Within the Army Information Directorate, the Cyber and Security pillar, headed up by a Senior Civil Servant has a diverse and highly capable workforce the spans all areas of security activity. An exciting job role exists in the Principal Security Advisor's (PSyA) Team working within Cyber Risk Management (CRM). The position works to a SEO civil servant. It is an advisory role, responsible for monitoring and developing the Army’s Cyber maturity. You will work across the strategic and tactical elements of the Army to improve awareness and reporting of cyber risks up to the 4 Star Head Quarters. We are looking for an individual with technical competency and the inter-personal skills necessary to communicate cyber concepts to raise awareness of cyber risk management across a complex organisation. Do you want to work in the exciting growth area of cyber and security, in support of Defence and national security? Do you want to innovate the way Army conducts security risk management? Through this role, you will have the opportunity to develop a broader understanding of the threats and risks facing the Army across the physical, cyber, technical and personnel domains. This post is an excellent opportunity for both qualified individuals looking to start or progress in cyber security, and those looking to transition from a generalist technology background into a cyber security career. Appropriate training will be provided to ensure the candidate has the skills and knowledge required to perform the role. If you are a strong communicator able to engage with stakeholders across government, work efficiently and at pace, across multiple IT systems and security classifications, we need you. This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Job description We are seeking a dedicated Cyber Security Risk Manager to join our team, reporting directly to the SEO Cyber Risk Manager. In this role, you will be pivotal in understanding, monitoring, and mitigating cyber risks across the Army’s digital enterprise. Your primary responsibility will be engaging with subordinate areas of the Army Estate to ensure effective cyber risk management practices are implemented and maintained. You will serve as the main conduit for reporting operational process improvements and policy amendments. Regular meetings with senior risk owners and auditing risk registers will be essential to ensure comprehensive risk management. If you are passionate about cyber security and have a keen eye for detail, we encourage you to apply. The successful candidate will be required to: Drive an overarching and consistent approach to cyber risk management Conduct audits against security risk manager’s risk registers to ensure that policy is being followed correctly and to collect data to report back into the team. Conduct data analysis to highlight trends, themes and opportunities for risk interventions Take the experience and lessons from throughout cyber risk management in the chain of command to put forward recommendations to iterate cyber relevant policy. Provide risk or service owners with advice to help them make well informed risk-based decision Support and coordinate the director level Governance Risk and Compliance Board, including through the management of the 3 star reporting mechanism Conduct threat and vulnerability assessments, risk evaluations, risk scoring, mitigation proposals and management plans for Army security risks The successful post-holder should be able to demonstrate. If successful, you will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) to take up this post. Person specification Essential Criteria: Ability to communicate complex risks, implications, and mitigation to a variety of stakeholders Ability to work with diverse internal and external stakeholders and build strong relationships Good judgement and strong interpersonal skills Highly organised and able to deal with multiple requests/priorities with competing deadlines Knowledge of Cyber Security Desirable Criteria: Membership of a relevant Cyber Security or IT institution / body (e.g BCS, UK Cyber Security Council) Relevant industry qualifications and accreditation (e.g. Cyber Security Professional, CISMP, Security) Relevant government qualifications or accreditation - Experience conducting data analytics Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Seeing the Big Picture We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Benefits Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements. The post does not offer relocation expenses. External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period. Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts. Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/. The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights. 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. Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 - Word count) Applications will be sifted using the Behaviours that have been chosen for this campaign, but in the event of 10 or more applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the leader behaviour which is 'making effective decisions' At sift, you will be assessed against your Statement of suitability and the following: Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions At interview candidates will be assessed against the following behaviours: Communicating and Influencing Delivering at Pace Seeing the Big Picture When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected. Application sifting will be scheduled to take place within 7 days of the application closing date. Interview dates are to be confirmed. These will be held in person. We endeavour to stick to these time frames, but these are subject to change around business needs. The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3mod.gov.uk. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. 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 Open to UK nationals only. 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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion 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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name :Daniel Hopper Email :daniel.hopper106mod.gov.uk Recruitment team Email :DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3mod.gov.uk Further information Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email: infocsc.gov.uk. Attachments Candidate Information Opens in new window (docx, 31kB) 20240307-ArmyTLBEVP Opens in new window (pdf, 3932kB) EXTERNAL PACK Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB)