Cyber Risk Advisor

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

- 319545**Salary**:

- £43,725 - £52,353-
- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- B3**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Full-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland, EH11 3XDAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**_ Join us in protection the information security of the Scottish Government_**

The Cyber Security Unit (CSU) is responsible for protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Scottish Government information and information systems.The Cyber Risk Advisor uses their information security experience and knowledge of relevant standards, regulation, and legislation to support effective information security risk management, and provide advice and guidance on proportionate controls and mitigations to manage such risks.**Job description**:

- To be successful in this role you offer excellent written and verbal communication skills and be experienced translating complex technical concepts clearly to your peers and management level colleagues.You should also have good collaboration and stakeholder management skills working with internal and external colleagues, specialists and stakeholders to make sure work is completed on time and to a high standard.And you will maintain an in-depth knowledge of specific specialisms, enabling you to provide expert advice.**_
Your responsibilities will include: -_**Providing cyber security and risk management advice and guidance to support change programmes, projects, procurement of services, and general customer cyber security enquiries
- Performing security risk assessments and business impact analysis
- Assessing the robustness of third party and supply chain cyber risk arrangements
- Creating and maintaining security documentation
- Providing advice and guidance on security strategies, architectures, policies and standards
- Contributing to the maintenance of ISMS and risk registers
- Contributing to the development of policies, standards, and guidelines
- Keeping abreast of new ICT technologies and security best practices
- Contributing to continually improving the risk team and wider CSU services
- Collaborating with other CSU teams**Person specification**:
- Demonstratable ICT related knowledge and skills to be able to identify the most appropriate security solutions in any given situation, with an awareness of how security architecture enables and guides the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs would also be desirable.
- Demonstrable experience of providing advice on security standards such as ISO27001, Cyber Essentials, NIST, CAF, HMG GovS 007 PCI DSS.
- Experience of managing multiple projects and initiatives with limited supervision; working effectively across multiple internal and external stakeholders groups including senior officials, customers, and suppliers; and demonstrating good written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrable experience of managing the internal and external cyber security risks to IT systems, services and data storage, particularly within Digital Cloud services.

This post requires a National Security Vetting of Security Check (SC). You will be expected to undergo vetting and obtain this level of clearance due to the nature of the work you will undertake

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £43,725, Scottish Government contributes £11,805 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- A meaningful and rewarding career, a collaborative culture and support for your career goals, while promoting a healthy work-life balance. We offer a valuable range of benefits to attract, develop and retain the best talent. These include:
- Salary between **£43**,725** to **£52**,353.**
- £5000 Digital (DDaT) Pay Supplement after a 3-month qualifying period**:

- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions ranging from 26.6% to 30.3%.
- Flexible working arrangements including compressed hours and flexi time, with potential to accrue up to 4 days off a month.
- 36.5 Days Annual Leave - including public and privilege holidays. This increases to 41.5 days after 4 year service.

** Digital (DDaT) Pay Supplement**:
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**Selection process details**:
- **31/10/23 - 23:55pm**
- A CV (no longer than two A4 pages) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements, with particular reference to the essential criteria
- A Personal Statement (no longer than 750 words) explaining why you consider your personal skills, qualities, and experience suitable for this role, with particular refe