Head of Threat Intelligence

at  Bank of England

DIRECTORATE OVERVIEW

The Secretary’s Department sits at the heart of the Bank of England, and has three core purposes:

• First, we contribute to effective decision-making and the smooth running of the Bank. We do this by providing the Bank’s central secretariat to the Bank’s Court of Directors, the Executive and subsidiaries; promote good corporate governance throughout the organisation; and provide advice to Governors on national security issues.

• Second, we help protect the integrity and impartiality of the Bank and its officials. We do this by maintaining and promoting Our Code and advising all levels of the organisation advising all levels of the organisation on conflicts of interest; handling “Speak Up” whistleblowing matters; and identifying, mitigating and managing insider risks.Third, we serve as a custodian of corporate information and institutional memory. We do this by cataloguing, preserving and making accessible historic records; acquiring and managing access to information resources, and delivering a professional library service for the Bank; and delivering a records service which manages the Bank’s information and records to meet professional standards and statutory obligations.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is a key role reporting directly to the Bank’s Head of National Security but working closely with the Bank’s security teams and beyond. As an experienced intelligence analyst, you will be responsible for articulating the Bank’s assessment of the physical and personnel security threat and working closely with the Bank’s security teams and senior stakeholders to directly influence and challenge how the Bank protects its people, sites and other assets. You will draw on your extensive knowledge of physical and personnel security threat methodologies and experience to provide both operational and strategic threat intelligence reporting and assessment. You will work with cyber and financial sector colleagues and subject matter experts within the Bank and externally to ensure a common understanding in the Bank of external threat across different domains.
Number of direct reports: 0, although there is potential for line management responsibilities.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:

You will:

• Be responsible for articulating the physical and personnel security threat to the Bank.
• Respond to tasking from security teams to deliver intelligence products on a range of operational and strategic issues and themes.
• Ensure the Bank’s senior management understand the threat landscape and offer challenge to the Bank’s security functions on management of security risk.
• Co-ordinate the Bank’s collection and reporting requirements for physical and personnel security.
• Monitor all relevant threat actors and developments in threat methodology.
• Facilitate third party support both public and private sector and link in across other Bank intelligence functions including Technology.
• Represent the Bank within HMG, the financial sector, internationally and with the Central Bank security community.

The Secretary’s Department sits at the heart of the Bank of England, and has three core purposes:

• First, we contribute to effective decision-making and the smooth running of the Bank. We do this by providing the Bank’s central secretariat to the Bank’s Court of Directors, the Executive and subsidiaries; promote good corporate governance throughout the organisation; and provide advice to Governors on national security issues.
• Second, we help protect the integrity and impartiality of the Bank and its officials. We do this by maintaining and promoting Our Code and advising all levels of the organisation advising all levels of the organisation on conflicts of interest; handling “Speak Up” whistleblowing matters; and identifying, mitigating and managing insider risks.Third, we serve as a custodian of corporate information and institutional memory. We do this by cataloguing, preserving and making accessible historic records; acquiring and managing access to information resources, and delivering a professional library service for the Bank; and delivering a records service which manages the Bank’s information and records to meet professional standards and statutory obligations