ABOUT THE ROLE
This is an exciting opportunity to lead on cyber governance across Northumbria University as our Cyber Governance Manager. You'll be responsible for establishing and maintaining a strong cyber governance framework, ensuring that all cyber security policies, processes, risk decisions, controls, and audit actions are properly owned, measured, and adhered to.
You'll own activities arising from internal, external, and regulatory audits, working to reduce the University's cyber risk exposure, improve responsibilities and accountabilities, and achieve sustained alignment with the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF). Key responsibilities include developing and maintaining cyber security policies, SOPs, and standards with appropriate governance approval and scheduled reviews, driving policy adoption across Digital Technology and Transformation Services (DTT) and system-owning teams.
You'll provide oversight for vulnerability management activities, produce regular risk and vulnerability reporting for senior management. Working closely with the Head of Cyber Security, you'll design and maintain reporting mechanisms for cyber risk, vulnerabilities, patching, and identity lifecycle management, while acting as the primary point of contact for auditors on cyber governance matters.
This role requires someone who can challenge constructively, enforce standards, and translate technical vulnerability reports into clear risk language for senior stakeholders, driving a culture of accountability and proactive risk management across the University.
Further information is available in the job description .
ABOUT THE TEAM
You'll be based on campus working within the Digital Technology and Transformation Services, reporting to the Head of Cyber Security. This is a collaborative environment where you'll work alongside technical teams, system owners, HR, and senior leadership to ensure comprehensive cyber governance across the University.
Within the Digital Technology and Transformation Services, we deliver a range of technology solutions and services including cyber security, infrastructure management, and enterprise systems that support the university's mission and protect our digital assets.
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in the role you will have:
* Knowledge of cyber security governance frameworks (e.g., NCSC CAF)
* Understanding of vulnerability management and patching processes
* Familiarity with identity governance and privileged access controls
* Experience maintaining cyber security policies and governance frameworks
* Experience in vulnerability and risk reporting
* Experience working with ticketing/workflow systems (e.g., ServiceNow)
* Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across technical and non-technical teams
Further information is available in the person specification .
To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.
ABOUT US
Join Northumbria University, a research-intensive institution unlocking potential and changing lives locally and globally. Named Times Higher Education's University of the Year in 2022 and Modern University of the Year in 2025, we rank top 25 in the UK for research power. Discover more about us .
With over 37,000 students from 140+ countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and more .
Our Northumbria Values, co-created by our team, define who we are: Academic Excellence, Innovation, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Ambition. Our Behaviours shape our work culture: We listen and learn, support one another, respect everyone, trust each other, and are bold.
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holding numerous awards for gender and race equality, disability confidence, and research excellence. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxess initiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers.The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.
Apply now and join a community committed to transforming society and the economy. Explore \" Our Exceptional People, Our Values and Behaviours \" page to learn more about our commitments and see our Privacy Policy for further details.We're seeking a cyber security governance specialist to establish and maintain our cyber governance framework, managing policies, risk, compliance, and audit activities aligned to NCSC CAF standards.