Job summary
Job Title - Cyber Security Standards & Policy Officer
Profession- Cyber Security
Directorate - Data Analytics & Surveillance
Full Time equivalent - 37.5 hours
No of Roles - 1
Contract Type - Permanent
Location - Remote Working
Working Pattern - Full Time / Flexible Working/ Hybrid Working/ Compressed Hours
Grade & Salary - Grade SEO. National banding £37,056 - £42,481. Inner London - £40,876 - £45,998 Outer London - £38,967- £44,240
New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band.
The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.
This role is to be appointed under Civil Service Terms & Conditions. Full details on the T&C's are found https://www.ukhsa.reed.com/.
Closing Date - 10/09/2023. 23:55pm. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered
Interview Date - September 2023 Please note, these dates are subject to change.
Main duties of the job
The candidate must be comfortable to work flexibly and operate in a highly ambiguous environment while the Agency continues its transformation journey and defines its organisational culture. The ability to identify and understand challenges to find creative solutions will be critical as will strength in managing and building relationships across the organisation, undertaking effective collaboration at fast pace, both internally and externally to UKHSA. They will be expected to work on their own initiative without micro-management but know when to revert to seek a steer or decision.
This is a dynamic and challenging environment, and the post holder will need to be confident in managing complexity, applying judgement, and making decisions whilst collaborating effectively with other members of the team and across the organisation.
This role will require you to work with senior members of staff who are predominantly home-based workers, but there will be an expectancy to travel occasionally for meetings.
About us
At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.
Our mission is challenging, innovative and in the spotlight. We will work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds we need to thrive, that our employees are representative of the communities we serve and feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.
Creating our working culture is an ongoing process which we are developing by listening and learning together, hearing and acting upon diverse voices and opinions to develop a common sense of identity and effective ways of working.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring that work on Cyber programmes and developing work reflects strategic security policy aims and policies are available.
- Own and update all relevant Cyber Security policy guidance issued across the organisation.
- Delivering clear and relevant guidance by interpreting Government Cyber Security policy for the Agency.
- Ensuring appropriate standards and central Government requirements are reflected in the Agencys documentation.
- Ensure all policy is reviewed and updated in line with any new government policy, guidance and legislative/regulatory changes
- Liaise with Cyber Communications team and training on changes to policy to ensure that they are communicated effectively and in a timely manner
- Liaise with wider security teams to ensure holistic review of changes and alignment of policies ensuring govt/health policy alignment. Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal and external partners.
- Assess quantitative and qualitative data to support the creation of evidence-based policy, evaluating and presenting evidence with the appropriate tooling.
- Represent Cyber Security policy perspective at Security Working Groups and other decision-making authorities
- Develop an understanding of how changes to technology and new policies across the wider Health environment may impact UKHSA policies
- Maintaining relations with stakeholders, including building support for policy to address risks and managing incoming questions and challenges to policy implementation.
- Proactively reviewing, making, or recommending changes to policies and supporting documents.
- Develop a pipeline for the development of any new policies and the scheduled review of existing policies
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Essential Criteria
- A clear understanding of Cyber Security and inter disciplines for wider security (such as Information Security, Physical & Personnel) and how they relate to policy.
- Experience of working in a cross-government environment
- Experience at policy creation and implementation
- Experience of analysing information quickly and providing sound advice and recommendations on requirements to stakeholders at all levels.
- Stakeholder and Change management. The postholder will need to communicate clearly to multiple different stakeholders with different needs, with the ability to flexibly adapt to stakeholders needs.
Desirable Criteria:
- Working in central government projects and/or HMG Policy/Security profession
- Ability to adapt in high pressure environments.
- Customer focused delivery.
- Communicating clearly in a language which meets the needs of different users, with a good understanding of different channels and formats for different audiences and ability to adapt to stakeholders' reactions with flexibility.
- Experience in projects and programmes.
- The post holder must also be able to plan and prioritise multiple competing priorities.
Selection Process
You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed and sifted in line with the essential criteria.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience and technical skills
Stage 1: Application & Sift
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 750 words providing examples of how you meet the essential criteria and desirable criteria. It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview
Stage 2: Panel Interview
All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on behaviours / experience / technical / ability through success profiles. The interview will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams
The behaviours being tested are:
Seeing the Bigger Picture
Communicating & Influencing
Changing & Improving
Making Effective Decisions
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
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.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensuring that work on Cyber programmes and developing work reflects strategic security policy aims and policies are available.
- Own and update all relevant Cyber Security policy guidance issued across the organisation.
- Delivering clear and relevant guidance by interpreting Government Cyber Security policy for the Agency.
- Ensuring appropriate standards and central Government requirements are reflected in the Agencys documentation.
- Ensure all policy is reviewed and updated in line with any new government policy, guidance and legislative/regulatory changes
- Liaise with Cyber Communications team and training on changes to policy to ensure that they are communicated effectively and in a timely manner
- Liaise with wider security teams to ensure holistic review of changes and alignment of policies ensuring govt/health policy alignment. Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal and external partners.
- Assess quantitative and qualitative data to support the creation of evidence-based policy, evaluating and presenting evidence with the appropriate tooling.
- Represent Cyber Security policy perspective at Security Working Groups and other decision-making authorities
- Develop an understanding of how changes to technology and new policies across the wider Health environment may impact UKHSA policies
- Maintaining relations with stakeholders, including building support for policy to address risks and managing incoming questions and challenges to policy implementation.
- Proactively reviewing, making, or recommending changes to policies and supporting documents.
- Develop a pipeline for the development of any new policies and the scheduled review of existing policies
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Essential Criteria
- A clear understanding of Cyber Security and inter disciplines for wider security (such as Information Security, Physical & Personnel) and how they relate to policy.
- Experience of working in a cross-government environment
- Experience at policy creation and implementation
- Experience of analysing information quickly and providing sound advice and recommendations on requirements to stakeholders at all levels.
- Stakeholder and Change management. The postholder will need to communicate clearly to multiple different stakeholders with different needs, with the ability to flexibly adapt to stakeholders needs.
Desirable Criteria:
- Working in central government projects and/or HMG Policy/Security profession
- Ability to adapt in high pressure environments.
- Customer focused delivery.
- Communicating clearly in a language which meets the needs of different users, with a good understanding of different channels and formats for different audiences and ability to adapt to stakeholders' reactions with flexibility.
- Experience in projects and programmes.
- The post holder must also be able to plan and prioritise multiple competing priorities.
Selection Process
You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed and sifted in line with the essential criteria.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles and will assess your Behaviours and Experience and technical skills
Stage 1: Application & Sift
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide a Statement of Suitability in no more than 750 words providing examples of how you meet the essential criteria and desirable criteria. It should also detail what you and your experience can bring to the role.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview
Stage 2: Panel Interview
All applicants that progress to interview will be assessed on behaviours / experience / technical / ability through success profiles. The interview will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams
The behaviours being tested are:
Seeing the Bigger Picture
Communicating & Influencing
Changing & Improving
Making Effective Decisions
Reserve List:
Candidates who pass the interview criteria but are not offered a post will be kept on a reserve list for 12 months and may be contacted if similar roles become available.
If you are interviewed for the post and do not meet the required threshold for the specified grade, your application may be assessed against a similar, lower grade role and you may be offered the post should one be available.
DBS - People working with government systems must complete Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks which includes a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS however there may be a requirement for this role to be SC cleared and you should familiarise yourself with the criteria of security clearance.
This role is Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants. Appointments to roles within UKHSA will be made in accordance with the Civil Service nationality rules. These can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rulesThis job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- Nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- Nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of theEuropean Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- Relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- Certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.
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.
The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Government baseline personnel security standard
Its important to note that there are currently exceptions to applications being considered if your conviction relates to any of the following:
- life sentences
- arson
- sexual offences
- hate and terror offences
Some departments will also consider the specific offence against the nature of the business, i.e., a conviction for fraud may rule you out for a finance role
Contact Details Sophie.Rigney@reed.com
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oA clear understanding of Cyber Security and inter disciplines for wider security (such as Information Security, Physical & Personnel) and how they relate to policy.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- oA clear understanding of Cyber Security and inter disciplines for wider security (such as Information Security, Physical & Personnel) and how they relate to policy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
