Protective Security Analyst

This role will be part of the Security Advisory Unit (SAU) at RSO, which has 3 main objectives:

• Protecting the UK National Infrastructure
• Improve security and resilience across the Rosa network.
• Ensuring that the RSO maintains appropriate levels of security, privacy, and resilience to protect, our people, information and assets.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Delivery of Physical and Personnel Security solutions on behalf of RSO
• Adoption and implementation of appropriate/proportionate Physical and Personnel Security controls, policies, processes and guidance
• Support the Protective Security Lead with requirements capturing, commissioning and monitoring of Physical and Personnel security services
• Ensuring all security procedures are up to date and safe for key stakeholders, clients, customers, and staff.
• Investigating incidents and security alerts, providing responses to address security risks.
• Providing advice, guidance and recommendations to colleagues and external organisations, in line with relevant legislation and best practice, in order to effectively underpin risk-based judgement.
• Managing the deployed IT assets including laptop, tablets and mobile devices.
• Conduct frequent mustering of equipment issued to staff and held on account.
• Deliver training to all new staff and ensure training material up-to-date and fit for purpose.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of protective security analysis and assessment, including threat identification, risk assessment, evaluation of controls, and assessment against industry standards
• Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at all levels of an organisation including senior managers within a challenging, fast pace and complex environments
• Proven ability of performing effectively to deadlines, maintaining focus in challenging situations and adapting to find solutions that meet the needs of the stakeholders
• Experience of producing high quality, accurate and precise written work.
• Experience in responding to and dealing with Security Incidents.
• Experienced in delivering presentations and training.

Alongside your salary of £32,600, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office contributes £9,444 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.