Technology and Cybersecurity Assurance and Risk Manager

Role overview

Cyber risk and assurance responsibilities

• Lead operational risk assessments of business-supporting security needs within established governance structures.
• Advise stakeholders on proportionate risk remediation using security capabilities and expert guidance.
• Independently manage enterprise risks identified through cyber exercises, threat intelligence, and subject-matter expert engagement.
• Lead annual assessment of departmental Cyber Assessment Framework compliance and report cyber maturity to senior leaders.
• Monitor arms-length body compliance with mandated security requirements to support auditable, risk-based Accounting Officer decisions.
• Manage contracts and supplier relationships, and line-manage a small team.

Essential requirements

• Technical skills aligned to cyber security governance and risk management in the Government Security Profession.
• Experience assessing enterprise systems and reporting security characteristics so identified risks can be treated.
• Ability to derive security requirements through threat analysis and interpret organisational risk appetite to make actionable recommendations.
• Ability to develop and apply protective security concepts involving corporate enablers and the UK security community.
• Ability to use diverse intelligence sources to interpret the strategic threat environment and attack surface.
• Experience communicating complex technical matters to non-technical audiences and managing stakeholders across organisational boundaries.

Desirable experience

• Previous experience evaluating cyber risk in government or the private sector, and an existing professional network.
• Successful leadership experience in a cybersecurity or intelligence environment in the public or private sector.

Salary and benefits

• Salary is listed as £56,582–£69,740, with separate London and national ranges; no pay cadence is stated.
• Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.

Contract and working pattern

• The role is listed as fixed term, loan, or secondment, with a two-year length of employment.
• Working patterns include flexible working, full-time, and job share.

Locations

• The description lists Manchester and London.

Information session

• An information session for prospective applicants is listed for Thursday, 22 October at 11:00am.