INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGER

Household / Department
Privy Purse and Treasurer’s Office
Section / Branch
IT & Telecommunications
Location
Buckingham Palace
Contract/recruitment type
Fixed Term Contract
Start date
October 2025
End date
October 2026
Starting salary
£50,000 - £55,000 per annum dependent on experience
Hours of work
37.5 hours a week over 5 days (Monday to Friday)
About the role

IT’S DEVELOPING YOUR SKILLS WHILST PUSHING OUR SYSTEMS FORWARD.

It’s knowing your expertise is valued, and it’s being a part of the professional business behind the monarchy. This is what makes working for the Royal Household exceptional.
Our dedicated Information Security team provide vital support to the organisation, keeping our information, data, systems and overall network protected.
You’ll lead on our Information Security function. In a varied role you’ll be involved in everything from ensuring business compliance with information security policies, maintaining security controls and performing risk and vulnerability assessments.
You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues in the Cyber Security team on a day-to-day basis, providing expert information security advice as issues arise.
Every day your knowledge and advice will be relied upon, providing insight that will make a difference today as well as for the future.

• Managing a specialist Information Security Advisor, you’ll provide expert oversight and guidance to ensure effective service delivery and alignment with ISO 27001.
• You’ll ensure compliance by reviewing information security policies, assessing practices, and ensuring alignment with legal and regulatory requirements, and best practice.
• You’ll identify and assess risks and vulnerabilities across systems and infrastructure, recommend mitigations, and manage the organisation’s supplier assurance assessment activities.
• Providing guidance to all departments across the organisation, you’ll advise on security strategies and controls to manage risks and ensure compliance with relevant standards, legislation, and regulations.
• You’ll also provide information security expertise to the Enterprise Architecture team, evaluating information security impact across current and proposed designs.
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