Supplier Assurance Lead

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

- 337516**Salary**:

- £39,384 - £46,715- National: £39,384 - £43,169 London: £43,007 - £46,715- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Chief Operating Officer (Corporate Functions)**Type of role**:

- Risk Management
- Security**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, SalfordAbout the job

**Job summary**:
This is an exciting time to work in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), a department at the heart of the UK’s relationship with the global economy. Our role is to promote UK trade globally by attracting foreign investment to our shores. We support UK businesses to take advantage of the global appetite for British goods and services.

We also assist international companies to collaborate with UK suppliers.

The Security Team’s role is to protect the Department’s people, assets, and information from those that would do us harm. We do this by building a diverse team with expert, generalist, and entry level roles to provide a safe and secure working environment for the department and its staff. This mix allows us to develop talent and to benefit from a wide range of life experiences.

This is a newly created role that will be steering our needs on supply chain security and assurance. You will be working collaboratively across DBT to ensure it complies with the required industry security elements of the Government’s Security Functional Standard.

**Job description**:
As part of a newly created team that will be steering our needs on 3rd Party Supply Chain Assurance you will be working collaboratively across the organisation to ensure we comply with the required elements of the Government Functional Standard.

This role will be managed by a G7 and will be directed by the Information Risk, Assurance and Oversight Security Advisor.

The role will be involved in identifying vulnerabilities and assessing risks throughout the life cycle of a contract, beginning before contracts are let.

To facilitate this, the role shall:

- Take a holistic approach to supplier assurance that considers and mitigates the security risks. Within the department you will be working with cyber security, data protection and Information and Risk Assurance Process (IRAP) teams.
- Build a relationship with National Security Agencies, Government Security Group and other government departments on best practice supply chain security and ensure the relevant security policies prescribed by DBT and HM Government are meet by suppliers.
- Work on building security considerations into departmental contracting processes, including the requirement for suppliers to notify contract managers of security incidents or changes to the security profile of their organisation.
- Ensure procurement is at the most suitable Government classification and where appropriate suppliers abide by facility security clearance assurance (facility security clearance previously called List X).
- Conduct frequent assurance to verify that security measures are being met by suppliers and remain adequate.
- Develop a culture through education and awareness whereby individuals understand that mitigating threats in industry is a collective responsibility whilst contract managers are responsible for the security of their assigned suppliers.

**Person specification**:
**Essential criteria**

A background and knowledge in either project management, risk management, governance or assurance is needed for this role.

A track record of engagement with a wide variety of senior stakeholders.

Experience of delivery and management in a project management role.

The ability to distil technical information into understandable business language both verbally and in writing.

Experience and/or knowledge of HMG security.

Security Check (SC) cleared or are prepared to obtain SC before being appointed.

**Desirable criteria**

A level of technical security knowledge would be useful.

Experience of working within or with government security.

Ability to manage own time and act as main point of contact for your area of work.

Working across different teams to obtain positive results.

The ability to work as part of a diverse team in a fast-paced environment.

The ability to prioritise between multiple work streams to ensure that deadlines are met.

**Personal Attributes & Skills**

We are looking for someone who is able to:

- Take personal responsibility for the quality of their own work and that of their reports
- Work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Retain an attention to detail whilst working to tight deadlines
- Lead a team when working away from the office
- Empowered to make decisions

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