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We operate a hybrid working model and fully support flexibility with colleagues already based across the UK working from home and linked to one of our core locations in Newport, Titchfield (Fareham), London, Manchester, Edinburgh or Darlington.

For this role you will be linked to one of the core locations, the frequency of attendance at our offices is agreed with you as relevant to your role.

Are you passionate about Cyber Security?

Do you like thinking outside the box and applying creative solutions to complex problems?

Would you like to be part of a talented and diverse team delivering a clear mission in  a collaborative and supportive environment?

If you do, keep reading.

We are looking for Cyber Security Monitoring Technical Lead Analysts to work within the expanding Cyber Security team within the Security and Information Management Directorate.

 The Office of National Statistics (ONS) plays a vital role in providing accurate and impartial statistics information that inform decisions and shape policies that make a difference to people’s lives.

As a member of the Security and Information Management team in ONS this role is critical in helping us realise that ambition. We are committed to maintaining the trust that citizens place in us and we take security seriously, we work hard and support each other to get the job done.

Role Benefits

We are committed to supporting our people’s wellbeing by offering flexible ways of working that support a healthy work life balance. We are happy to explore opportunities with you about working flexibly in line with our hybrid working policies.

We offer a supportive and active community of security professionals which you will contribute to, helping ensure you and your colleagues get the training, development and opportunities you need to progress your career.

The Cyber Security Monitoring Technical Lead Analyst role forms part of the ONS Operational Security team within the Security and Information Management Directorate. The Cyber Security Monitoring Technical Lead will lead groups of analysts to deliver defined pieces of work. You will report to the Cyber Security Principal.

You will interact with all areas of ONS to support and deliver these capabilities. Building successful working relationships with key stakeholders to improve the security of ONS.

The last few years has seen an extensive overhaul of security and information management to meet the challenges of corporate and statistics transformation in technology, methods and practice, the Digital Economy Act and organisational risk appetite. The capability is evolving and expanding to address changes in threat and business direction.

What will the successful candidate be doing?

In this role you will play a crucial role in ensuring the security and resilience of ONS systems, data and people.

You will be responsible for monitoring and analysing cyber security events, identifying potential threats, and implementing proactive measures to detect and prevent a wide range of cyber threats.

You will be committed to continuous improvement of our cyber security capabilities supporting a portfolio of transformation activities to mature the ONS cyber security capability.

Your technical expertise, attention to detail and creative problem-solving skills will be instrumental to your success in this role.

The work is challenging but rewarding and no two days are the same.

Responsibilities

As a Cyber Security Monitoring Technical Lead Analyst, you will deliver core monitoring activities over multiple security technologies, supporting and guiding analysts within your team, acting as a point of escalation for important event alerting. You will have the ability to:

• Support the shaping of the monitoring strategy, ensuring requirements, policies and standards to govern all activities and outputs are met.
• Manage the monitoring, triaging, and investigation of security alerts on protective monitoring platforms to identify security events and incidents, reviewing analysis of security event data to manage security incident response, reporting, or escalation where appropriate.
• Lead small monitoring teams in the design, development and enablement of automated monitoring processes, recommending and implementing the latest SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and network analysis tools, techniques and procedures to:
  1. detect malicious activity
  2. ensure continuous improvement through dashboard monitoring or retrospective assessment
• Establish a detailed understanding of ONS data security and network architectures enabling the delivery of consistent security advice.
• Report critical security incidents to the Cyber Security Principal
• Build successful working relationships with key stakeholders to improve the security of ONS

You will need a willingness to work towards or obtain relevant professional qualifications and memberships:

Recognised higher education in an IT related area And / Or • Certifications from a recognized body in Digital Security e.g. GIAC, ISC2, ISACA, BCS, CompTIA etc.)

Essential Criteria

• Experience of protective monitoring tools and technologies including SIEM, IDP, IDS, Firewalls and endpoint detection and response capabilities.
• Proficient in analysing a wide range of security logs to triage and investigate security events and alerts.
• Ability to deliver an effective incident response service across the life-cycle from detection and analysis, containment to eradication and recovery.
• Experience of working with a wide range of technology and business stakeholders to provide security advice and implement technical security solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information and cyber security concepts clearly and concisely for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Relevant certifications or qualification such as CISSP, GIAC, SANS would be advantageous however more important is an aptitude and passion for cyber security.

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

• Working Together
• Delivering at Pace

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

• Cyber Security Operations
• Intrusion Detection and Analysis
• Protective Security
• Secure Operations Management

The Office for National Statistics is part of the Civil Service, and as such we share a number of key benefits with other departments, whilst also having our own unique offerings to support our 5400 valued colleagues across the business.

This position is based at HM Prison Wayland, IP25 6RL

Please refer to Job Description

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   

This is a specialist administrative job in an establishment.

Summary  

The job holder will provide administrative support to the Security Intelligence Department and assist the Head of Security in the delivery of an effective intelligence system within the establishment.

They will be responsible for maintaining administration systems effectively and efficiently within specified timescales for the establishment

This is a non-operational job with no line management responsibilities. This role is rotational.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties   

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

•    Analyse and evaluate intelligence information to support and inform decision making in the prevention of security breaches and management of incidents. Where required, undertake further analysis on Security Incidents Reports (SIRs) that require it
•    Produce a monthly Intelligence Report and disseminate it as required within the establishment, collating feedback, before presenting the report at the monthly Security meeting
•    Regularly update line management regarding local security issues and any intelligence received
•    Make sure that the security intelligence system is updated, maintained, used appropriately and that staff are trained in its use as required
•    Check security information received, determine level of importance and recommend responses and solutions
•    Collate and distribute monthly targets for searching and mandatory drug tests to all residential units
•    Delivers in-house training in intelligence related procedures which will include both induction training for new starters and some specific on-going training which reinforces the need for all staff to adhere to security protocols
•    Liaise with other establishments, Law Enforcement groups and external agencies and to disseminate intelligence and SIR information in line with local and national policies to maintain safety and security
•    Provide advice and guidance to the Security Manager on current trends and issues. This includes identifying and monitoring of targets under the local supply reduction policy and extremism policy
•    Monitor the Regulatory Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) and Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) procedures in line with relevant local/national policies, audit standards, Local Security Strategy (LSS), Interceptions of Communications Commissioner’s Office (IOCCO) and other standards
•    Monitor prisoner communications in line with relevant local/national policies, audit standards, LSS and the IOCCO requirements
•    Support the Establishment Corruption Prevention Manager in detecting staff ‘wrongdoing’, preventing and detecting crime
•    Act as the liaison for the BRENT secure fax
•    Act as point of contact for all Violent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) issues in the security department
•    Liaise with external stakeholders regarding Counter Terrorism and Extremism
•    Interview prisoners where intelligence suggests they may be the victims of extremist bullying or where prisoners have requested to speak to Security relating to Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU)
•    Brief and liaise with residential units regarding covert testing
•    Compile and keep up to date “subject profiles” on any Terrorism Act (TACT) prisoners, “problem profiles” and  analytical reports on incidents or individuals
•    Assess any seized items such as literature/audio for any extremist content
•    Compile and complete reports on TACT or Security Threat Group prisoners

Undertake other administrative tasks including:

•    Organise, produce and maintain accurate records for the area of work
•    Act as contact point for all communications to the Team, prioritise and distribute to the appropriate person or relevant department in the establishment
•    Complete monitoring returns for the area of work
•    Input requisitions on the finance database for purchases in the area of work
•    Co-ordinate any awareness sessions for  the area of work
•    Prepare paperwork for checking by their manager, conducting initial checks as required
•    Correspond with relevant stakeholders and agencies to ensure that they are aware of information and that it is adequately shared
•    Maintain and check establishment databases, manual filing systems and logs of information with responses within timescales, producing reports as required
•    Collate information on relevant Service Delivery Indicators (SDI’s)
•    Arrange any meetings including the preparation of paperwork, minutes and action points

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.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Please refer to Job Description

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

• 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

Southampton

We welcome applications from all communities and we don’t discriminate against any identity. We’re interested to hear from you, regardless of your background.

Do you have extensive experience of leading investigations?

Have you got excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate confidently at all levels to achieve successful outcomes?

Are you ready to undertake a new challenge in a rewarding senior leadership position?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) implements the government’s maritime safety policy in the United Kingdom and works to prevent the loss of life and occurrence of pollution on the coast and at sea.

Safer lives, Safer ships, Cleaner seas.

Our vision is to be a world-leading organisation, accelerating the transition to sustainable shipping with non-negotiable safety standards. We put our people, our customers and our planet at the heart of everything we do. 

Find out more about what it’s like working at the Department for Transport.

We have an interesting opportunity for an experienced individual to join us in a key senior leadership position as the Assistant Director of Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations.

The successful applicant will lead our Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations Team, working closely with the Director of Finance, Compliance and Estates to set the strategic direction for the team and providing a responsive, effective service which delivers the highest standards.

Working in collaboration with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including Surveyors, Policy and Legal officials, the police force and investigation bodies, the role holder will ensure the effective enforcement of the Merchant Shipping Act 1996 and other maritime legislation.  They will undertake proactive compliance activities, oversee circa 300 investigations per year,  and lead the associated activities of the MCA in relation to the prosecuting of offenders where appropriate.

The Assistant Director of Regulatory, Compliance and Investigations will also prepare the MCA’s regulatory compliance and enforcement policy which aligns to the MCA’s strategic vision and operational requirements.

This is a unique opportunity to take up a crucial position which has great impact with regards the MCA vision and objectives of safer lives and safer ships.  It brings the chance to collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure the MCA is an effective regulator, ensuring seafarers, ship companies and ship owners are complaint.

This is also an extremely rewarding role in which you can bring comfort to those impacted by unsafe practices by providing support and ensuring action is taken and justice is served with regards breaches of regulations. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Providing timely advice, guidance and support to the wider Agency, Civil Service, and International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states on all aspects of prosecutions and other action, including detailed interpretation in relation to breaches of UK Merchant Shipping legislation.
• Ensuring the MCA is effective in regulating UK ships globally, seafarers, and foreign vessels when in UK waters by investigating and when appropriate prosecuting offenders.
• Taking personal accountability to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office as the Senior Responsible Officer for Communications Data Requests for the MCA under the Regulation of Investigative Powers Act 2016.
• Taking personal accountability as the Designated Senior Authorising Officer for Financial Investigations and banking orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, including processing up to £multi-million settlements.
• Leading the development of long-term enforcement strategies for the MCA and adding value for the UK public, seafarers and the Maritime Sector to make real lasting change beyond the civil service utilising other IMO member states.

For an in-depth insight into the role, please refer to the Role Profile attached to this advert.

Further Information

This role will be based in the Southampton HQ MCA supports flexible working and operates a hybrid working model between home and office for this role, giving you greater flexibility over where and when you work. Details of the arrangement will be discussed further with your line manager.

There will be a requirement for travel on official duty within the UK and overseas, which may involve overnight stays away from home. An unrestricted passport valid for international travel is required as well as a full driving licence valid for driving in the UK.

On occasions, there will be a requirement to work outside of normal conditioned hours and for participation in the on-call duty Enforcement Officer Roster.

We are looking to be joined by a passionate individual who meets the qualification requirements and essential experience criteria.

You are a strong and enthusiastic leader, able to inspire and motivate your teams whilst encouraging excellence, continuous improvement, and positive action.

You have exceptional stakeholder management skills, able to effectively engage and quickly build integral relationships, establishing yourself as a trusted collaborator with the credibility to influence and negotiate successfully.  You will be a confident and clear communicator, able to hold your own during difficult and challenging conversations.

Fantastic interpersonal skills are key to this role and you are compassionate, empathetic and honest, able to recognise the importance of working with integrity and accountability.

An unrestricted passport valid for international travel is required as well as a full driving licence valid for driving in the UK.

Either – Qualified Tier 5 Interview Manager, Professionalising Investigation Practice Tier 3 or equivalent

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions
• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Birmingham, *London, Warrington – * Under the NCA Estates Strategy, the London office is part of a planned relocation to a new NCA HQ in Stratford, London. Relocation is expected to take place in 2025. If you are successful for a London role, please be aware that your post will be relocated. All employees will be reimbursed excess travel costs associated with changes in location in line with NCA organisational policies.

Communications Data (CD) underpins virtually every element of modern life. It is about who we communicate with, how those communications takes place, when they happened and where we were at the time. 
The need for criminals to communicate means that the requirement for CD and it’s subsequent analysis underpins all the NCA’s operational activity, as such  the demand for CD is increasing.

As technology evolves, the complexity of Communications Data is also increasing.

Due to the training requirements, this role is subject to two-year tenure

The Communications Data Investigator (CDI) SPoC (24/7) will facilitate  the acquisition of communications data for the NCA and partners both in the overt and covert arenas 24/7.  It is essential that the candidate is a currently Home Office accredited CDI. The roles are office-based and located across the NCA estate in London, Birmingham and Warrington.

***All NCA officers must hold SC Enhanced upon entry as a minimum. To meet the National Security Vetting requirements for this role you will need to have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 out of the past 5 years. For more information please see the Candidate information Pack***

• Act as a senior officer nationally accredited Communications Data Investigator Single Point of Contact (SPoC) between the NCA and Telecommunications and Postal Operators.
• Facilitate the acquisition and dissemination of Communications Data intelligence and evidence in accordance with legislation and Code of Practice.
• Act as a subject matter expert to provide guidance and advice to Senior Investigating Officers and case teams on the use of Communications Data
• Identify, prioritise and manage risk.
• Proactively identify and exploit intelligence sources in collaboration with specialist teams.
• Protect the NCA’s repuation by upholding the highest standards of integrity and accuracy.
• Participate in a 24/7 shift pattern  enabling the team to  deliver against NCA aims and objectives

The following qualifications/skills are essential to the role and proof will be required at interview:

Current Home Office Accreditation as Communications Data Investigator SPoC

Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on, are entered on to the CV.
Should you progress to the assessment stage of the process, you will be required to provide a copy of the original certificate.
Failure to provide evidence at interview may result in your application not progressing to the next stage.

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Proven recent experience working as a Communications Data Investigations SPoC.
• Experience of working with complex data sets and applying quality control processes.
• Experience of using communication skills to work with a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Experience of effective decision making

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career with the Agency and wider Civil Service.
If you are an active police pension member immediately prior to joining the NCA, you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us as if you were a serving police officer. If you do remain an active member and subsequently return to a police force, you should be able to continue your membership there too.
All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:
• Civil Service pension scheme
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service (as this is 24/7 this will equate to an initial 192 hours pro rata)
• Training and development opportunities
• Cycle2work scheme 
We take the welfare of NCA officers very seriously. All staff have access to Occupational Health services and there are a number of staff representative groups. We also have a range of sporting and other activities on offer.

London

The Cabinet Office Security Team is the hub for implementing  Security policy within the Cabinet Office. Its remit covers providing advice and guidance to Business Units and individuals through to acting as the central focus for wider security policy issues affecting the entire department.

The CO Security Team (COSy) is responsible for managing the overall security posture of the department, providing advice to staff and operational incident response to security related incidents. The team is responsible for protection of our people, sites and infrastructure from a range of complex and challenging threats, ranging from protesters through to counter-intelligence issues.

The role is a specialist role and will provide a spectrum of support, guidance and advice across the Cabinet Office.

Develop, devise and implement Personnel and Physical Security policies, protocols and procedures across the Cabinet Office and the Security team.

Responsible for leading, managing and providing direction to the Business Units to ensure that policy, processes and legislation are adhered to, whilst simultaneously working with the National Technical Authorities, Government Security Centres of Excellence and Government Security Group to ensure that the security team’s strategic direction is appropriately aligned.   

Control budgets and financial costs ensuring management unit and service providers budgets / costs are met in line with expectations.

Support the wider leadership team and executive committee where required providing insight, analysis and solutions to issues within the Security environment.

Set priorities for the internal vetting team. Acting as a point of contact between CO Vetting Team ensuring service level agreements and deliverables are  achieved. Acting as decision maker in contentious cases and being an escalation point for customers.

Able to influence up to board level with both internal and external stakeholders 

Responsible for overseeing the development of a departmental security culture, end to end incident management response process and overseas travel policy.  The role holder should be confident in leveraging cross government and departmental partners and utilising technology to streamline processes and enhance customer experiences.

Deputising for the Senior Security Advisor where required.

Promote the Government Security profession and advise/support the Government Security Group on future risk policy

Drive the professional development for yourself and your team working with SSA and Security functions to set and drive continuous learning standards.

Provide periodic reporting to demonstrate progress along business plan milestones and management key performance indicators

Essential Skills / Experience

The successful candidate will have outstanding interpersonal/communication skills in order to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to engender trust, cooperation and buy in.

Proven, demonstrable experience of developing, influencing and implementing policies across boundaries and through multi-discipline teams to deliver successful outcomes.

Outstanding leadership and management skills, with the ability to mentor, motivate and drive the performance of the Security team remit and outputs.

The capacity and capability to apply good judgement and respond to complex, dynamic situations.  A high degree of resilience and personal credibility, and confidentiality. Together with enthusiasm and commitment to deliver. 

Proven and demonstrable experience of managing and delivering projects within taut time frames and budgetary limitations.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working in a security environment.
• Membership of the Security Institute or equivalent accredited body.

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

• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

London

The Cabinet Office Security Team is the hub for implementing  Security policy within  the Cabinet Office. Its remit covers providing advice and guidance to Business Units and individuals through to acting as the central focus for wider security policy issues affecting the entire department.

The CO Security Team (COSy) is responsible for managing the overall security posture of the department, providing advice to staff and operational incident response to security related incidents. The team is responsible for protection of our people, sites and infrastructure from a range of complex and challenging threats, ranging from protestors through to counter-intelligence issues.

The Head of CO STRAP, People and Places is a subject matter expert who will play a key security role at the heart of the Cabinet Office.  Through understanding existing and emerging threats and risks the role holder will ensure resources are appropriately prioritised.  

The post-holder is the lead Intelligent Customer, responsible for ensuring the HO manages and maintains the  STRAP service to an appropriate standard, aligned with Government policies and procedures for protecting STRAP assets within all the department locations. The role will be the lead point of contact for Department business units and individuals seeking advice and solutions in relation to a wide range of STRAP security risks and issues. 

You will be responsible to the SSA and key internal stakeholders for the commissioning, management and delivery of Physical, Personnel and IT Security Projects and their associated professional services stemming from the Government Security Function.  You will be the focal point for the Departmental Security Health Check (DSHC) developing prioritised improvement plans across incident management, physical and personnel domains.

You will be responsible for monitoring the activities of the Government Centres of Excellence (GSECs) and National Technical Authorities in providing security services to the CO Department.  This will demand  strong leadership to ensure value for money, quality of service and efficiency. You will influence and assess shared service opportunities to enable the  Cabinet Office to develop appropriate and proportionate security capabilities to mitigate both existing and emerging threats.

You will work across boundaries to influence and build strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholder groups that include functions, Management Units, Government Security Centres (GSeC), Technical Authorities and the network of Security Advisors within the Whitehall Corridor.

The role will be responsible for coordinating responses and investigations into security incidents and breaches within the Department.

Alongside this you will be responsible for the day to day governance and line management of highly motivated team.

Key responsibilities

The role is a technically specialist role and will provide a spectrum of support, guidance and advice across the Cabinet Office.

Quickly identify objectives and learn the work of the team and policy area;

Take responsibility for a set of high priority objectives, work independently and with minimal supervision;

Manage and set the direction for junior colleagues, providing reassurance and a clear steer to teams, often when faced with high levels of uncertainty;

Be an ambassador for CO Security, leading by example and taking responsibility, frequently within demanding circumstances.

Act as the Single Point of Contact for Intelligence Units within the CO and act as a key interlocutor between them and Home Office PSC.

Build and maintain an effective network of relationships with CO Business Units and functions, ensuring each Enclave has an appropriate Security Ambassador and Champion.  Provide advice, guidance and SME support to the security network, BUs and individuals.

Build and maintain an effective network of relationships with GSeCs, NTA’s and Security Advisors.

Provide strong leadership demanding value for money, quality of service and efficiency is achieved from the Clusters and CoE’s.

Manage and deliver the CO perspective to the strategic development of cross-government initiatives. 

Monitor and Report  developments in the thinking and direction of the GSeCs and the potential impacts of any proposed changes on the CO.

Prioritise physical and personnel security workstrands, setting and ensuring adherence to KPIs.  Lead on the DSHC return and the improvement plan for physical, personnel and incident management.  Ensure a cross cutting response to threats and incidents, proactively briefing and emplacing technical support.

Be a role model for the security community, modelling civil service values to promote the security profession.

Essential Skills / Experience

The successful candidate will have significant experience working in highly secure environments in government or industry.

Outstanding interpersonal/communication skills in order to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to engender trust, cooperation and buy in.

Proven, demonstrable experience of developing, influencing and implementing policies across boundaries and through multi-discipline teams to deliver successful outcomes.

Outstanding leadership and management skills, with the ability to mentor, motivate and drive performance of the Security team remit.

The capacity and capability to apply good judgement and respond to complex, dynamic situations.  A high degree of resilience and personal credibility, and confidentiality. Together with enthusiasm and commitment to deliver. 

Proven and demonstrable experience of managing and delivering projects within taut time frames and budgetary limitations.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working in a security environment.
• Membership of the Security Institute or equivalent accredited body.

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Working Together
• Changing and Improving
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
• A Civil Service Pension which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and average employer contributions of 27%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4NT

HMRC plays a crucial role in the UK economy and holds valuable data on UK taxpayers.

Successful attacks on HMRC could prevent the flow of money or the loss of citizen’s data so it’s essential that we protect HMRC from security risk and take a proactive approach to defending against security incidents. To do this successfully, we want to attract and inspire the best people to be part of our team.

This is an exciting time for us as we move to a new Security Operating Model and transform the way we deliver security services and to that end, we’re now seeking an experienced Cyber Security Incident Manager to join our thriving team in Telford.

You’ll have the chance to join our Incident Management Team, an exciting, fast-paced and effective group, responsible for monitoring and responding to threats.  Leading a team of 12 specialists, you’ll work together to provide support and guidance on technical issues whilst remaining cool under pressure and get to use your natural curiosity and investigative skills every day.

At HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve.

We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role

See what it’s like to work at HMRC: find out more about us or ask our colleagues a question. Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

We would particularly like to hear from applicants with an interest in developing the following cyber security operations skills:

• Triaging and investigating security alerts from multiple systems.
• Responding to incidents and following through until remediation.
• Developing alerts and use cases against very large data sets over some of the latest technology.
• Malware analysis and techniques.
• We would especially welcome applicants with experience of working in these fields.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of using a variety of analytical tools to identify security compromises within large amounts of complex data.
• Experience of analysing large datasets to find unusual system and user behaviours.
• Knowledge of multiple technical environments, including but not limited to, cloud, networking, operating systems, databases.
• Exposure to the cyber security, including knowledge and experience of the breadth of threat actors and depth of threat vectors available.
• Proven expertise using digital forensic and malware analysis tools, whether that be commercial products or open source.
• An understanding of the structures underpinning corporate IT systems and how these structures can be compromised and exploited.
• Proven understanding of security monitoring, intrusion detection, prevention and control systems including firewalls, anti-virus, web proxies.

Desirable Criteria:

These will help set you apart:

• Evidence of interest and passion for the subject of Cyber Security.
• Experience in managing a multi-disciplined, technical team.
• Knowledge of problem solving and effective decision making to resolve potential threats.

Desirable Qualification:

• Cyber Security Degree.

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Cyber Security Analysis

• 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%

MDP HQ, Palmer Pavilion, REF Wyton, Cambs, PE28 2EA

The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) are an independent constabulary reporting to the Secretary of State. Their primary role is armed policing of defence and other critical national infrastructure including nuclear sites. With civilian support staff they are nearly 3,000 strong.

The Professional Standards Department (PSD) is directly responsible for the management of Public Complaints and Misconduct Allegations made against serving members of MDP.

To provide a professional analysis service in support of the organisation, developing and maintaining the Performance Management Framework and key strategic products. To ensure robust analytical preparation of key business processes enabling effective and efficient governance. To lead the provision of strategic, tactical and operational analysis for Professional Standards. To deliver against national reporting requirements.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

· Work as part of the senior leadership team for the MDP Professional Standards Department, informing strategic, tactical, and operational decision making through the provision of analysis and research.

· Lead the development and management of the Performance MDP Professional Standards Department, ensuring high quality documentation is produced to enable effective governance at departmental, organisational, and external advisory boards, and identification and management of risk.

· Direct and manage the provision of analysis and intelligence development to support tactical and strategic activity. This includes providing advice and support to Professional Standards staff in response to police operations, investigations, preventative work and partnership activity.

· Create an analytical function on a day-to-day basis in order to maintain high standards of analysis and research, and deliver a quality product to the business area. Monitor and implement national best practice in analysis and professional standards practice.

· Co-ordinate and direct research into areas of a strategic and tactical nature to identify areas for business improvement, efficiency savings and performance management.

· Lead the continued development of internal and external reporting mechanisms to seek efficiency through automation and/or refinement of processes.

· Provide analytical input to external reporting requirements for national bodies such as the Police Board, COG IOPC/PIRC and HMICFRS.

· Represent Head/Deputy Head of PSD in internal and external forums as required.

Other requirements:

a. The post holder will require security vetting (SC) clearance.

b. Will be required to work 37 hours per week offering flexibility during hearings which may mean longer hours

c. Be fully conversant and competent with Microsoft Office based systems and have good oral and written communication skills.

· Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification, or recognised management qualification e.g. Diploma in management studies. MBA etc., and 3-5 years’ relevant experience as detailed below:

· Well-developed critical thinking and numeric skills.

· Experience in data analysis and/or qualitative research skills.

· Experience in working with customised databases and computer packages.

· Experience in developing and implementing performance frameworks.

· Experience of working in accordance with the National Intelligence Model.

· Excellent communication skills.

· The ability to work with minimal supervision, delivering products within deadlines and responding to changing priorities effectively.

· Innovative, willing to learn and a track record in challenging and improving existing procedures.

· High level of integrity.

• 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%
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• Attractive annual leave of 25 days to start increasing to 30, not including public holidays and privilege days.
• Access to the Gym at RAF Wyton

This position can be based at the following locations: 102 Petty France Tower London, SW1H 9AJ, Legal Aid Agency Cambridge, CB2 8DR, Liverpool The Capital LAA Liverpool, L3 9PP, South Tyneside Berkely Way LAA Jarrow, NE31 1SF, 5 Wellington Place Leeds, LS1 4AP, LAA Brighton, BN2 9QA, LAA Store Street, Piccadilly Gate, FLR 7, M1 2WD , LAA Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, BS1 6DG, LAA William Morgan House FLR11, CF10 1EP, LAA 1 Unity Square, FLR 3, NG2 1AW, LAA Level 3, 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 4BH

Please refer to Job Description

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.

Job Title:    

Heath, Safety and Fire Advisor    Contract Type:    Permanent

Grade:    

HEO

Salary range (depending on location):    

National – £31,265 to £34,446
London – £35,405 to £39,000

Please note that unless you are currently employed by the Civil Service and are earning more than the minimum above, if successful you will be offered the minimum for the grade depending on your location.

Location:   

Any LAA Office

Directorate:   

Corporate Services Team:

Corporate Assurance, Risk and Secretariat

Working Pattern:    

The post is supported by the MOJ flexible working policy and includes colleagues who work flexibly, remotely (as part of hybrid working), part time or as part of a job share etc.

If you are applying for a part time role, please note that in order to meet business demands we need cover for a minimum of 30 hours and to cover 5 days of the week

Reporting to:   

Health and Safety Manager

The Legal Aid Agency

We are an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). We provide civil and criminal legal aid and advice in England and Wales to help people deal with their legal problems.

Our people are at the heart of achieving excellence. Employing around 1,200 colleagues across England and Wales, we feel proud to have some of the best People Survey results in the Civil Service.

Our LAA commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The LAA is committed to diversity and inclusion and we positively promote flexible working, including job shares.

We will consider all applications on merit regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, religion, ethnicity, preferred working pattern and except for exceptional circumstances your working location.

As a Disability Confident organisation, we will offer a guaranteed interview to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for this role. Under the Equality Act 2010 a disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months.

If you are responding to a role within the Legal Aid Agency and would like to be considered under the guaranteed interview, please indicate this in your application and let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may require during the sift or later selection processes.

Corporate Services

The Corporate Services directorate works across the LAA to help shape and enable the priorities of the Chief Executive and Executive Leadership Team, providing support on areas such as strategy, data analysis, risk, assurance, communications, people, and capability to all other parts of the LAA.

Corporate Assurance, Risk & Secretariat (CARS)

The CARS team combines the 5 functions of Health & Safety, Information & Data Security, Business Continuity, Risk and Secretariat to collectively strengthen and support the LAA’s governance, our assurance strategies, risk management processes and provide support to the LAA’s senior governance forums including the Board and Executive Leadership Team.

The Health and Safety function supports the work of the LAA helping to ensure compliance with health, safety and fire legislation and best practice across all sites including a warehouse and Public Defender Services offices where clients are seen face to face.  Staff also work in courts, police stations and providers offices and travel as part of their role.  LAA offices are spread around England and the South Wales and include locations such as Bristol and Brighton in the south and South Tyneside in the north where there is our largest site which includes a warehouse and JCC.

Job Summary

A specialist professional role providing dedicated support to operational and managerial staff.

While working collaboratively with the H&S Manager, you will be required to work independently for significant periods, delivering key Health, Safety and Fire (HSF) tasks including audits, briefings and training.

You must work with a high degree of accuracy and take pride in your work.

A proactive approach is essential, identifying risks and opportunities and suggesting actions and mitigations, achieving compliance with legal requirements while enabling operational delivery.

Building good working relationships is key both within the LAA and across other government departments and agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide advice to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to ensure it meets the requirements of Health, Safety and fire legislation and support the delivery of the corporate Health and Safety strategy and arrangements.
• To advise managers on the implementation and delivery of the corporate Health and Safety Policy, procedures and the LAA Health and Safety Delivery Plan, while utilising the support of Site Leads and their deputies.
• The post holder will develop and maintain key contacts across the Agency and other government departmental H&S teams to provide consistent and balanced advice relevant to LAA offices/sites promoting a positive health and safety culture.
• The post holder will be required to complete accident, incident, near miss and fire investigations, audits and to deliver briefings and training related to all aspects of health, safety, and fire.
• The post holder will be required to work collaboratively with colleagues in security and facilities management and communications to support cross MOJ agendas.
• Deliver reports, information, data, and recommendations on all aspects of health, safety and fire operational delivery that help drive improvements and engagement with the ambitions of our assurance team.
• Work collaboratively within the corporate centre assurance team.
• The role involves providing a degree of administrative support and work supervision.
• The role includes travelling to inspect/audit sites and to deliver support across all LAA offices/sites with some overnight stays dependent on your base location.
• Promote and maintain practices which are free from discrimination, support equality of opportunity and reflect the LAA diversity and equality policy.

Essential Knowledge, Experience, and skills    

• Minimum qualification: NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent, such as would satisfy the membership requirements of Tech IOSH.
• Must be able to evidence ongoing Continued Professional Development as required by professional membership.
• Experience in fire safety / fire risk assessment, water hygiene and asbestos risk management.
• Knowledge and understanding of health, safety, and fire matters to provide competent and trusted advice.
• Ability to write policies and procedures, reports of varying types and complexity and undertake/support risk assessments.
• Experience of digital and remote working tools.
• The delivery of health and safety briefings and training.

Desirable Knowledge, Experience, and skills    

• Experience of the delivery of fire marshal training
• Experience of undertaking Display Screen Equipment assessments.

Person Specification    

• You’ll have experience of applying Health, Safety and Fire Legislation to a range of organisational processes and in a variety of settings.
• You’ll work well with people and be able to maintain positive relationships whilst ensuring legislative obligations are met, communicating effectively at all levels.
• You’ll enjoy working in both a pro-active, and re-active way and be able to reprioritise effectively during busy periods, efficiently planning and organising your time and workload to ensure the delivery of various workstreams simultaneously.
• Ability to interact with and engage colleagues – beyond your own team – to achieve shared goals.
• Ability to work autonomously, identify and mitigate risks and spot opportunities to improve the health and safety of staff.

Assessment approach

Application Process 

Interview / assessment Process

To apply complete an application based on the following behaviours and experience using no more than 250 words per behaviour.

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

When submitting an example of a behaviour, remember to include the situation, what you did and why, and what was the outcome/result. In the event of a high number of applications, we will conduct an initial sift on the lead Behaviour of Making Effective Decisions.

If you are successful through the application stage, you will be invited to an interview / assessment centre in person

Strengths relevant to the role

Some or all the following Behaviours:

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Working Together
• Exercises relating to a health/safety/fire incident
• You will be asked to confirm you hold the minimum qualification of NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent, such as would satisfy the membership requirements of Tech IOSH.

Behaviour Definitions: 

Making Effective Decisions – Understand own level of responsibility and empower others to make decisions where appropriate. Analyse and use a range of relevant, credible information from internal and external sources to support decisions. Invite challenge and where appropriate involve others in decision making. Display confidence when making difficult decisions, even if they prove to be unpopular. Consult with others to ensure the potential impacts on end users have been considered. Present strong recommendations in a timely manner outlining the consideration of other options, costs, benefits and risks.

Delivering at Pace – Show a positive approach to keeping the whole team’s efforts focused on the top priorities. Promote a culture of following the appropriate procedures to ensure results are achieved on time whilst still enabling innovation. Ensure the most appropriate resources are available for colleagues to use to do their job effectively. Regularly monitor your own and team’s work against milestones ensuring individual needs are considered when setting tasks. Act promptly to reassess workloads and priorities when there are conflicting demands to maintain performance. Allow individuals the space and authority to meet objectives, providing additional support where necessary, whilst keeping overall responsibility.

Working Together – Encourage joined up team work within own team and across other groups. Establish professional relationships with a range of stakeholders. Collaborate with these to share information, resources and support. Invest time to develop a common focus and genuine positive team spirit where colleagues feel valued and respect one another. Put in place support for the wellbeing of individuals within the team, including consideration of your own needs. Make it clear to all team members that bullying, harassment and discrimination are unacceptable. Actively seek and consider input of people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

Communicating and Influencing – Communicate in a straightforward, honest and engaging manner, choosing appropriate styles to maximise understanding and impact. Encourage the use of different communication methods, including digital resources and highlight the benefits, including ensuring cost effectiveness. Ensure communication has a clear purpose and takes into account people’s individual needs. Share information as appropriate and check understanding. Show positivity and enthusiasm towards work, encouraging others to do the same. Ensure that important messages are communicated with colleagues and stakeholders respectfully, taking into consideration the diversity of interests.

Changing and Improving – Work with others to identify areas for improvement and simplify processes to use fewer resources. Use technology where possible to increase efficiency. Encourage ideas for change from a wide range of sources. Clearly explain the reasons for change to colleagues and how to implement them, supporting individuals with different needs to adapt to change. Encourage an environment where colleagues know that they can challenge decisions and issues safely. Take managed risks by fully considering the varied impacts changes could have on the diverse range of end users.

Shortlisting is planned for week commencing 19th June

Interviews are planned for week commencing 3rd July

If you would like more information on this opportunity, please contact – Lorraine Fellows, LAA Health and Safety Manager – [email protected], for an informal discussion via Teams.  Contact prior to application is welcome to ensure you fully understand the demands of the role.

Complaint’s procedure

If you have any complaints about this recruitment activity, please share your concerns by emailing [email protected] initially. We aim to respond to any complaint within 10 working days.

If you are dissatisfied with our response, we will forward your complaint to the Civil Service Commission, an independent body, for review.

Please refer to Job Description

NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent, such as would satisfy the membership requirements of Tech IOSH.

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

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

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

• You will be asked to confirm you hold the minimum qualification of NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent, such as would satisfy the membership requirements of Tech IOSH.

• 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

London

Intelligence Development Officers are responsible for researching, assessing, and developing intelligence in a timely and accurate manner, identifying possible threats and taking appropriate action to mitigate the risk. They take ownership of their work and are responsible for the end to end intelligence product. A key part of the role is management of our partner intelligence exchanges and liaising with our partners daily.

What you will be doing:

• To accurately record, sanitise and develop all incoming intelligence.
• Identify risks, and take appropriate action to mitigate risks identified within reported intelligence.
• Management of partner intelligence exchanges.
• Provide support and respond to ad hoc requests from your intelligence colleagues.
• Ensure that the Intelligence functions internal systems are data cleansed, duplicate records are deleted, and all information inputted is accurate and concise.
• Undertake research using a range of techniques and methodologies to ensure that the intelligence picture is fully understood
• Conduct open source research in order to corroborate reported intelligence.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to ensure cases of non-compliance, non-conformance or breaches of the PSIA are acted upon in a timely manner.
• The ability to think analytically and be confident in challenging processes or procedures.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested from time to time, within the jobholder’s capabilities.
• Ensure procedures and practices comply with SIA Policies, the Data Protection Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Human Rights Act, and all relevant legislation.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience of developing and sanitising of intelligence ideally in a law enforcement or regulatory regime.
• Understanding of the principles of intelligence and risk models, in particular the National Intelligence Model.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to form strong, positive working relationships both inside and outside of an organisation.
• Ability to influence and negotiate with key contacts.
• Understanding of the Private Security Industry Act 2001.
• Understanding of the SIA’s regulatory products.
• Understanding and experience of legislation relating to the control and processing of information, particularly the Data Protection Act and GDPR, CPIA, RIPA, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Human Rights Act

It would be great if you have experience in these areas:

• Previous experience of working in a police or regulatory environment.
• Practical knowledge of intelligence software, ideally including: iBase, Analysts Notebook, CRM and related products, as well as Microsoft Office software

Competencies that we are looking out for in this role:

• Seeing the Big Picture: Understand how your role fits with and supports organisational objectives. Recognise the wider Civil Service priorities and ensure work is in the national interest
• Making Effective Decisions: Use evidence and knowledge to support accurate, expert decisions and advice. Carefully consider alternative options, implications and risks of decisions.
• Managing a Quality Service: Use evidence and knowledge to support accurate, expert decisions and advice. Carefully consider alternative options, implications and risks of decisions.
• Delivering at Pace: Take responsibility for delivering timely and quality results with focus and drive.

• A welcoming and innovative work environment.
• Continued support and development opportunities.
• Access to training for attainment of recognised qualifications.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Annual leave entitlement will be 27.5 days, with pay rising by one additional day for every two years of service up to a maximum of 32.5 days.
• A variety of discounts including Gymflex,
• Civil Service Pension Scheme – Employee contribution between 4.60% and 7.35% and Employer contribution between 26.60% and 30.30%