IT Security Assurance Officer

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

- 431723

**Salary**:

- £33,195
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer
- HEO (N)

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Information Technology

**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- North East England, North West England, South West England, Yorkshire and the Humber

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
This position can be based at the following locations:
Bristol, Newcastle, Preston, York

**Job description**:
As we embark on a multi-year programme of transformational change, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is committed to delivering far-reaching benefits for our customers, stakeholders, and the way we manage our seas. A critical enabler of this change is our IT infrastructure and systems, which support our core business services. We are seeking a motivated self-starter to join our team and play a key role in strengthening the resilience of these systems—particularly in the areas of IT security and cybersecurity. This role involves leading security testing of business systems, ensuring the efficient use of technical resources through data-driven analysis, providing expert advice and guidance to colleagues, and coordinating the maintenance of our digital business inventory.

New regulations and changing business needs and the continual emerging IT Security and Cybersecurity threat landscape, require the MMO to continually improve its technology, policies, procedures, protocols, and agreements, that enable the handling of personal and operational data in a secure and compliant manner.

The DTI supports the MMO Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), the Director of D&A, in discharging the responsibilities of managing information risk, and leading the MMO’s IT Security, Cybersecurity, data protection, data and technology services, and information management functions.

**Job description**

The post holder will:

- Actively support the planning, execution and monitoring of IT Security and cyber security testing activities, including tracking of budgets. Assist in test preparation, documentation of test results, maintenance of test logs and co-ordination of follow up actions based on IT Security Test report findings.
- Maintain accurate financial tracking of IT security spend and control of resource allocation, including oversight of technical specialist deployments, delivery models, budget monitoring, and invoice management.
- Development and maintenance of business flow documentation to MMO standards.
- Provide cover for the SEO Technical Assurance Specialist as required, including engagement with senior stakeholders, up to and including Senior Civil Service level or equivalent.
- Leverage own expertise to continually develop guidance documents and process flows to support MMO IT Security & Cybersecurity practices within the MMO.
- Provide IT Security/Cyber security specialist knowledge within the MMO.

Travel may be required to MMO’s Head Office in Newcastle upon Tyne for occasional team meetings/face-to-face contact.

This post will be ideal for anyone having completed an Information Security Apprenticeship who is now looking to the next level in their career.

**Behaviours & Skills**(assessed at interview)

The following behaviours and skills have been identified as relevant to this role. A full explanation of each competency including behavioural indicators, can be found in the Marine Management Organisation competency framework here. Reference should be made to the level related to this grade (Level 3/HEO).

The IT Security skills associate with role that will be assessed at interview are laid out in the

in the Government Functional Standard GovS 007: Security, particularly in relation to Security Life Cycle and Security Practices (6.1-6.3; 6.6)

**Behaviours Level**

Changing and Improving HEO
Working Together HEO
Communicating and Influencing HEO

I**T Security Skills** Level**

Security Life Cycle; Security Practices (6.1-6.3; 6.6) Working

**Contact**

**Person specification**:

- Please refer to Job Description

**Qualifications**:

- Essential
- Possession of an industry recognised security qualification such as BCS Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP), or 3 years relevant experience, and be willing undertake relevant training.

Desirable
- Any industry standard security qualification or awareness qualifications covering ISO27001, BCS Certificate in Information Risk Management.
- IT Security ‘SC’ cleared (there may be a future requirement of the role to become ‘SC’ cleared)

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £33,195, Marine Management Organisation contributes £9,616 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service P