Description
Home Office Digital designs, builds and develops services for the rest of the department and for government. Every year our systems support up to 3 million visa applications, checks on 100 million border crossings, up to 8 million passport applications and deliver 140 million police checks on people, vehicles and property.
As a Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager in the Secure by Design team, you will identify, understand and mitigate cyber-related risks. You will evaluate the risks to our critical national infrastructure and business critical systems and use your expertise to draw on a range of evidence to proactively advise stakeholders, enabling well-informed, risk-based decision making.
You’ll be joining an expert team of cyber professionals, committed to reducing the exposure to cyber-attack of new and existing digital systems. You’ll be aided in your role by a diverse and supportive organisational culture, and a commitment to further your continuous development.
Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office.
Job description
The Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager supports, plans and develops the implementation and management of organisation-wide processes and procedures for the management, assurance or governance of cyber risk. They will provide tailored expert support and advice that highlights cyber security risks to a range of stakeholders, projects, business teams and service owners, helping them to remedy identified risks by enabling well-informed and auditable decisions, using published guidance and standards, and drawing on a range of experts as well as personal expertise.
As the Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager working within the Secure by Design team, your main day to day responsibilities will be:
- Independently and impartially undertaking risk management activities within a given area of practice or expertise, usually within established security and risk management governance structures.
- Developing risk management-related policy and assure the ongoing appropriateness of policy in accordance with regulation and wider organisational and government policies.
- Promote the adoption of Secure by Design principles, standards and best practices across business and technology teams, influencing all stakeholders to make risk-informed decisions that enhance cyber security outcomes while enabling delivery objectives.
- Managing risk management processes, reviewing their efficiency and effectiveness, and leading recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Assessing reviews and risk assessments and ensuring identified risks are managed in accordance with Home Office risk management policies.
Person specification
You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Cyber Security with the following skills or experience in:
- Information or cyber security including threat and risk analysis for complex, high-risk and/or mission critical systems, preferably involving the Home Office, Cabinet Office, NCSC or within industry Security Operations Centres (SOCs) and departments.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor a diverse team of governance, risk or assurance specialists.
- Proficiency analysing or implementing technical or security policies in a large organisation.
- Ability to champion cybersecurity risk and ensure ongoing appropriateness or practices.
- Demonstrable experience embedding Secure by Design principles into programmes, products, services or technology solutions.
- The ability to drive cultural and operational change through awareness campaigns, leadership engagement, upskilling initiatives and influencing, persuading and building consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £62,732, Home Office contributes £18,173 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Some of the primary ones are:
- A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of at least 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
- 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day.