Defence Digital

4 days ago


Corsham, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

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

- 255144**Salary**:

- £53,500- A Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) of up to £9k per annum may be payable with this post, paid in increments upon reaching the required level of competence. Positions based London will have an extra allowance worth £2000 per year**Job grade**:

- Grade 7- B2**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Strategic Command**Type of role**:

- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed Hours**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- This post can be based at Main Building, London, RAF Wyton, Huntingdon or MOD Corsham, Wiltshire.About the job

**Job summary**:
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.

Cyber Defence and Risk (CyDR) 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. Services provided by CyDR include:

- MOD defensive cyber strategy development
- Development of cyber security policy
- Managing and driving mitigation of Departmental cyber risk
- Security assurance and accreditation support and advice

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 36/37 hours per week terms and conditions dependent

**Job description**:
Effective policy is essential to delivering cyber security across the wider Defence community. To be effective, it must be properly considered, clearly articulated and coherent. This role will bring together all aspects of policy relevant to cyber security, including technical and business aspects, addressing system design and delivery and ensuring that policy and guidance is sustainable and forward looking.

The Cyber Security Policy Assistant Head works within the Governance, Risk and Compliance team, within the CyDR Directorate and is responsible to the Cyber Security Policy Deputy Head for ensuring:

- The leadership and delivery of departmental technical and business policy and guidance pertaining to cyber security, including to the wider Defence community.
- Leadership of the CyDR Technical Policy team.

We are a small, highly specialised team, performing a critical role in Defence Digital. This is an exciting opportunity to join us and be part of our journey

**Person specification**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Lead delivery of Defence policy and guidance relating to cyber security and cover technical aspects of information technology and operational technology systems.
- Ensure coherence and clarity of policy.
- Maintain understanding of future technology direction to ensure policy is forward looking.
- Maintain close liaison with key stakeholders across Defence and other government departments, to support wider policy activities.
- Line management of Policy team personnel, to ensure workloads are balanced efficiently, resource issues are escalated promptly and personnel are professional and motivated.
- Represent Cyber Defence & Risk team interests at internal and external meetings as required.
- Support the development of mechanisms to drive continuous improvement and encourage the sharing of best practice.

If you have the following knowledge, skills and experience, we would love to hear from you
- Technical understanding of ICT and Operational Technology

Desirable qualifications: CISMP, CISSP or CCP; BSc or HND or equivalent in an ICT or Engineering related discipline.

Desirable memberships: CIISec (formerly IISP) or BCS

Desirable experience or knowledge of:

- Cyber Security Governance
- Cyber Security Policy and Standards
- Cyber Security Legal & Regulatory Environment & Compliance
- Risk understanding and mitigation

Dependent on the business need, there may be a requirement to travel to meetings within the UK (or potentially occasional overseas visits). This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances.

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