Senior Security Advisor

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom UK Export Finance Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 357703**Salary**:

- £100,000- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- SCS Pay Band 1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- UKEF - Resources Division - As our Senior Security Advisor, you will lead on developing and delivering the UKEF security strategy across cyber, personnel and physical security domains, as well as being responsible for the department’s business continuity arrangements.**Type of role**:

- Business Management and Improvement
- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- 1 Horse Guards Road, Westminster, London, SW1A 2HQAbout the job

**Job summary**:
You will work closely with the Government Security Group and the UK intelligence community to understand the key security risks we face and put in place proportionate and effective controls to mitigate them.

Through your work you will play a pivotal role in facilitating the support UKEF provides to UK businesses, the jobs which we help create and sustain, the families and communities who rely on those jobs, and the overseas communities who benefit from the projects we underwrite.

**Job description**:
The key activities associated with the role are:
Subject Matter Expert
- Ensure security risks are understood and mitigated proportionately and that sound security risk management practices are embedded in day-to-day activities across the Department.

Senior Leadership
- Lead a team of 5, setting a clear sense of vision and purpose, where people feel they belong and can thrive.
- Ensuring the team works collaboratively with colleagues from across UKEF to improve the security posture of the department. With a particular focus on building relationships with DDAT colleagues and UKEF assurance functions including Enterprise Risk, Compliance, Knowledge & Information Management, and Internal Audit.

Governance and Policy
- Formal governance role as a member of the UKEF Security & Information Management Committee (SIMCO) and required to provide a regular update to both the SIMCO and Risk Committee on activities and security risks. This will include developing and sharing a suite of management information to support decision making.

Cross Government
- Representing UKEF at cross civil service meetings at a senior level, ensuring that best practice and innovation is captured and implemented. And in doing so build a network of security partners across Government.

Cyber Security
- Lead on cyber security, ensuring that risks are clearly articulated and mitigated, and providing assurance on activities taken out by DDAT colleagues and third-party providers.

Business Continuity
- Responsible for business continuity planning in UKEF.

Personnel Security
- Responsible for the safety and security of all UKEF staff working in the UK and overseas.

**Person specification**:
Essential
- Experience of leading cyber, business continuity planning, personnel and physical security within government, financial services or similar environment.
- Proven ability to think strategically and articulate a clear vision.
- Demonstrable success at building effective teams, attracting and retaining talented individuals as well as taking an active role in developing and mentoring at all levels.
- Previous experience of acting as a business partner to senior leaders, ability to demonstrate a high degree of professional credibility in maintaining the confidence of UKEF’s Executive Committee, Board, and external stakeholders.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

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

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Presentation

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £100,000, UK Export Finance contributes £27,000 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- 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%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.- Experience - CV & Statement of Suitability

If you are successful following the sift stage, you will be invited to an initial 1st interview; this will include the following assessment:

- ** Technical/Experience** - a short presentation (this will be on a topic determined by UKEF and will need to be prepared in advance and will encompass at least 1, possibly 2 of the behaviours listed)

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