Specialist Cyber Trainee

**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Salary**:Grade D SCP 7 £25,584 - SCP 10 £26,835

**Hours Per Week**:36**hours

**Base Location**:Ashton Market Hall

**Assessment Date**: To be arranged

**The Role**

Tameside Council is committed to building a safer digital world and we are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Cyber team as a Cyber Trainee.

As a Cyber Trainee you will work closely with experienced cybersecurity and IT professionals, gaining hands on experience in various aspects of the field.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone eager to start their career in cyber security.

You will be involved in a range of tasks, including:

- Assisting with threat analysis, incident response, and risk assessments
- Supporting the development and implementation of security solutions
- Monitoring and analyzing security alerts and investigating security breaches
- Collaborating with internal teams to improve security measures
- Conducting vulnerability assessments and contributing to remediation strategies and solutions
- Developing and participating in cybersecurity awareness programs and training exercises
- Contributing to ongoing research and staying updated with the latest cybersecurity trends

**About You**

Applicants should have the following qualities:

- A genuine interest in cyber security
- A passion for technology with a good understanding of IT concepts, networks and security protocols
- Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work as part of a team
- A desire to learn and grow within the cybersecurity field
- Previous experience in IT is a plus as is a relevant qualification (or working towards a qualification).
- Students about to graduate are particularly welcome to apply

**About Us**

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

**Reference Number**:DPT653