Dundee, Glasgow
Job Summary
Are you ready to drive effective information security risk management for a vital public service? Join us as a Security and Information Risk Advisor within the Digital Risk & Security branch of Social Security Scotland where your expertise will guide our commitment to protecting Social Security Scotland. If you are passionate about cyber security and have a keen interest in safeguarding critical information, apply now to join our talented team and take the next step in your career.
As a Security and Information Risk Advisor, you will play a pivotal role in providing advice and guidance on the effective specification, implementation, and operation of cyber security controls. Collaborating closely with various stakeholders, you will conduct security risk assessments, investigate breaches, and contribute to the development of information security policies, standards, and guidelines. This is a key position within Digital Risk & Security, focusing on ensuring compliance with legislation, regulation, and relevant standards.
Job Description
* Provide advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards.
* Obtain and act on vulnerability information and conduct security risk assessments and business impact analysis on complex information systems.
* Investigate major breaches of security, and recommend appropriate control improvements.
* Contribute to development of information security policy, standards and guidelines.
* Interpret information assurance and security policies and apply these in order to manage risks.
* Provide advice and guidance to ensure adoption of and adherence to information assurance architectures, strategies, policies, standards and guidelines.
* Use control testing information to support information assurance assessments.
Additional Duties
* Liaison with and support of other Digital Risk and Security functions.
* Management of problems and issues, resolutions, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
* Collection and dissemination of relevant information and risk management advice.
* Collection of feedback from customers in order to develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.
* Supporting the assessment of third party suppliers’ control environments.
Person Specification
Essential Experience
* Demonstrable knowledge of technical, physical, procedural and personnel controls.
* Demonstrable evidence of being able to communicate effectively across organisational and technical boundaries.
Technical Skills
This role is aligned to Security and Information Risk Advisor within the Digital, Data and Technology Profession. These skills will be tested during the Technical Assessment if you are successful at sift stage. They will not be assessed at application stage.
Behaviours
* Seeing the big picture - Level 3
* Changing and improving - Level 3
* Communicating and influencing - Level 3
Annual Leave
You will receive 25 days annual leave on joining us. This will increase to 30 days after four full years of service. You will also have 11.5 public and privilege days of leave every year. We also offer Flexi-time. Any extra hours you've worked can be taken as leave when suitable.
A Civil Service Pension
This job comes with a Civil Service pension. New joiners to the Civil Service will join a career average pension scheme as standard.
Healthy Work-Life Balance
We can offer the possibility of full-time, part-time, term-time, and job shares. We also encourage flexible working.
Discounts
You can enjoy a vast range of retail, travel and lifestyle discounts through our benefit scheme.
Personal Support for You
Our Employee Assistance Programme gives you confidential, independent information and guidance 24/7.
Volunteering Special Leave
Up to six days paid special leave a year for volunteering. We support our staff to help causes important to them.
Selection Process Details
Expected Timeline (subject to change)
Sift - w/c 5th May
Interview – w/c 26th May
Location - In Person in either Dundee or Glasgow
To apply please submit an application form by clicking on the ‘Apply at Advertisers Site’ button.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check and must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed.
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)
* individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Contact Point for Applicants
Job Contact:
* Name: Resourcing Team
* Email: recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot
Recruitment Team
* Email: Recruitment@socialsecurity.gov.scot
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