Lead Cyber Security Risk Manager

Closing Date: 11:55 pm on Monday 6th January 2025

Salary: £60,300 plus an additional Capability and Skills allowance of up to £20,100

Location: Manchester Soapworks

The Cyber Security Risk Manager identifies, understands and mitigates cyber-related risks. They identify and evaluate security risks to information, systems and processes owned by the organisation, and proactively provide appropriate advice, drawing on a wide variety of sources, to stakeholders across the organisation and at a variety of levels. They provide risk or service owners with advice to help them make well informed risk-based decisions.

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. Where this is the case, employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. Applicants can discuss any specific questions with the Vacancy Holder.

🚀 What we offer 🚀

Our flexible working policy ensures a healthy work-life balance. We also nurture talent and offer a broad range of learning and development opportunities that will help you flourish in your role.

We work hard to maintain a positive working culture and are committed to helping you fulfil your potential. We value diversity and provide an open, inclusive and supportive environment to help you do your best work.

What you'll bring:

You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Cyber Security Risk mitigation with the following skills or experience in:

• Proficiency in implementing and managing risk management processes based on established frameworks such as NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, or other relevant standards.
• Ability to design and implement security controls aligned with organisational requirements, whilst navigating changes and proactively responding to evolving risks.
• Demonstrated resilience in high-pressure situations, such as managing critical incidents. Competence in coordinating and managing security breaches, with experience in post-incident analysis to identify vulnerabilities and recommend remedial actions.
• Strong ability to present technical information to non-technical stakeholders and the ability in influencing decision-making processes at senior leadership levels, promoting security priorities.

Please note for this role you will require a SC clearance. To meet national security vetting requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 5 years.

We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from women, people with disabilities and LGBT+ as they are currently under-represented in the Home Office at this grade level. Appointments will be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.

💜 Some of the benefits our employees love 💜

• A Civil Service pension with employer contribution rates of between 26.6% and 30.3%, depending upon salary.
• season ticket loans and rental deposit loans
• cycle to work and payroll giving
• employee discounts - including a huge number of retailers (via the Edenred platform), Microsoft Home Use programme and gym membership
• a variety of staff recognition schemes including thank you vouchers
• health and wellbeing initiatives including monthly mindfulness sessions
• staff support networks
• maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid
• maternity and adoption support leave (paternity leave) of 2 weeks full pay
• up to 5 days paid leave for volunteering
• study leave and support for studying for a qualification or other accredited development relevant to your role

For full job description and salary please follow the "Apply" link.