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Risk Lead from the Company
Department for Business and Trade, this latest
Risk Lead job vacancy is located in the city
London located in the country
United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate
GCSE . Job Vacancies in this
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Reference number
356361
Salary
£42,450 - £57,550 London: £46,640 to £57,550 / National: £42,450 - £52,815 (including allowance) A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade
Senior Executive Officer
Contract type
Permanent
Business area
DBT - CS - Digital, Data and Technology
Type of role
Information Technology Risk Management Security Other
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time
Number of jobs available
2
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Location
Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford
About the job
Job summary
About us
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the department for economic growth. The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. DBT Cyber work to improve the security of the systems and processes that affect the operation of the Department. The Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) team were established to create a safer Cyber landscape to deliver DBTs vision, and do this through establishing good practice in new information projects, reviewing compliance and setting standards for
About the role
As a Risk Lead, you will be part of a team responsible for the Cyber Risk aspect of Cyber Security within DBT. Reporting to the Risk Manager Principal, the role will collaborate with the other teams in Cyber and the broader DDaT community. The GRC team is responsible for cyber risk management, maintaining in-house system security assurance, running cyber security training throughout the department, managing, and complying with policies and standards, and audit management and response. The Cyber Security Risk Manager identifies, understands, and mitigates cyber-related risks. They provide risk and service owners with advice to help them make well informed risk-based decisions. Where risks need to be accepted by the Department, they will support escalation of the risks to the Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) for acceptance.You'll need to possess integrity and be able to communicate across all levels and professions within the Department. Working with teams that are under pressure to provide the most informed risk assessment possible to decision makers. It will take strong collaboration skills to work across the Department and with external stakeholders to protect and promote a governed, Cyber risk aware and compliant DBT
Job description
About you
Main responsibilities
You will be an experienced risk assurance professional who can:
- Independently undertake risk management activities within a given area of practice or expertise, making use of established security and risk management governance structures and where necessary developing new ones.
- Undertake Cyber Security related risk assessments as part of the IRAP (Information Risk Assurance Process), conduct tailored threat assessment and other risk management activities, to ensure activities are consistent with applicable regulations, legislation, good practice, and Government guidance.
- Provide tailored advice to a range of stakeholders on how to mitigate identified risks by proportionately applying security good practice. Ensuring credible advice that is well referenced to published guidance and standards and drawing on the breadth of expert support available.
- Provide expert security advice that highlights Cyber Security related risks, so risk or service owners can make well-informed and auditable decisions.
Person specification
Skills and experience
It is essential that you have:
You'll have demonstrable skills and experience of:
- Professional information security certification - CISSP or similar, or willingness to attain.
- Experience in a risk management and assurance role.
- Solid knowledge of information security frameworks.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
It is desirable that you have:
- Experience working within large, complex organisations
- Broad understanding of cloud-based technical environment.
- Problem-solving and analytical skills.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £42,450, Department for Business and Trade contributes £11,461 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 average employer contribution of 27%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
How to apply
As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a two page CV and complete a 500 word personal statement outlining how you meet the essential skills and experience listed above. You can use bullet points and subheadings if you prefer.
Sift will be from week commencing 17th June 2024
Interviews will be from week commencing 1st July 2024
Please note these dates are indicative and may be subject to change.
If there is a high volume of applications, we will sift looking at your Personal statement only. You may then be progressed to full sift or straight to interview.
How we interview
At the interview stage for this role, you will be asked to demonstrate relevant Technical Skills and Behaviours from the Success Profiles framework. This will include a risk assessment exercise.
Technical Skills
- Information Risk Assessment Frameworks and methodology
- Risk Management
Behaviours:
- Making Effective Decisions
- Working Together
- Communicating and Influencing
Find the role on government security framework:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-government-security-profession-career-framework.
How we offer
Offers may be made in merit order based on location preferences. If you pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring you will be held on a 12-month reserve list in case a role becomes available. If you are judged a near miss at interview, you may be offered a post at the grade below the one you applied for.
This role requires SC clearance. DBT's requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet this requirement will result in your application being rejected and your offer will be withdrawn. Checks will also be made against:
- departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)
- UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records
- your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency
- security services record
- location details
More about us This role can only be worked from within the UK, not overseas. If you are based in London, you will receive London weighting. DBT employees work in a hybrid pattern, spending 2-3 days a week (pro rata) in the office on average. Travel to your primary office location will not be paid for by DBT, but costs for travel to an office which is not your main location will be covered. You can find out more about our office locations, how we calculate salaries, our diversity statement and reasonable adjustments, the Recruitment Principles, the Civil Service code and our complaints procedure on our website. Find out more about life at DBT, our benefits and meet the team by watching our video or reading our blog!
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
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) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for 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
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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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).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Name : ddat.recruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk Email : ddat.recruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Recruitment team
Email : ddat.recruitment@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Further information
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact DBT by email at Resourcing@trade.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Civil Service Commission Complaints
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Closed Date :
2025-11-22
