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Every day in JICC is different, as you are responsible for facilitating and developing intelligence in relation to a variety of criminal activity linking to National Crime Agency (NCA) priorities and threat areas. You will be working in a dynamic environment, prioritising and managing expectations of both UK and International partners, while delivering a quality service to meet customer needs. You will be required to maintain a flexible and innovative approach, adapting to fluctuating demands and priorities, which could range from simple intelligence checks to complex crimes in action.

The JICC is the focal point for all International enquiries both into and out of the UK with International policing partners via the channels of INTERPOL and Europol. In addition, the JICC is the UK Central Authority for the UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TACA) focusing on locating fugitives in the UK and abroad for extradition. The JICC work closely with the NCA International ILO network and law enforcement across the UK.

The JICC is a high volume, high risk environment. Working at a national and international level, the JICC is a demanding, busy and interesting place to work, with every day being different and presenting new challenges.

***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***

Main Responsibilities

• Handle Interpol and Europol enquiries relating to a range of crime types.
• Identify urgent enquiries and ensure processes are followed according to policy and procedures.
• Develop intelligence to locate and facilitate the arrest of Fugitives located in the UK on behalf of international law enforcement partners.
• Liaising with partners across UK Police forces, the Crown Prosecution Service and foreign law enforcement partners. 
• Engagement in project work as required. 
• The JICC operates from 07.00 until 18.00 and your daily hours of duty will be within that range depending on the requirements of the business.

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

• Working Together
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• Understanding of criminal law and UK legislation affecting Agency activity.
• Experience in making informed risk assessments based on sound rationale.
• Proven experience of working to tight deadlines within a dynamic environment.
• Experience of analysing information from a wide range of sources.

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
• 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.

We can provide flexible working arrangements if the role in question is suitable. These include flexi-time, job sharing and compressed hours (working contracted hours over a shorter period).

MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 9NR

We are Defence Digital, part of Strategic Command, fulfilling an important role in the age of information warfare within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via various communication means including radio, satellite, and the internet. Operating at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, we’re aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

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 position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The ARK Security Officer is part of the Defence Digital MOD Corsham Security Team, with 20% of the role supporting a cryptographic (crypto) project and 80% of the role supporting security for multiple projects in a Crown Hosting Environment. This includes the physical, personnel, information and asset security.

This position will report to the ARK Security Manager and assist in managing the security for multiple projects, requiring the individual to understand several customer contracts and be able to differentiate between them, ensuring they adhere to MOD policy and protocol.

You will work closely with a multitude of business areas within Defence Digital, including Crown Hosting and civilian, military and contractor personnel, as well as the Ministry of Defence Police and the Ministry of Defence Guard Service.

For this role, the successful candidate will be required to undertake the following training:

• CSD (UKNDA) 2-day crypto course.
• STRAPSO course must be attended in the first 12 weeks of taking up the post, if not already completed. These courses are 5 days residential in Bedfordshire.
• The Information and Technology Security Officers course must be completed within the first 6 months of taking up the post, if not already completed. This is a 5-day residential course in Bedfordshire.

This role sits within the Government Security Profession framework, which seeks to build the capacity and capabilities of security professionals across government. You’ll 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 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, discount services, generous leave allowance and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

The ARK Security Officer will report to the ARK Security Manager and support the following activities:

• As the project Crypto officer, you will be responsible for supporting the process for checking, holding, receiving and issuing cryptographic material to all individuals who have a requirement to use crypto for the project.
• Management of site access lists (a security access control process) for various contracts – including inductions, clearance checking and maintenance of the access lists.
• Supporting investigation and remedial action / mitigation for all security incidents within all MOD areas of the Crown Hosting Site. Assisting in the destruction of IT assets / Cryptographic material in accordance with current MOD policy and procedures.
• Supporting the ARK Security Manager as a Deputy STRAPSO – ensuring all staff who have access to this classified information and assets are cleared to do so and the buildings / offices used comply with all mandatory policy requirements.
• Assisting with security inspections and audits for security services we deliver, to include Secret assets / registers and supporting external security risk audits.
• Assisting implementation of security policy against mandated policy, or new policy, that is required to ensure the continued security and safety of the sites and personnel in your area of responsibility.
• Providing advice and guidance to all Defence Digital personnel, including very senior staff and be able to provide briefings, sometimes of a very complex nature, verbally and in writing.
• Supporting the day-to-day running of Security Management within a Crown Hosting Site.
• Assisting MOD projects, in terms of maintenance schedules, escorting, booking in visitors and checking clearances, as and when required.
• Assisting in the issuing of access controls such as alarm systems, CCTV systems, ILS locks and TRAKKA systems.
• Assisting with the movement of classified material via the correct accredited means.

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

• Experience of working either directly or indirectly in a security environment
• An understanding of generic security roles and responsibilities
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• An understanding of risk management

We are committed to encouraging and enabling our staff to develop in and above their role and we will support you in undertaking further learning and development opportunities, leading to industry recognised qualifications.

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 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 expectation for the successful candidate will be attendance in the office for around 3-4 days per week. This is required to enable training, mentoring, coaching and support

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, the successful candidate will be required to undertake DV clearance. This position is open to Sole UK Nationals only.

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

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

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

• Legal & Regulatory Environmental
• Risk understanding and mitigation

• 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%
• Family Friendly – Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.
• 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.
• 5 days per year Learning & Development
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes.
• Flexible working.
• Generous leave allocations.

MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Corsham, SN13 9NR

We are Defence Digital, part of Strategic Command, fulfilling an important role in the age of information warfare within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We provide digital and technology services to our Armed Forces, ensuring they can operate securely via various communication means including radio, satellite, and the internet. Operating at scale, with an annual budget in excess of £2Bn and a diverse team of 2,500 colleagues, we’re aiming to make our Armed Forces some of the most technologically advanced in the world.

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 position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The Vetting Manager post sits within the MOD Corsham Security, Resilience and Information team, and is the responsible for all vetting activities and advice. 

This role sits within the Government Security Profession framework, which seeks to build the capacity and capabilities of security professionals across government. As an organisation, we are committed to providing learning and development opportunities, tailored to your role and beyond, helping you continue your professional development.

You’ll also be able to take advantage of our excellent benefits package, including flexible working, generous leave allowance, great discount services and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

Responsibilities include:

• Initiate the process for the vetting of Military staff and contractors, in accordance with policy.

• Carry out Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for service personnel, MOD civilian staff and contractors.

• Carry out the transfer of SC/DV clearances from company to company and Military to civilian when required.

• Produce security clearance certificates for service personnel.

• Focal point for all visits from foreign nationals to MOD Corsham, in liaison with the International Visits Control Office.

• Process all visa forms for foreign travel.

• Provide effective advice to all customers on personal vetting and pass issue matters.

• Manage the site pass application process and service delivery.

• Process applications for MOD defence ID Cards for MOD civilian staff and contractors when needed.

• Request NATO security clearance certificates when required.

• Manage and control the filing system and databases relating to workload, in accordance with GDPR and security policies.

• Manage the personnel risk process when required.

• This position could have potential line management opportunities in the future.

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

• Experience of working either directly or indirectly in a security environment
• An understanding of generic security roles and responsibilities
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• An understanding of risk management

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 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.

During the first 3 months there is an expectation for successful candidates to attend the office for circa 4 days per week. This is required to enable the team to train, mentor, coach and support the individual.

If not already held, the successful candidate will be required to undertake DV clearance. This position is open to Sole UK Nationals only.

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

• Leadership
• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Managing a Quality Service

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

• Applied Personnel Security
• Risk Understanding and Mitigating

• 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%
• Family Friendly – Parental and Adoption Leave.
• 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.
• 5 days per year Learning & Development
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes.
• Flexible working.
• Generous leave allocations.

Home Based – SSG Regional Office at RAF Wyton

Short Summary:

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and play a key role in keeping our country safe through caring for the Defence estate and those that depend on it? DIO manages the Defence estate, one of the UK’s largest and most diverse property portfolios, enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon-zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets, our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

RAF Wyton

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) team within Defence Intelligence (DI); posts are currently at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire, though some travel to Whitehall in Central London will be required.  We are seeking proactive, inquisitive and motivated individuals, willing to help drive forward the team to ensure that it is best positioned to address the UK’s key intelligence requirements.

The CNI team currently has multiple all-source analyst positions available, within a team that plays a unique role within the UK intelligence community looking at the oil, gas, electric power, water, transportation, and communications sectors of countries of interest around the world. 

DI is part of the Ministry of Defence and provides intelligence analysis, specialist outputs and advice which supports decision-making across all levels of Defence and government. DI is the MoD’s central provider of strategic level intelligence. Serving a diverse customer base across the department and Whitehall, DI is responsible for providing timely intelligence products and assessments, giving perspective to the diverse and complex challenges that Defence faces in a constantly evolving world. DI is also a key element of the UK’s national intelligence community, working closely with partners across Defence, the Security Services and other intelligence assessment bodies (such as the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) and Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO)). Most recently DI has been leading on the provision of intelligence assessments to support the Russia / Ukraine crisis.

DI’s all-source analysts are part of a dynamic new cross-Government Intelligence Assessment profession, supporting analysts in pursuing rewarding careers in intelligence assessment.

Reserved posts are open to UK nationals only, while non reserved are open to UK, Commonwealth, EEA and certain non-EEA nationals. Contact your recruitment team if you’re unsure about this job’s status.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. All job adverts in DI are subject to fair and open competition.

You will work within the Critical National Infrastructure team, a multi-discipline, joint civilian-military, cross-site team split across MoD Main Building in London and RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire. This specialist and unique team comprises of all-source, imagery and geospatial analysts supported by embedded infrastructure and engineering experts.

The team plays a unique role within the UK intelligence community, focusing on the analysis of civilian and dual use critical national infrastructure, including utilities, transport and communications of foreign countries in support of UK operational requirements including humanitarian relief and non-combatant evacuation operations.  Most recently the team have been providing specialist insights into the unfolding events in Ukraine, many of which have reached the top decision-makers within UK Government and wider Defence.

The team also plays a critical and unique role in providing assessments to support other analytical teams covering economic, political and security issues, as well as decision makers in the MoD and across Whitehall.  The team also acts as the lead for DI in drawing together assessments on the impacts of climate change.

All source analyst roles within the CNI team cover a wider variety of topics from electric power, water and oil & gas, to understanding multi-nodal transportation networks within regions of concern.  The roles will undertake in-depth and specialist analysis to understand the implications of climate change on critical infrastructure and the impact of new energy technologies and decarbonisation.

You will also have an opportunity to assist in the development of capabilities for the analysis of Human Security, including food insecurity, by proactively engaging with wider government and Allies, enabling DI to better understand and articulate the threat vectors to decision-makers.

You will work closely with other DI teams, wider UK government (including the JIO (Joint Intelligence Organisation), Department for Transport, BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) and FCDO (Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office), and international partners, sharing understanding and assessment in a variety of collaborative environments by providing written assessments and verbal presentations.

You must model the DI values and behaviours in daily work and interactions and support the DI diversity and inclusion strategy. Adhere to all security policy and procedures.

As an all-source analyst you must also:

• Deliver and communicate high quality, impactful intelligence assessments (verbal and written) that adhere to the Professional Head of Intelligence Assessment’s Analytic Standards and DI guidance.
• Build Subject Matter Expertise for utilities/transport infrastructure and maintain a high level of situational awareness, using all resources available to you. Act as an expert across the intelligence community.
• Ensure intelligence gaps are identified; actively seek to fill gaps through conducting research and tasking collection following the relevant guidance, process and legislation. Engage with efforts to innovate data exploitation.
• Organise information systematically in accordance with best practice and relevant IKM policies on all IT systems. Maintain robust audit trails for intelligence product.
• Critically evaluate information and intelligence. Apply a range of critical and creative approaches and techniques to process information and answer customer intelligence requirements. Maintain and develop analytic skills. Promote good tradecraft and give and accept constructive challenge.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with key customers and ensure intelligence output is aligned to their requirements, decision-making processes and timelines.
• Participate fully in relevant national and international intelligence community collaboration processes and activities.

Person Specification

The post holder, must have the following skills:

• Critical thinking
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Strong IT skills, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Ability to prioritise, work under pressure and to meet strict deadlines.

You do not need to be a technical expert or have past intelligence analysis experience, but these are an advantage.  Good numeracy skills, and being comfortable dealing with, and conveying, scale will also be advantageous.

Successful candidates should hold or be prepared to undertake functional intelligence training including the Defence Intelligence IT Course and Defence Intelligence Analysis Module courses and pass the subsequent City and Guilds exam in intelligence assessment.  Additional specialist training regarding infrastructure related topics will also be available to successful candidates.

In DI, our people solve problems, further 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 innovative technologies.

In DI, we believe your unique experiences, views 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 opportunity employer, we hire, train and promote people based on merit and aspire to create an inclusive workplace free of discrimination. We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexi-time, job share and compressed hours.

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

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

• PHIA – Verbal communication of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA-proficient)
• PHIA – Written and Visual communication of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA-proficient)

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

• PHIA – Verbal communication of Intelligence Assessment (PHIA-proficient)

There are a wide variety of employee benefits for civil service staff in DI, including (this list is not exhaustive):

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

RAF Wyton

Based in the Pathfinder Building at RAF Wyton, Huntingdon, The Defence Debriefing Programme (DDP), within DI HUMINT, conducts voluntary debriefs of individuals with knowledge of topics of interest to Defence Intelligence.

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 flexitime, job share and compressed hours.

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

This post is advertised for 37 hours per week

As a Defence Debriefer you will manage your own workload in support of wider DDP objectives. You will be responsible for planning and preparing operational activity, to include accommodation, travel and linguistic support in order to effectively conduct strategic debriefs of HUMINT sources against Defence Intelligence requirements. DDP debriefers are also required to support broader DDP and DI HUMINT activities as required.

As a Defence Debriefer you would be expected to:

• Manage your own workflow, and conduct regular, ongoing liaison with OGDs in support of wider programme objectives.
• Undertake all aspects of preparation for debriefs, including detailed background research, analyst/customer liaison, the collation of supporting material, and the organisation of suitable travel and accommodation.
• Effectively conduct strategic debriefs of HUMINT sources against Defence Intelligence requirements.
• Produce and disseminate resulting intelligence reporting and case paperwork.
• Provide support to broader DDP and DI HUMINT objectives.
• Demonstrate sound judgement on security, risk and legal issues associated with debriefing.

Essential skills:

• Excellent communication skills/comfortable communicating with a diverse range of individuals
• Ability to manage risk effectively in a complex operating environment
• Proven experience and skill in report writing
• Ability to travel, sometimes at short notice, across the UK
• Full UK Driving License

The successful candidate will be expected to have passed the Defence Debriefing Course (DDC) or will be required to do so within the first 6 months of employment.

Desirable Skills:

• Recent strategic debriefing experience or equivalent interviewing skills.
• An understanding of the Defence intelligence community, geo-politics and the wider intelligence community.
• Recognised qualification or demonstrable ability in a relevant language (e.g. Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Russian)

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

• Making Effective Decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture

There are a wide variety of employee benefits for civil service staff in DI, including (this list is not exhaustive):

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

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.

Do you want to work in a role where you will have a impact on organisational change?

Can you guide the organisation to achieve the highest level of protection by following best practices?

Then we could have the role you …

We are looking for forward thinking security professionals to join our the Cyber Security team within the Security and Information Management Division at the Office for National Statistics (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.

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 & Threat Principal role forms part of the ONS Cyber Security team within the Security and Information Management Division at the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The role reports to the Head of Security Operations.

The primary focus of the role is to deliver the core security operations capabilities; service management; protective monitoring; and security education and awareness. The role interacts with all areas of ONS to support and deliver these capabilities.

What will the successful candidate be doing 

You will lead wider implementation of a monitoring strategy and vulnerability strategy, ensuring roadmaps are achieved as expected, ensuring requirements, policies, and standards to govern all activities and outputs are met.

You will be a natural leader, you will provide mentorship for your team and organise them to deliver efficiently and effectively. You will lead a team of Security Professionals.

You will provide seamless security operations integrated into ONS business operations, verifying the effectiveness of estate-wide security measures and effective response to security incidents.

Responsibilities 

The ideal Cyber Security Monitoring & Threat Principal will lead the Cyber Security Monitoring and Cyber Security Vulnerability teams.

As part of this role, you will:

• Review high-priority or high-complexity analysis of security event data to manage security incident response, making key decisions on reporting or escalations for monitoring
• Lead complex information systems to understand and prioritise actions on Cyber Security risks, audit requirements and data value, and provide specialist or complex guidance to vulnerability management teams and external senior stakeholders
• Establish a detailed understanding of ONS data security and architectures enabling the delivery of a consistent security advice.
• Develops ONS security policies and procedures to meet the corporate, regulatory and legal requirements
• Reports critical security incidents to the Head of Security Operations
• Builds successful working relationships with key stakeholders to improve the security of ONS

The focus, outcomes and responsibilities are aligned to the Government Security Profession Framework – Monitoring role at Principal level.

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

• Working towards or have obtained, relevant professional membership e.g. practitioner level within the CESG Certified Professional scheme (CCP).
• Working towards or have obtained, professional development qualifications within specialist Security discipline e.g. Certified Ethical Hacker, ISO 27001 Security Auditor etc.

Essential Criteria

As a Cyber Security Principal, the ideal candidate would be able to demonstrate:

• Expert knowledge of application, infrastructure and networking security controls and systems covering physical, procedural, and technical (ICT) areas, particularly in relation to data management.
• Experience of assisting with security advice and technical security solutions.
• Experience of using a variety of sources of information to identify, analyse and report on incidents and events.
• Experienced in supporting and managing team in a multi-discipline environment.

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.

Whether you are hearing about us for the first time or already know a bit about our organisation, we hope that the benefits pack attached (bottom of page) will give you a great insight into the benefits and facilities available to our colleagues, and our fantastic working culture.

We are an organisation that takes well-being seriously and lives and breathes the desire to modernise the workplace of the future. Everyone, from our office-based colleagues across our office sites, to our field interviewers and airports and ports passenger survey teams, are part of a diverse and inclusive family.

Bristol, South West England, BS2 0ES : Cardiff, Wales, CF10 1EP : Salford, North West England, M3 5AX : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2BQ : Telford, West Midlands (England), TF3 4NT

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.

The Security Engagement Manager is part of the Security Capability, Engagement and Professionalisation team (SCEP) in HMRC’s Security Directorate. HMRC’s Security’s mission is to be at the heart of HMRC, enabling proportionate and resilient security by default

SCEP is responsible for learning and development, resourcing and talent, communications and engagement, both for HMRC Security directorate and for the wider HMRC security professional community which includes a network of Security and Information Business Partners. Reporting to the Head of the Security Profession in HMRC, SCEP works closely with the Government Security Profession team in Cabinet Office to embed the work of the profession within the HRMC security community.

As Security Engagement Manager, you will work with the Head of Engagement to develop and deliver engagement plans and products for HMRC Security including; Senior Leaders, the People Function and various internally and externally facing security programmes. You will also work alongside SCEP colleagues to develop and implement strategies in all areas of the team’s remit. You’ll work closely with the HMRC Security Engagement Champions Group, helping them to support engagement across the Directorate.

You will support SCEP with People strategies including Engagement, Learning and Development and Professions and manage the People Portal.  You will also support the Security Change Programmes with engagement planning and manage internal engagement using channels such as the Security Function pages on the HMRC intranet, Newsletters, Yammer, MS Teams, MS Sway and SharePoint. You will also line manage the Engagement Advisor.

As Security Engagement Manager, you will cover the following responsibilities:

• Supporting the SCEP Senior Management Team to drive forward delivery of the HMRC Security People Priorities, putting engagement at the heart of our approach.
• Managing and developing the “Security People Portal” on SharePoint which is the central information Hub for staff across the HMRC Security Function – ensuring content and functionality is fit for purpose, evaluating the user experience and continuously improving the service.
• Overseeing production of internal and external HMRC Security Newsletters Blogs and articles to support the HMRC Security Strategy
• Line Managing the Security Engagement Advisor.
• Overseeing the HMRC Security Intranet pages, in line with the Security Strategy ensuring content and structure is well managed, reviewed regularly and fit-for-purpose.
• Take a leading role in the work to build and promote the HMRC Security Function, liaising with key stakeholders across HMRC and in the wider Government Security Function, identifying promotional opportunities, contributing to the development of the brand, overseeing and contributing to the production of communications materials and briefings and developing the “HMRC Security Story”.
• Overseeing the planning and delivery of the monthly HMRC Security all staff broadcasts – Ensuring an annual programme is in place, managing scripts and briefings for presenters, co-ordinating the presenters during the Livestream broadcasts, and ensuring follow up actions and briefings are completed.
• Liaising with stakeholders from change programmes including the CDIO TOM, SOM and ESP programmes to help them to plan, organise and deliver appropriate comms and engagement utilising our internal comms channels.
• Be the primary point of contact on security engagement with key stakeholders, including external parties, and develop strong working relationships with external stakeholders who have interests in relation to security
• Promote cross-government security-mindedness to foster an inclusive, diverse and motivated workforce
• Deputising for the G7 Head of Security Comms and Engagement Team as required
• Lead activities to deliver and assure security education awareness programmes across the Security Profession within HMRC
• Working across the SCEP portfolio (including learning and development, resourcing and talent) if required as a response to urgent business priorities.

Skills and Experience: 

• Excellent communication/negotiation skills (both written and verbal) and experience of managing various stakeholders differing in levels of seniority.
• Ability to use engagement techniques to support the delivery of a piece of work and /or successfully “land” change.
• Experience of working in a Government Security team
• Experience of Leadership – setting direction, coaching/managing staff.
• Project management skills to deliver engagement support to multiple projects and programmes simultaneously
• Excellent people skills
• Proficiency in O365 including Excel, Outlook, Sway, Publisher and SharePoint.
• Ability to manage a busy and varied workload, prioritising effectively to meet deadlines.

Enhanced security clearance at SC is required for this role, so the successful candidate will need to hold or be willing to undergo clearance.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

MOD Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB

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 Defence and Risk (CyDR) team is at the forefront of Cyber Security and Information Technology within Defence and 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 the Defence Digital team 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, it aims 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 CyDR the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

The Cyber Critical Systems Lead position sits within the Cyber Risk Management team, a small, highly specialised team within the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) directorate in Defence Digital. We develop and maintain a wider understanding of cyber risks and capabilities, across Defence’s complex and challenging environments and identify possible gaps and issues to inform key defence programmes on how to mitigate these and understand how the resulting activity will help to reduce risks.

In this role, you will play an important part in the collation of Defence’s Critical Systems data, furthering the understanding of systems and their vulnerabilities. As a result, you will develop a wider understanding of these systems across a complex environment of inter-related IT projects, programmes and initiatives, identifying possible gaps and issues.

This position will support the pan-Defence Digital Enterprise, in maturing its understanding of its critical systems, including interdependencies, helping to, for example, identify areas requiring further investment, monitoring and/or patching.

We will offer 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 CISMP 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, great discount services and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

The Cyber Risk Management team has exciting plans for growth, so now is a great time to join us and be part of our journey!

Responsibilities are likely to include but not restricted to:

• Maturing CyDR’s understanding of pan-Defence critical systems, working alongside digital subject matter experts (SMEs), to enrich the data and reduce gaps in our knowledge. This will include setting up and leading workshops with SMEs across Defence, to identify gaps and the available data, across the Enterprise, to address.

• Establish and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external. This will include holding introductory workshops with those wanting to exploit the data, to drive change and improvements.

• Continuously identify ways and means to enrich the data and raise awareness, requesting support from across the organisation to improve visibility and understanding.

• Lead on the Communities of Practice, including providing updates to the group on the maturity of the data, as well as organising interactive sessions with attendees to discuss and agree forward plans.

• Establish and maintain a Critical System roadmap, with input from the Communities of Practice, planning the development of the data.

• Work alongside Directorate Security and Resilience (DSR) and support the criticalities process, aligning critical systems to the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI).

• Explore policy to ensure the best use of the data at different classifications.

• Create, implement and maintain a Terms of Reference for the data, capturing usage parameters.

• Establish and maintain guidance documentation to support organisations reporting on critical systems.

• Provide reporting to the Cyber Resilience Oversight Board on critical system maturity, to enable seniors to make informed decisions.

• Lead on the continued implementation of the Enterprise Risk Management Tool, capturing and ensuring the critical systems data is kept up to date. This includes access and control management, ensuring those that need to access are equipped to do so.

We are committed to encouraging and enabling our staff to develop in and above their role and we will support you in undertaking further learning and development opportunities, within your designated field and beyond. Wherever possible, we will provide upskill learning options and further training to support your continuous professional development.

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

We would expect to see some previous experience in cyber security risk management, Information Assurance and/or data analysis and ideally you’ll have the following skills:

• Eagerness to learn and continue your professional development.
• Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Excellent relationship-building and all-round communication skills.
• The ability to support a team, as well as form effective partnerships across different organisations.
• The ability to quickly assess information and make recommendations.

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)
• A qualification in Data Analysis

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

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 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 expect the successful candidates to be in the office 3-4 days a week due to access requirements to certain IT systems which are inaccessible remotely.

If not already held, the successful candidate will be required to undergo DV clearance.

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

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

• 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%
• Family Friendly – Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.
• 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.
• 5 days per year Learning & Development
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes.
• Flexible working.
• Generous leave allocations.

Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Ipswich, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham

The principle role of the Insolvency Service is to deliver economic confidence. We do this by supporting those in financial distress, tackling financial wrongdoing and maximising returns to creditors.

We provide the frameworks that deal with insolvency and the financial misconduct that sometimes accompanies or leads to it. Our aim is a corporate and personal insolvency regime which is regarded as fair and that gives businesses and investors confidence to take the commercial risks necessary to support economic growth.

Do you want to make a difference and be part of a team working with colleagues and customers to achieve positive outcomes?

Digital Technology Services

Digital Technology Services (DTS) is responsible for the delivery of all the agency’s information and communications technology services. We aim to provide best in class digital technology services across our IT landscape. By working together with our partners, customers, our people and the wider community, we are focused on improving the quality of delivery across our services and providing effective support for our applications and systems. We put our customers at the heart of what we do, helping to identify and deliver the best services for their needs.

We provide key services including:

• Business Relationship, Engagement & Portfolio
• Service Architecture
• Cyber Security & Information Governance
• Application Services & Service Governance
• Technology Delivery

The Cyber Security and Information Governance Team in DTS

Our Cyber Security and Information Governance Team provide a dedicated security service for our digital and technology function. The Cyber Security and Information Governance Team ensure that the Insolvency Service is able to fully support DTS colleagues, the delivery model, and provide security advice and support across the agency.

The successful candidate can expect to be involved in the following:

• Supporting the Head of Cyber Security by overseeing the security landscape and obligations for the Agency, advise the SIRO on risks and mitigating actions;
• Collaborating with Business Relationship Management to inform, educate and advise business stakeholders;
• Acting as an escalation point for participants within SIAM Ecosystem;
• Participating in Business Change and SIAM Ecosystem forums as appropriate to ensure that proposals, projects and changes follow and are directed in compliance with the agreed Strategic Roadmap. Assure adherence to principles, standards, policies and contractual obligations during the development and delivery of approved change activity;
• Responsible for the secure operation and continuous improvement of the service, ensuring processes are owned and maturing;
• Helping to develop, review and assure Business Cases to obtain and support investment. Collaborating with Service Governance and Service Innovation, evaluate proposals against the Strategic and current Service Portfolios to ensure proposals do not invalidate security controls and principles by continuing to follow the agreed security standards;
• Managing dependencies of varying complexity;
• Helping to remove blockers and manage risks, budgets and people;
• Balancing objectives and resources as priorities change;
• Effectively managing and communicating between complex stakeholder groups;
• Ensuring the necessary business processes are followed and participate in the governance of the service;
• Supporting the Head of Cyber Security as required and other tasks commensurate with the post.

• Significant experience of running security architecture and information assurance for a complex IT programme involving dependency management and multi-supplier delivery;
• Extensive experience of working in a multi-supplier environment, both designing aspects of solutions and assuring the work of others to ensure coherent designs that support an end to end service;
• Experience of building capability for a specialist in-house security function and managing the commercial need to buy expertise, niche services etc. from the market;
• Good understanding of the security implications of delivering to cloud environments and an understanding of the associated economics;
• Proven ability to prepare and obtain approval for business cases for enterprise level investment in security;
• Experience of designing logical and physical components of technology security architecture that enable efficient business operations;
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex security concepts to senior leaders and stakeholders;
• Good consulting and relationship management skills proven effective with stakeholders at technical and executive levels;
• Experience of risk management and mitigation strategies.

Read our Candidate Pack attached at the bottom of this advert to find out more about the role and how to apply.

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

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Making Effective Decisions

Fulltime new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service.

In addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day for the King’s Birthday.

Competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave.

We also recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and offer flexible working and a family friendly approach to work.

Staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life.