About the job

Job summary

Working in a small team with the Senior Information Security Officer, the Information Security Officer will play an essential part to ensure Information Security Management System and its controls are implemented and remain effective within Homes England. This is paramount to help deliver the Vision, Strategy and, Transformation within a secure environment.

Job description

We are committed to maintain our current iso 27001:2013 certification for Information Security Management Systems you will assist to consult with key stakeholders across the agency on how these can be met. 

Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders and provide assurance of effective controls to iso 27001:2013  information security standard you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.

 

This role will assist the Senior Information Security Officer in achieving and maintaining the ISO 27001 certification and the transition to the new standard iso 27001:2022 by Oct 2025 as well as develop and implement strategies to ensure ongoing compliance with ISO standards.

 

You will need to have awareness of Information Security Risk analysis and management and able to perform internal iso 27001:2013 compliance and security audits and produce reports.

 

You will support the Senior Information Security Officer with complex technical issues, aiming to assist to resolve non-conformities and identify any weaknesses in iso 27001:2013 controls. 

 

As an experienced Information Security professional, you will understand how to manage your own workload and demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.

 

You will need to be resilient and comfortable managing and communicating with stakeholders across the business.

Person specification

Essential Skills

• Co-ordinate and participate in internal and external audits to evaluate the effectiveness of information security controls for iso27001:2013

• Have knowledge of Information Security controls and iso 27001:2013 certification external audits

• Review and identify gaps or improvement actions to update information security policies and procedures in line with ISO standards

• Maintain comprehensive documented information in relation to information security policies, procedure, and compliance audits

• Ensure accurate and up to date records for audits and assessments are maintained

• Address audit findings and collaborate with teams to implement corrective actions

• Experience of Information Security Risk analysis and management

• Information Security assurance experience including security incident, operational and service improvement within iso 27001 and or ITIL frameworks

• Working knowledge of Information Security controls within Data Centre environments and Cloud Service Providers of SaaS/PaaS/IaaS.

• Previous experience working with ISO standards such as iso 27001:2013

• Experience managing overall compliance with ISO standards

• Experience advising senior leadership teams on security compliance

• Ability to communicate on a technical and non-technical level

 

Desirable skills

• Experience of creating information security policies and aligning to Gov standards. 

• Awareness of Government Security Principles and codes of practice to support the Information Security of Homes England as an Arm’s Length Government Body.

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

 

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

 

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

 

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

 

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

 

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

 

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

 

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

 

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

 

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

 

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us.  Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

 

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

 

 

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

 

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission. 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.