Head of Cyber Guidance and Monitoring
OFGEM
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 21st October 2024
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Job summary
Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator. We’re at the forefront of change across the energy sector, driving toward Net Zero whilst protecting energy consumers - especially vulnerable people.
We’re offering a permanent, full-time role where you’ll be leading a high-performing team whilst ensuring the energy industry have first-class levels of cyber security.
This crucial role will see you working with a range of high-profile stakeholders and acting as the key enabler for top-notch cyber security. You’ll have the chance to lead the intersection of technology and public service, contributing to the UK’s transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system while working in a role that directly addresses the most pressing security challenges.
You’ll have real autonomy and be given the ability to make a difference working on top-tier projects and influencing at the highest levels. The solutions you create will impact an entire industry and the connection you make will support you throughout your career.
We’re looking for a strategic thinker, someone able to look at the bigger picture in order to make a real difference across the energy industry alongside innovative problem-solving skills and exceptional influencing and communication skills.
What’s more, we’re offering outstanding development prospects for both you and your team within a high performance culture where everyone is geared toward learning and working collaboratively. You’ll also discover a terrific range of benefits tailored to ensure you have everything you need to thrive at work and at home plus the chance to work with a brilliant, collaborative team.
We have a critical purpose to set the standard in cyber security for the energy industry and ensure our organisation is safe from cyber threats and this is your chance to join us and make a real difference.
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Job description
Key Responsibilities:
Delivery of set of team deliverables, and managing and co-ordinating successful outcomes across team members and collaborating teams
- Sets clear and transparent work objectives, milestones and success metrics at team and individual level to oversee and co-ordinate successful team outcomes.
- Collaborates closely with other teams to manage interdependencies, risks and resourcing to support portfolio delivery.
- Jointly responsible with the PDL on welfare and pastoral care of all colleagues.
- Demonstrates effective diversity and inclusive team management within their team and the wider organisation.
Key Outputs and Deliverables
Work with operators of essential services to guide and monitor their continued compliance with security and resilience obligations, within a flexible and dynamic energy system, providing guidance and facilitating sharing of best practice.
- Establish a high performing team of Cyber experts.
- Develop and maintain working relations with the industry and provide guidance on the interpretation and applicability of the regulatory framework for the Operators, to ensure an effective and balanced journey for compliance, managing risk and opportunities, with continual improvement to withstand against cyber threats.
- Oversee the development of guidance for the sector, in a consultative manner with industry, DESNZ, NCSC and other governmental departments.
- Working alongside operators identifying and optioneering complex problems faced within industry.
- Facilitate appropriate sharing of best practice amongst operators of essential services.
- Work across teams within the Cyber Directorate to gather and disseminate Regulatory Intelligence to communicate consistent expectations to the industry.
- Be a role model for the security and data privacy community, modelling Civil Service values, to foster and develop the profession across government.
Set-up and lead a high-performing team based on effective resource management, ongoing support and professional development
- Plan, oversee and deliver a set of work deliverables on time and to a high standard through effective project management and oversight of a multidisciplinary team.
- Provide inclusive team leadership by supporting and developing team members and demonstrating commitment to Ofgem values.
- Takes ownership for own and team members’ professional development by:
- Providing ongoing coaching and identification of development opportunities in regular performance conversations.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
- (Lead criteria) Proven aptitude for inclusive leadership, with an ability to build effective working relationships with teams and a wide range of stakeholders.
- Lead Criteria) Recent and relevant technical skills and experience in any of the following areas:
Operating or architecting in an Operational Technology (OT, ICS, IACS) environment, specifically related to managing the security of critical systems.
Developing strategic plans for managing cyber security in a rapidly evolving risk landscape.
Understanding of cyber security risks affecting Industrial Control Systems, and duly considering appropriate and proportionate security controls to mitigate such risks.
Managing security and/or performing risk assessments associate Operational Technology.
Working knowledge of IEC62443 series in critical infrastructure and challenges faced with introducing security controls.
- Experience of engaging, guiding and influencing at all levels of an organisation including senior managers, whilst projecting credibility and self-assurance
- An effective and engaging communicator (verbal and in writing), working with senior stakeholders who have the ability to distil complex subject matter into relevant messages.
- Experience of delivering guidance at a large corporate, sector or national level.
- Able to achieve and maintain SC clearance.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience within Critical National Infrastructure.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Please refer to the Candidate Pack and Role Profile attached for full details.
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When you press the ‘Apply now’ button, you will be asked to complete personal details (not seen by the sift panel), your career history and qualifications.
You will then be asked to provide a 1250 word ‘personal statement’ evidencing how you meet the essential and desirable skills and capabilities listed in the role profile. Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your supporting statement, how you meet each of the essential and desirable skills and capabilities.
The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expect all candidates to abide by these principles. Ofgem take any incidences of cheating very seriously. Please ensure all examples provided are of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant applications will be withdrawn from the process.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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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).
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Jennifer Hughes
- Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : recruitment@ofgem.gov.uk
