About the job

Job summary

This position is National

Job description

Operation Security Manager

Location: National*

Closing Date: 26th July 2024

Interviews: w/c 5th August 2024

Grade: SEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary: London: £45,824 - £56,050 (which may include an allowance of up to £10,226)

National: £39,868 - £51,675 (which may include an allowance of up to £11,807)

Working pattern: Full-time/Part-time/Flexible working

Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy number: 88830

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

The Role

We’re recruiting for an Operation Security Manager here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Engineering, Platform, and Architecture team.

This role aligns against Security Architect from the Government Digital and Data Framework

We are recruiting for an Operational Security Manager (OSM) to manage the daily operational security of a critical MOJ digital service used by thousands of external organisations. 

Criminal Justice Secure e-Mail (CJSM) is used by over 8,000 organisations each year and forms the backbone of justice sector communications as it provides a secure email service in addition to identity validation and security assurance.

The service is under a managed services contract (MSP) with a supplier, and an OSM is required to be a key liaison between the Supplier, Lead Cyber Consultant, the Service Owner and users on operational activities and risk management.

The individual fulfilling this role will have support from the CJSM Lead Cyber Consultant and the Platforms and Architecture Cyber Team.

To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025

 Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of existing CJSM security controls
• Responsible for identifying risks and opportunities for improvement with current security controls and operational processes
• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of the service’s operational security processes both internally and with the supplier (i.e., incident management)
• Responsible for supporting the Lead Cyber Security Consultant and Service Owner in Security activities within projects
• Responsible for managing the running of Security Assurance processes
• Responsible for reporting on security compliance across the service (i.e., security assurance assessments, incidents, and security operation activities)
• Responsible for supporting the Lead Cyber Security Consultant and Service Owner in making key risk based decisions
• Responsible for communicating security information to the CJSM community including security assurance requirements and vulnerability notifications
• Responsible for creating and maintaining an internal audit schedule and supporting external audits (i.e., CAF)
• Responsible for tracking, managing and reporting on vulnerabilities discovered throughout the service with the supplier

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

 Benefits

• 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours.
• A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5 additional days of leave once you have reached 5 years of service.
• Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!
• Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app.
• Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location)
• Season ticket loans, childcare vouchers and eye-care vouchers.
• 5 days volunteering paid leave.
• Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.
• Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym.

 Person Specification

Essential

• An individual who is exceptionally organised, motivated, and attentive to detail
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, namely Excel and Word
• An individual who is driven to learn and develop their skills, ideally someone looking for a career in cyber security, data governance and/or compliance
• An individual who is confident with communicating with external stakeholders, including writing guidance and documentation that will be published externally
• A general understanding of UK Data Protection requirements
• Understanding and awareness of project, change and business improvement techniques
• Ability to manage concurrent workloads across diverse workstreams in a timely fashion
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 

Willingness to be assessed against  the requirements for SC clearance

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy.

Person specification

Please refer to Job Description

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £39,868, Ministry of Justice contributes £10,804 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

How to Apply

Candidates must submit a CV and Cover Letter (750 words max), which describes how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification above.

In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience, Technical Skills and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Developing Self and Others
• Communicating and Influencing
• See the Big Picture

A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above.

Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference.

Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on communication skills will be conducted before the sift.

Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made.

Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitment@digital.justice.gov.uk

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

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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.