Ukri Senior Security Advisor

2 weeks ago

Swindon, United Kingdom UKRI Full time

**UK Research and Innovation**

**Senior Security Advisor**

**Salary**: £80,001 per annum

**Hours**: Full time

**Contract Type**: Open Ended

**Location**: Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire

**Purpose of the Role**

This role is the principal security and resilience official for UKRI and will provide thought leadership to the security and resilience community. The SSA sets and oversees strategic direction across UKRI and its security and resilience community, to develop a safe, secure, and resilient environment to achieve organisational goals.

They will work closely with, and represent UKRI security and resilience needs, within the Government Security Group (GSG) in the Cabinet Office and the UK Intelligence Community, including the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Protective Security Authority. Build strong relationships and networks within these communities to influence positive outcomes and UKRI standing, along with developing UKRI knowledge and awareness of key threats to UKRI research and innovation. Supporting UKRI Trusted Research and Innovation requirements.

They will work directly with and advise UKRI Senior Officer Accountable for Security (UKRI Board member) and report into the UKRI Senior Officer responsible for security information. The role will oversee UKRI security assurance to the Accounting Officer (AO - CEO) and updates to UKRI senior management Boards about UKRI security and resilience maturity. Providing direction across the organisation on the completion of security and resilience returns into the Cabinet Office and wider government.

The incumbent will be UKRI’s primary lead on emergency preparedness and incident management to ensure effective response and recovery from incidents and disruptive events. Overseeing investigations into security and resilience matters.

The role will shape a risk driven culture within UKRI to develop and implement controls to reduce organisational risk affecting all business areas. They will work closely with and advise senior colleagues across UKRI with a focus on enabling research and innovation security. Leading UKRI Security and Resilience Committee and its sub-domain working groups and a core Security and Resilience Leadership Group (made up of leads from Personnel Security, Physical Security, Cyber/Information Security, Business Continuity, Travel Risk Management, Business Risk Partner and Internal Communications) to cause proportionate planful change across the organisation. Ensure UKRI takes a continuous improvement risk management approach, tracking progress and holding to account business areas delivery with implementing/adopting/reporting on strategic direction, and the principles and standards set out in policy and guidance.

**Key Areas of Responsibility**

Leadership / teamwork / collaboration
- Organisational leadership role model for the entire UKRI security and resilience community and modelling Public Service values to foster and develop the profession across UKRI.
- Be a strategic thinker who is focused on maximising security and resilience capabilities to drive forward UKRI strategic goals in the context of a multidisciplinary environment.
- Have an aptitude for identifying, analysing, exploring and developing opportunities to prioritise and enable research and innovation via proportionate and costed solutions in line with UKRI vision.
- Ability to guide and inspire others and bring people together to reach consensus and build common purpose.
- Provide advice to the CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, UKRI Board and Executive Chairs and Directors on security and resilience issues, including the management of associated risks.

Delivery / programmes / projects / process
- Lead UKRI’s security and resilience function, including direct line management of core staff and matrix leadership of an extensive network of colleagues throughout the organisation.
- Chair the Security and Resilience Committee to develop and implement agreed strategic direction, and ensure assurance requirements (e.g. DSHC/CAF) via its cross organisational senior management representation and sub-domain leads. Linking and directing sub-domain working groups (Personnel, Physical, Cyber, Travel Risk Management and Business Continuity) operational development and alignment of policies and standards to cause resourced planful change.
- Develop, implement and oversee UKRI cross organisational critical incident management approach and procedures. Planning and convening senior management crisis training and exercising; and provision of real time advice and coordination of incidents.
- Representing UKRI to the sponsor department, Cabinet Office and other interested parties, and reaching into central government structures, to maintain confidence that UKRI is working to government functional standards and to gain support where necessary to ensure the organisational requirements are being met.
- Leading cross-UKRI security and resilience initiatives, for example upgrade

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