Corporate Security Senior Advisor - 30942
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Job Description
Are you an inspirational and collaborative leader? Are you keen to use your leadership skills to protect the organisation and our staff?
As Corporate Security Senior Advisor, you’ll be working in a small team responsible for providing assurance that we’re addressing our security risks and improving our security culture. You will be a role model for security, promoting a positive culture and cultivating good behaviours. You'll contribute to protecting the organisation from security threats which could affect our people, data, information, or physical assets.
In this role, you will:
1. Help the Corporate Security Manager to oversee and mitigate security risks
2. Provide leadership and direction on how we assess and manage security risks, including our retained security responsibilities
3. Work with risk owners across the organisation to ensure risks are understood, assessed, and adequately mitigated
4. Provide assurance to the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for security, EA Board, and Executive Directors
5. Work in partnership with Defra group Security to ensure we have security strategies, policies, and processes in place
6. Lead on delivering actions to improve our security culture including through training, communications, and engagement
7. Run governance meetings to oversee decisions for security
8. Maintain networks with security professionals to stay up to date with the latest context
The wider team manages a diverse range of work. There is an expectation that you will become involved in work the whole team does, which will give you the opportunity to gain a wide range of experience of key activities.
We are committed to having an inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job-share. Please include any information about your preferred working arrangements on your application.
The team
You will be part of a small, welcoming team within the Corporate Management, Assurance, and Security team, focused on protecting and empowering the organisation to function effectively and be resilient. You will have access to the advice of professional security teams in Defra group Security, and work with subject matter experts in the Environment Agency.
Experience/skills Required
The external security landscape is complex with new and evolving risks. Although you do not need to be a security professional, you will need the following skills and experience:
1. Appreciation of wider influences for the security of the organisation, so we can continuously improve to meet changing demands
2. Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes, promote partnership, influence, and inspire others
3. Building effective partnerships with Defra and Environment Agency colleagues, to jointly manage risks
4. Able to work with senior people, manage multiple priorities, and competing demands on yourself and your team
5. Experience of inspiring culture change, stakeholder management, leading communications and engagement, and implementing business change solutions is beneficial
Contact and additional information
Everyone that joins us is required to undertake training and participate in incident response duties when needed. Further information can be found within your candidate pack.
This is a hybrid role; contractually you will be office-based at your nearest base location in England but you will also be able to work from home. There will be some national travel for meetings.
There will be an informal session to hear more about the role and ask questions on Wednesday 21st May 12.30-1.30. For further details please contact Emma Young at emma.young@environment-agency.gov.uk to join the session or receive a transcript.
Interviews are scheduled to take place from week commencing 16th June 2025.
To apply for this post, please provide examples for each of the competencies below:
* Builds and Sustains Relationships: Please demonstrate your capability with an example by telling us how you build effective relationships, that lead to successful delivery of joint outcomes.
* Leads People: To demonstrate your broad leadership, how would you ensure that everyone in the organisation is aware of their security responsibilities?
* Delivers Results Through Others: Please demonstrate through an example how you use the skills and expertise of others to deliver joint outcomes.
Note: If applying from the Civil Service, be aware that the Environment Agency is not part of HM Civil Service, and you will not be a Crown Servant if appointed. You may be eligible for continuous service depending on your current employment status; please consult your HR.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome flexible working arrangements, including job shares. We also guarantee an interview to applicants with disabilities whose applications meet the minimum criteria.
The Environment Agency is a Non-Departmental Public Body that uses central government frameworks for external recruitment. For support or to become a supplier, visit the Crown Commercial Service website.
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