Senior Security Advisor
UK Research and Innovation
About the job
Job summary
You will be the principal security and resilience official and expert for UKRI, providing thought leadership to the security and resilience community. In this role you will set and manage strategic direction across UKRI and its security and resilience community, to develop a safe, secure, and resilient environment to achieve organisational goals.Job description
UKRI Senior Security Advisor
£80,001 per annum
Full-time, Permanent
Based at Polaris House, Swindon
Hybrid working options are available
Together, our scientist, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown and turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.
Come and discover how much you can achieve when you’re surrounded by world-class experts, encouraged to constantly learn and empowered to explore your curiosity.
About the Role:
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work closely with, and represent UKRI security and resilience needs, within the Government Security Group (GSG) in the Cabinet Office and the UK Intelligence Community, including the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Protective Security Authority. Building positive relationships and networks within these communities to influence positive outcomes and UKRI standing, along with developing UKRI knowledge and awareness of key threats to UKRI research and innovation.
You will be the principal security and resilience official and expert for UKRI, providing thought leadership to the security and resilience community. In this role you will set and manage strategic direction across UKRI and its security and resilience community, to develop a safe, secure, and resilient environment to achieve organisational goals.
As our Senior Security Advisor, you will:
- Be the primary lead on emergency preparedness and incident management to ensure effective response and recovery from incidents and disruptive events.
- Manage investigations into security and resilience matters.
- Craft a risk driven ethos within UKRI to develop and implement controls to reduce organisational risk affecting all business areas.
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Person specification
You will need:
- To hold an advanced degree level professional qualification in Security and Business Continuity.
- DV Clearance.
- A strong understanding of security and risk, as well as a willingness to develop knowledge in these areas as appropriate, whilst recognising future risks and strategically planning to mitigate them.
- Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at all levels across a federated organisational landscape.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £80,001, UK Research and Innovation contributes £21,600 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
Applicants are required to provide a CV and include a cover letter providing evidence of how they meet the criteria described.
To apply, and for further details on the role, please visit our job board: https://careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers/jobs/ukri-senior-security-advisor-4323 Quoting reference 240000BQ.
The closing date for applications is 28th April 2024.
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 developed vetting (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
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.