Senior Cyber Policy Advisor

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

- 432926

**Salary**:

- £43,760 - £51,690
- National Pay Bands £43,760 - £47,413
London Pay Bands £47,670 - £51,690

This post attracts a non-pensionable DDaT (Digital, Data and Technology) specialist
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Business area**:

- CO - Government Digital Service - In June 2025, it was announced that the Government Cyber Directorate will move from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) as a part of a machinery of government change. This change aims to bring together the

**Type of role**:

- Digital
Policy
Security

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

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

**Location**:

- Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
As the Cyber Directorate, our mission is to protect public services and the wider government from cyber threats, and set strategic direction for government and the public sector on cyber security. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in UK national security by ensuring that core-government functions are resilient to cyber-attack, thereby strengthening the UK as a sovereign nation and delivering the government’s vision for modern digital government.

In this high-profile role, you will be working in the Policy & Supply Chain Team where you will help to deliver the Government Cyber Security Strategy, through fostering closer security relationships and ambitious programmes of change with Government’s 39 Strategic Suppliers and other critical suppliers who have a disproportionate impact on how we manage the cyber risk to the sector. You will work with a G7 Head of Cyber Strategic Supplier Engagement to own and progress these relationships, and hold responsibility for the security outcomes under the Microsoft and Google Strategic Partnering Agreements (SPA) in addition to shaping future security requirements for pipeline agreements with other Strategic Suppliers.

You will be expected to build and maintain strong working relationships with representatives from these companies to hold them accountable for delivery. You’ll also help to advise Ministers and Senior Officials on these most complex and high value commercial engagements.

Knowledge of technology and cyber security is desirable but not essential. It is more important that you have a curious mind and the ability to understand complex commercial landscapes to facilitate ambitious change programmes.

In June 2025, it was announced that the Government Cyber Directorate will move from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) as a part of a machinery of government change. This change aims to bring together the digital transformation of public services into one central department, presenting exciting opportunities and positioning DSIT to lead the government’s digital agenda.

This role is in scope to formally transfer to DSIT when the machinery of government change takes place. If your start date is on the transfer date, when this is confirmed, you will be appointed directly to DSIT and your appointment will be unaffected by the machinery of government change.

**Job description**:
As a Senior Cyber Policy Advisor, you will:

- Help to drive comprehensive engagement initiatives with government strategic suppliers to deliver better security outcomes as part of the Government Cyber Security Strategy Implementation Plan.
- Partner with government commercial teams and the Digital Commercial Centre of Excellence to shape strategic direction for maximising government's supplier relationships, ensuring security considerations are prioritised throughout procurement processes to achieve superior protection of critical infrastructure and sensitive information
- Facilitate communication between internal government stakeholders and external strategic suppliers, conduct thorough requirements analysis to identify security gaps and translate these into precise specifications that strengthen overall security posture and resilience.
- Help drive multiple concurrent supplier cyber security deliver programmes
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with senior supplier representatives, and help to conduct regular governance reviews and strategic planning sessions specifically designed to advance security capabilities, threat detection, and incident response effectiveness
- Work on evaluating supplier performance against security-focused key performance indicators, delivering comprehensive assessments and actionable recommendations that drive measurable improvements in government's security infrastructure and defensive capabilities
- Align cross-departmental security requirements and priorities, ensuring a unified approach