Cyber Policy and Standards Lead
Home Office
Apply before 11:55 pm on Thursday 26th September 2024
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Job summary
The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
The Senior Cyber Policy Manager is part of a high performing, specialist team that is responsible for the development, implementation and management of policies and standards that underpin the designing, running and decommissioning of technical solutions across the Home Office.
Job description
- Contributing to the vision, principles and strategy set down by the Head of GRC, ensuring that it reflects the needs of HOCS and the wider Department
- Liaising with stakeholders within the Home Office to ensure that policies and standards are seamlessly deployed
- Coordinating, maintaining, and regularly reviewing the policies, standards, and HOCS-defined artefact templates
- Ensuring appropriate change management and configuration control of the policies, standards, and HOCS-defined artefact templates
- Reviewing the latest cyber security standards, threat intelligence, frameworks, guidance (e.g. NIST, ISO 27001, NCSC etc.) to ensure that the latest industry best practice is reflected throughout the Home Office’s own cyber policies and standards
- Identifying ways to continually improve the Home Office’s cyber policies and standards and acting as a point of escalation for the team.
The current building location for this role is Croydon and Manchester.
Occasional travel to other HO offices will be required.
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis. However, job-share and compressed hours are available.
Key Responsibilities
- Communicating and implementing HOCS policies and standards.
- Devising a schedule of policy / standard compliance reviews and conducting them in collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders across DDaT and wider Home Office portfolios.
- Task and line management of a HEO in the team and up skill new and existing team members.
- Contributing to the central co-ordination, maintenance and review of policies, standards and other business area artefacts / templates to deliver continuous improvement.
- Developing procedures for appropriate change management and configuration control of policies, standards, business area artefacts / templates.
- Collaborating with Home Office and other Government Department peers to align and deconflict with their related policy areas and support any gap analysis that requires development of new policies.
- Contributing to the development of guidance on policy implementation.
- Keeping up to date with wider policy developments / standards / legislation / technology to ensure policy artefacts remain current.
- Keeping up to date with the latest industry / policy area standards, frameworks and guidance to ensure best practice is reflected in policies and standards across the Home Office e.g. the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) guidance and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- Working in HOCS, including implementing associated policies and standards, understanding best practice in your area of expertise and identifying, resolving and escalating conflicts and risks to appropriate team within HOCS.
- Building, co-ordinating and managing complex stakeholder relationships across DDaT and wider Home Office, with the ability to bring different perspectives together to find innovative solutions to real-time problems.
- Delivering continuous improvement initiatives, proactively driving forward policy development and stakeholder engagement.
- Analysing and interpreting legislation and other key information.
- Demonstrating strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor your messaging to meet the needs of different audiences, as well as delivering regular presentations to a range of stakeholders to whom the subject matter may be novel.
- Working with diverse teams across multiple locations.
Desirable Criteria
- Demonstrating close attention to detail, excellent organisational skills.
- Having an awareness of Cyber Security or a related policy area.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Working Together
Benefits
In addition to your salary, a career with the Home Office offers a range of benefits, including:
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service to 30 days.
- Eight days of public holidays, plus one additional privilege day.
- Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in an office.
See more of our benefits on our careers website.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
We will endeavour to conduct the selection process in line with the dates indicated below, but cannot guarantee that these will not, where necessary, be revised.
1. Application – by 26th September 2024
As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:
- A statement of suitability (personal statement) (maximum 750 words)
The Personal Statement should be aligned to and demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience set out in the essential criteria, detailed in the job description.
For guidance and information on how to construct your application (CV, Personal Statement and Behaviours), you are encouraged to visit Civil Service Careers website.
2. Sift - week commencing 7th October 2024
The sift will be held on the Personal Statement.
3. Interview – week commencing 21st October 2024
If you are successful at sift stage, you will be invited to an interview that will be:
- Behaviours (as listed in the job advert) and Strength based questions.
The interview will take place remotely. Candidates will be required to have access to:
- A laptop (personal or work) with a working webcam
- Good internet connection
- Microsoft Teams
It is advisable to access your interview from a windows operating system laptop, desktop, phone or tablet as there is no guarantee that Microsoft Teams will work without issue on an Apple laptop, tablet or desktop.
Problems during the application process
If you experience problems accessing this advert, or you think you’ve made a mistake on an initial application, please contact hocandidates.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk, including the vacancy reference, at least two working days before the vacancy closes. Further information can be found on our website.
Location Preference
You will only be able to select a single location preference so please ensure this is a location that you are prepared to travel to. If you are offered a role at your preferred location and you decline, your application will be withdrawn.
Reserve List
A reserve list may be held for a period of up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made. There is no guarantee that being held on a reserve list will lead to a job offer. Further information can be found on our website.
Reserve lists will be held for each location and profession. Candidates will be appointed in merit order by location and profession.
Candidates judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised without the need to go through a further selection process, providing the role has the same Success Profiles elements and essential skills. There is no guarantee that further such vacancies will arise.
Additional Security Checks
As well as successfully obtaining UK Security Vetting clearance, candidates will be subject to a range of additional checks. The range of checks carried out will depend on whether you are a current Home Office employee, existing civil servant or an external new entrant as well as the role requirements. Further details are included in the Notes to Candidates.
Further Information
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct.
If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the following page https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/demystifying-vetting
If you are invited to an interview, you will be required to bring documentation for the purposes of establishing your identity.
You will need to meet the nationality requirements for this role and obtain the necessary security clearance to take it up. For meaningful security checks to be carried out, individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. Learn more on our website. Security Checks - Home Office Careers
Visa sponsorship
We do not sponsor individuals via Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visas.
Reasonable Adjustments
If a person with disabilities is at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:
- Contact Government Recruitment Service via HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs
- Complete the “Assistance Required” section in the “Additional Requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a language service professional
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the ‘Contact point for applicants’ section.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Home Office Resourcing Centre
- Email : horccampaignteamddat@homeoffice.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Further information
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HORecruitment.GRS@cabinetoffice.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission.
