Security Risk Analyst
£negotiable
Inside IR35
12 months
Hybrid (UK-wide)
We're looking for an experienced Personnel Security Officer to support a major Critical Asset Review and deliver role-based risk assessments across a large, complex organisation.
The RoleThis position has two key focus areas:
Critical Asset Review: Engaging business areas and key representatives to identify and assess physical and logical (IT/information) assets, leading workshops and working sessions to determine asset criticality and dependencies.
Risk Assessment: Conducting role-based risk assessments across staff, contractors and third parties, focusing on access risks, privileged roles and insider threats.
You'll work closely with stakeholders to drive risk-informed decision-making and strengthen security controls.
Key Responsibilities
Lead stakeholder engagement sessions to identify critical assets and dependencies
Conduct discussions across business functions on physical and digital assets
Deliver structured role-based risk assessments
Review access models, controls and governance frameworks
Produce clear, evidence-based risk reports and recommendations
Support implementation and tracking of risk mitigation actions
Requirements
Strong experience in risk assessment, security assurance or information security
Proven ability to facilitate workshops and engage senior stakeholders
Knowledge of access risk, insider threat and asset criticality
Experience assessing both physical and IT/information assets
Strong communication, analysis and reporting skills
Desirable
Public sector or regulated environment experience
SC Clearance - You will have this or be prepared to undergo the vetting process to become cleared.
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