Information Security Compliance Manager

Watford, England, United Kingdom

12/10/2024

Job Description

Information Security Compliance Manager.

Salary: c£52,500 per annum.

Location: Remote.

Contract: Permanent,35 hours per week.

Benefits:  

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
  
  

Why Action for Children?  

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. 

A Bit About The Role 

This is an exciting opportunity to join Action for Children as an Information Security Compliance Manager on a Permanent Contract. You will play a key role in leading the enhancement of robust incident and vulnerability management programs, while taking a proactive role in Information Security governance and technical implementations to establish and uphold best practices, ensuring full compliance.

How You'll Help To Create Brighter Futures By

• Providing Information Security consultancy, offering expert guidance for projects, solution design, changes, assurance, and the application of security policies, standards, regulations, and best practices.
• Conducting periodic risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats.
• Managing the Information Security incident response lifecycle.
• Delivering regular security awareness training programs for employees to foster a security-conscious culture within the organisation.
• Proactively investigating emerging threats to the business and devise effective solutions to address them.
• Coordinating and overseeing both internal and external security audits and assessments.
• Supervising the management and supplier relationship of the Security Operations Centre.
• Playing a pivotal role in shaping the organisation's overarching security roadmap supporting alignment to our organisational strategy.
• Leading and maintaining compliance with regulatory requisites, ensuring adherence to standards such as Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.
  
  

Let's Talk About You

• Hold an Information Security accreditations such as CISSP, CISM, OSCP in good standing, or relevant professional experience and willingness to work towards such certification.
• Proven experience working in an Information Security role previously implementing information security controls across a range of technologies, e.g., Security Architect, or Security Project Lead.
• Experience of managing information security platforms and maintaining policies.
• Experience in management and coordination of security operations centre activities and vulnerability assessment methods, techniques, and overall management
• Experience with common information security management frameworks, such as ISO 2700x, ITIL and COBIT.
• Confident understanding of modern cloud and network technologies and protocols and up-to-date knowledge of OWASP, NIST frameworks, GDPR, NIS, PCI-DSS, and NCSC cyber guidance.
• Knowledge of all threat areas (deliberate, accidental, internal, external) and understanding of Cyber Essential Plus and similar government security standards.
  
  

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements. 

Contact: David Simpson on 01923361732 or email us at  recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk  quoting reference 10553.

Good to know

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Want to know more about Action for Children?

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Closing Date: Friday10th January 2025.

Interviews will be week commencing Monday 13th January 2025.

Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Management Competency Framework