About the job

Job summary

This position is based nationally

Job description

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Head of Security Profession 

The role 

The MoJ Information Security Team sits at the heart of the Ministry of Justice, one of the largest departments in government, supporting over 80,000 users and helping to secure services at the heart of the justice system. The team works to enable good security practices through the provision of security policies, guidance, education and understanding cyber security risks from all parts of the Ministry of Justice and the wider Justice sector. It also provides assurance to the departmental Senior Information Risk Owner, the Permanent Secretary and other senior stakeholders, that identified risks are being effectively managed in the delivery of MoJ objectives.

The Head of the security profession will be responsible for security roles across the department – supporting colleagues within the local team and security teams in Digital and Technology, HMCTS and Arm’s Length Bodies. Your work will help to build a strong, expert, professional and pragmatic security culture for the profession. 

You will be tasked with supporting all colleagues in security roles across the department with their professional development, application of security skills and fulfilling their career aspirations and potential, while contributing to the wider missions of the Mo. Additionally, you will be supporting line managers and team leaders with their own security responsibilities, helping to build and develop expert teams, by supporting recruitment activities, and expanding our talent pipeline by aiding schemes such as cyber apprenticeships and the cyber Fast Stream.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES 

Learning & Development (L&D) 

●    Create and deliver an L&D strategy to develop high performing cyber security teams. Work with line managers and colleagues to deliver suitable learning pathways and development programmes, ensuring these effectively link to cross-government skills and capability strategies. 
●    Assess current and future requirements and gaps in capability, and commission L&D interventions to meet them, in line with the organisation’s strategic direction. 
●    Ensure all programmes and plans are measurable and deliver value for money, by assessing and evaluating alignment with cyber security good practices. 

Talent Development 

●    Work with Security team leads and the senior management team to Implement a talent management framework for security.
●    Enhance security leadership at every level through the development and delivery of high-quality capability programmes and provision of advice and support to projects, services and people managers. 
●    Support the growth of new talent, by coordinating development posts (apprentices, fast streamers, placements, CyberFirst etc) and being responsible for the individuals, arranging suitable placements for them across the department.

Leadership 

●    Provide leadership and guidance to the cyber security team, building capacity and capability and play a valued role in our organisation wide Senior Leadership Team and throughout MOJ.
●    Provide line management (or scheme equivalent) for development roles.
●    Finding innovating ways to create a truly representative security profession, through novel recruitment and retention ideas, and supporting individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds and circumstances to success within the MoJ security profession. Finding opportunities for direct engagement with potential sources of future talent – such as outreach to schools and veterans programmes.
●    Provide advice and support to senior stakeholders in areas of employee development 
●    Provide support to members of the security profession working across the MoJ, creating forums for collaboration and communication.   
●    Build links across government to ensure that the MoJ Profession is strongly linked to cross government networks and is taking full advantage of the schemes available 

You will also 

●    Enable a Learning Culture within the security teams 
●    Build awareness of the training that the profession offers and track individual and collective progress
●    Ensure skilled colleagues receive the specialist training required to support their development  
●    Contribute to building the profile of security within the MOJ and wider 
●    Support business and cultural change 

CAPABILITIES 

Essential

●    An understanding of how to grow skills and capabilities in a complex organisation.
●    Experience in coaching and mentoring staff.
●    An awareness of and interest in security topics.
●    Good communication skills and an ability to build links with disparate areas of an organisation.

Desirable 

●    Experience in Cyber Security knowledge development and delivery. 
●    Experience in personal capability establishment and delivery. 
●    Experience developing training programmes. 

BEHAVIOUS 

Essential: 

•    Leadership
•    Communicating and Influencing
•    Developing self and others
•    Working together

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,358, Ministry of Justice contributes £15,165 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.