Deputy Head of Information Security

**Position Details**

IT Services

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £56,021 to £64,914 with potential progression once in post to £84,644

Grade: 9

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 24th September 2024

UK travel may be required for this role

**Our offer to you**

People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

**Background**

Over the next decade, our aspiration is to establish Birmingham in the top 50 of the world's leading universities. That's a pretty big aspiration, and high-quality digital services and infrastructure are crucial to achieving it. In recognition of that, our Digital Strategy combined with significant investments in technology mean this is an exciting time to join IT Services, **‘making IT happen’ **at the University of Birmingham.

We want to attract outstanding, inspirational, and talented people, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success. It's our role to ensure that our community has access to accessible, responsive, resilient, and secure systems and support. What we do enables our students, staff, researchers, visitors and partners to confidently and creatively use digital services, technology and data for the benefit of their learning, teaching, research or work.

**Role Summary**

The Deputy Head of Information Security is a key leadership position within the IT Services department. This role is responsible for supporting the Head of Information Security in developing, implementing, and managing the University's information security strategy; drives the University’s information security posture using a risk-based approach; and takes a comprehensive approach to information security.

The Deputy Head of Information Security will collaborate with various departments across the University, managing the information and technology risk to the University’s IT facilities and information from internal and external threats; advises the University at a strategic level on existing and emerging threats; and develops the necessary IT security policies, standards, and procedures.

We would like to draw to your attention that this role is based on-site at the University of Birmingham. Whilst the University operates discretionary hybrid working arrangements for some staff, this is not guaranteed in the future. This role is not a remote position, and that on-site attendance will be required to fulfil your duties, including where needed at short notice.

**Main Duties**

The responsibilities of the Deputy Head of Information Security include:

- **Strategic Planning**: Taking a lead role in supporting the Head of Information Security in developing and executing the University's information security strategy, policies, and procedures. This role will set the direction for the operational implementation of security architecture across the University.
- **Risk Management**: Identify, assess, a