Head of Cyber Security: Intelligence, Innovation & Risk
Organisation: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Location: Hanslope Park (Milton Keynes) or London (Westminster) - hybrid, minimum 60% in the office
Terms: Permanent, Grade 6
Benefits: 25 days annual leave, Civil Service pension scheme (28.97%)
The salary for this role at Grade 6 starts at £69,500 per annum. If based in Milton Keynes, there will be an additional, non-pensionable, non-consolidated location allowance of £1,750. A specialist allowance of up to £10,800 per annum (non-contractual, non-consolidated and non-pensionable) may be offered based on demonstrated skills, competence and experience at interview. The maximum total remuneration will not exceed £90,600 per annum. The terms of employment include access to the Civil Service pension scheme (employer contribution of 28.97%) and annual leave starting at 25 days per annum.
Security clearance: If successful you must hold, or be willing to obtain, DV level clearance. All offers are subject to achieving DV level clearance. You must have been resident in the UK for five out of the last ten years immediately prior to your application.
We encourage applications from all suitably qualified applicants, irrespective of background or circumstances.
Responsibilities
* Lead strategic development, integration, and continuous improvement of the organisation’s core cyber services—ensuring they are risk informed, intelligence led and future ready. Oversee the following service lines:
o Innovation and Applied Research and Development
o Enterprise Security Risk Management
o Supply Chain Risk Management
* Drive the operational and strategic alignment of cyber services across programmes, supporting secure delivery and resilience in a rapidly evolving threat and technology landscape.
* Be a member of the ICSD Senior Leadership team and IDD Extended Leadership Group; lead engagement and reporting for workstreams; work across the IDD to improve ways of working internally and externally. Represent the CISO at various HMG and external events where necessary.
* Full details of the duties and responsibilities are in the candidate pack.
* Engage on all Minimum Criteria with potential to develop further in some areas.
Minimum Criteria / Qualifications
* Strategic Information Security Risk Management: Supporting the definition and execution of enterprise-wide information security strategies by ensuring strategic security risks are identified, assessed and mitigated whilst achieving enterprise objectives for creating value.
* Operational Information Security Risk Management: Leading organisation-wide information security risk management activities, ensuring risks are identified, assessed and mitigated while projects and services are delivered on time and within resource constraints.
* Threat Intelligence, Assessment and Threat Modelling: Managing threat intelligence and assessment teams, overseeing complex analysis and reporting to deliver actionable intelligence to reduce risk and prevent incidents.
* Innovation and Improvement: Defining and managing applied research and development activities to understand information security opportunities and risks from potential adoption of business, digital and security innovation.
* Third Party Management: Supporting identification, assessment and mitigation of information and cyber security risks presented by third-party relationships, advising senior stakeholders and ensuring suppliers meet security compliance and risk management expectations.
* Management, Leadership and Influence: Shaping Information and Cyber Security leadership, stakeholder influence, and management of high-performing teams, fostering collaboration and continuous learning across an organisation.
Other information
The FCDO is a corporate member of CIISec and we actively encourage all staff to engage with its professional standards to support ongoing development and contribution to the cyber profession.
How to apply
You will be required to complete and submit an application to FCDO@allenlane.co.uk by the closing date of Monday November 3rd at 09:00. This must include a CV detailing your career history (including any relevant qualifications). CVs will be assessed against the Minimum Criteria outlined in the Person Specification section of this Pack. You should also provide a Personal Statement of up to 1,000 words, and a completed online diversity monitoring form.
Your Personal Statement should explain how your skills and experience demonstrate suitability for the role, with specific reference to the Minimum Criteria. Shortlisted candidates will have these responses explored further during the interview process.
This role can be based at one of our offices in Hanslope Park (Milton Keynes) or London (Westminster). Hybrid working is available with an expectation of 60% office time as a minimum.
We want the modern FCDO to reflect the best of 21st century Britain.
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Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Information Technology
Industries: Government Administration and Civic and Social Organizations
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