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 work in a small team responsible for providing assurance that we’re addressing security risks and fostering a positive security culture. You will serve as a role model for security, promoting good behaviors, and contributing to the protection of our people, data, information, and physical assets.
In this role, you will:
* Assist the Corporate Security Manager in overseeing and mitigating security risks
* Provide leadership on assessing and managing security risks, including our security responsibilities
* Collaborate with risk owners across the organisation to understand, assess, and mitigate risks
* Offer assurance to the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), EA Board, and Executive Directors
* Partner with Defra group Security to ensure security strategies, policies, and processes are in place
* Lead initiatives to improve security culture through training, communication, and engagement
* Facilitate governance meetings for security decision-making
* Maintain professional networks to stay updated on security developments
The team handles diverse tasks, offering opportunities to gain broad experience. We value an inclusive workforce and support flexible working arrangements, including job sharing. Please specify your preferred working arrangements in your application.
The team
You will be part of a small, welcoming team within the Corporate Management, Assurance, and Security group, focused on protecting and empowering the organisation. You will have access to professional security advice within Defra group Security and collaborate with subject matter experts at the Environment Agency.
Experience and skills required
The external security landscape is complex and evolving. While you do not need to be a security professional, you should possess:
* An understanding of broader influences on organisational security to facilitate continuous improvement
* Proven leadership skills to achieve outcomes, foster partnerships, influence, and inspire
* Ability to build effective partnerships with Defra and Environment Agency colleagues to jointly manage risks
* Experience working with senior stakeholders, managing multiple priorities, and balancing demands
* Experience in inspiring cultural change, stakeholder management, communications, engagement, and implementing business change (beneficial but not essential)
Additional information
All new hires must undertake training and participate in incident response duties as needed. This is a hybrid role; you will be based at your nearest location in England with options for remote work, and some travel may be required. An informal session will be held on Wednesday, 21 May, 12:30-13:30. Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing 16 June 2025. Please provide examples demonstrating the following competencies in your application:
1. Builds and Sustains Relationships: Describe how you build effective relationships to achieve joint outcomes.
2. Leads People: Explain how you ensure everyone understands their security responsibilities.
3. Delivers Results Through Others: Share an example of how you leverage others’ skills to deliver outcomes.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome flexible working arrangements. We also guarantee interviews for applicants with disabilities meeting the minimum criteria.
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