, adapting communication to gain agreement.

You are composed, recover quickly from setbacks, and see continuous learning and development as a positive.

You plan ahead, anticipating and counteracting potential hurdles to progress.

• 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%

As an important part of the Ministry of Defence, Defence Intelligence (DI) provides intelligence analysis, specialist outputs and advice that supports decision making across government. At the heart of DI is the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI).
 
Everything happens somewhere. NCGI produces intelligence that is referenced in time and space to help decision makers to understand, plan, navigate, and target. What we do is help decision makers to understand what is going on.
 
We are the primary provider of geospatial intelligence advice and expertise, comprising imagery intelligence, geospatial analysis, geospatial services, foundation data, military mapping and, in partnership with the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and the Meteorological Office, assured data for safety of navigation. We are a national capability, recognisably operating alongside other national intelligence agencies and is the primary interface between the UK and international geospatial intelligence partners.
 
You may think you need to be an analyst or have an intelligence background to work for NCGI; this is not true. There is a wide range of exciting roles available. Without our highly dedicated teams of enabling staff, such as IT support, finance, security, and facilities management, our critical outputs would just not be possible. We employ many Civil Servants who play a pivotal role in Defence, nationally and internationally, and we are proud to be part of a diverse, forward thinking, broad organisation

 As a Security Associate you are responsible for advising personnel on all aspects of security and security policy, including physical, personnel and information security. You will be responsible for conducting audits, survey and security investigation as well as delivering security education, briefings and advice to personnel. Confidentiality is essential in this role.

This post is advertised for 37 hours per week

As part of the security team based at RAF Wyton, you will be working in a high security environment and will be supporting the Defence Intelligence (DI) community.
Delivering security advice to individuals, attending meetings with small groups, or briefing 50+ personnel at a time, a confident verbal communicator is essential. You will conduct investigations into security incidents, breaches of policy and produce detailed security investigation reports for commanding officers and relevant agencies. Therefore communication skills and a working understanding of Windows applications is essential. Surveys and inspections are carried out in accordance with policy and a knowledge of risk management would be preferable. The successful candidate will be provided security training and occasional travel will be required.

 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.  
 
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. As an equal opportunities employer we hire, train and promote people based on merit and inspire to create an inclusive workplace free of discrimination. We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexi-time, job share and compressed hours.  

All jobs advertised in DI are subject to fair and open competition.

We are seeking an individual with a proven ability to clearly and concisely communicate both orally and in writing. Attending meetings and delivering briefs to large numbers of personnel requires someone who is confident with verbal communication. Someone who can develop a range of contacts with good decision-making skills and able to pay attention to the detail. You will need to be flexible, with a proactive approach to daily tasks and able to prioritise effectively. Every day will be different.  Discretion and confidentiality is a must in our team and is an essential attribute for all applicants.

Essential criteria:

A working Knowledge of Windows Office applications.

Ability and strength in confidentiality and discretion.

Desirable criteria:

It is desirable, but not essential, that you have an awareness of the security threats faced by the MOD and the security measures used to counter the threat.

An awareness of the specialisms that make up the Government Security Framework.

Previous experience of working within a Security Role

Knowledge of Security risk management principles.

Presentation experience

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

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

• Security Specialisation Functional Competencies: Awareness Level

We offer a range of excellent benefits including but not limited to the following:  
• All successful candidates will be eligible to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Leave entitlement – 25-day annual leave allowance per year increasing by 1 day per year (maximum 30 days per year). In addition, 8 statutory Bank Holidays and 1 privilege day per year.  
• Complementing our generous annual leave allowance, we also have a flexible working scheme.  
• Additional working pattern options – we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours. These need to be balanced with business needs so they will vary from job to job. If you would like to know more, please speak to the Recruiting Line Manager.  
• Professional Development – We are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values.  
• Health and Wellbeing – for a small fee we offer the staff the use of the exceptional site gymnasium facilities.
• We also offer an excellent range of family-friendly benefits, for example, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.  
• Special Paid Leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year  
• RAF Wyton has free car parking; and other facilities such as a Sports & Social Club, Gym and on site shops.

Are you committed to helping us regulate health and social care within England?

When thinking about what drives you every day in your job, what keeps you motivated and passionate about your work what comes to mind?  For 3000+ people at the CQC we end each day knowing that we have made a difference to the lives of those most in need in our communities.  We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.  We are looking for people who are caring, demonstrate integrity and work well as part of a team to join with us and share in this sense of achievement.  If you would like to help us make a positive impact to health and social care within England, then read on.

Why this could be a great role for you….
Working within the Business Development team the Business Intelligence (BI) Developer leads performance reporting for the National Customer Service Centre (NCSC) and Registration Service, as well as requirements gathering and developments in reporting techniques, functionality and systems. You’ll develop, maintain and deliver user-friendly, accurate and consistent performance dashboards as well as timely business analysis and management information to support better decision-making. Central to this role will be about continuous improvement – here you will work with the Registration Managers, NCSC Operational Managers, Team Managers and various internal stakeholders to identify enhancements and improve the methods of statistical analyses of large, complex data sets.


You’ll write and maintain bespoke and ad-hoc reports and dashboards for the quantitate analysis of performance.  The BI Developer will work closely with various Managers and key stakeholders to identify enhancements and initiate new developments to improve the performance of the NCSC and Registration Service.

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

Learn much more about DIO in our Candidate Information Guide attached.

About DIO

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The Challenge

DIO have an exciting opportunity to suit someone with demonstratable experience in Cyber Security, Information Assurance and IT who possesses strong Cyber Security, Information Assurance, technical, analytical, communications, planning, analytical experience and skills. This post plays an essential role to support the Head of Cyber Security and Information Assurance to ensure best practice is maintained across DIO and its Industry Partners. Proven leadership skills and the ability to communicate effectively and motivate people to achieve stretching goals in an evolving organisation is essential and collaboration skills to interact with a range of stakeholders including senior leaders across DIO and the wider Department and its Industry Partners. Services include Information Cyber Security and Assurance advice and guidance; DIO accreditation services; DIO WARP; DIO ITSO; Cyber Security, ITSO and WARP specialities communication, education & training for DIO personnel and associated stakeholders.

About CIO

DIO’s Chief Information Office (CIO) focuses on and is accountable for delivering technology solutions through the Customer, Portfolio Management Office (PMO) and Development, Security and Operations (DEV, SEC, OPS) functions. Each of these functions collaborates to build and lead on the delivery of organisational objectives in alignment with DIO’s technology strategy. CIO enables DIO and its staff to deliver outputs and obligations effectively by providing the right technology and operational support for DIO users, its functions, industry partners and other Top Level Budgets (TLBs). Working together with our customers, through the implementation of technology, CIO can shape and transform the way DIO manages estates. Developing capabilities that provide improved, modernised and collaborative technology, which enhances the way in which DIO operates providing overall business efficiencies. CIO supports the business by embedding and executing sound agile and technology and delivery methodologies and technologies.

The role is a diverse and challenging one that includes:

• Provides constructive and impartial subject matter expert advice and guidance on all Information Cyber Security and Assurance queries to DIO stakeholders including Industry Partners.
• Acts as an impartial assessor of the risks that an information system may be exposed to in the course of meeting a business requirement and formally accredits that system on behalf of the DIO TLB or act as Security Assurance Coordinator (SAC) for CyDR accredited systems.
• Provides input into the development of the Information Cyber Security and Assurance Programme and conducts assurance checks and audits in line with the agreed programme.
• Maintains DIO Cyber Resilience documentation and conducts exercises against DIO Business Area’s Cyber Resilience Response Plans as part of an overarching Cyber Resilience programme.
• Provides ISO27001 & NIST advice and guidance and audit function.
• Manages the WARP function including supporting complex investigations and JSyCC engagement for DIO TLB.
• Accountable for the Information Technology Security Officer (ITSO) duties for DIO TLB including regional ITSOs across the DIO estate.
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert for IT Security, breach and ITSO queries for DIO TLB and its Industry Partners.
• Manages the Information Cyber Security & Assurance communication, education and awareness programmes to target areas of non-compliance and embed security as a BAU activity within DIO.
• Accountability for all ITSO audits and muster programmes for DIO.
• Assists with the DIO Cyber Communication Plan ensuring key messages are developed and issued using the most appropriate media.
• Coordinates production of ITSO, WARP and Accreditation reports, statistics and updates for DIO stakeholders and MOD Centre.
• Communicates with senior stakeholders to present Information Cyber Security & Assurance findings that will support the continuous improvement of InfoCySec &IA in DIO.
• Tasks the DIO ITSO / WARP incumbent on a daily basis.

Desirable Experience & Skills

Qualification:

Degree in the Information Cyber Security & Assurance discipline.

Membership:

Professional Membership in Information Security and Cyber (eg: Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP), NCSC Certified Professional (CCP), ISACA CISM or ISC2 CIISP.

Experience:

MOD, Industry or OGD Accreditor and / or Security Assurance Coordinator (SAC) experience.

ISO 27001, NIST or ISO 9001 auditor experience.

Defence Information Technology Security Officer (DITSO) experience.

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Big Picture

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Big Picture

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

• Information Risk Assessment & Risk Management NCSC Information Risk Assurance Skill 5.2 – Practitioner Level
• Applied Security Capability NCSC Information Risk Assurance Skill 5.5 – Practitioner Level

• Highly competitive Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 27%.
• Alternative working practices such as working from home.
• Opportunity to join one of our several D&I Networks. We value diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
• 25 days annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Most sites have free car parking, Sports & Social Clubs, Gym, on site shops and subsidised canteens.