Security Advisor (Personnel)

at  Department for Culture Media and Sport

JOB SUMMARY

The Security Team is an integral aspect of the corporate function and are accountable to the Permanent Secretary as Accounting Officer and the Director General (Performance and Strategy) as Chief Security Officer.

The team are responsible for the protection of DCMS assets aligning the strategic, advisory and operational aspects of security covering

• Physical
• Personnel
• Communication Information Systems (CIS)
• Investigations
• Information leaks
• Security Breaches
• Risk assessments (UK/Overseas)
• Incident Management (including Business Continuity) Behavioural education and Awareness enabling departmental functionality.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This is a key role within the DCMS security team, leading on Personnel Security including drafting and updating policies, leading on unauthorised disclosures and the wider departmental insider risk programme, Investigations and management of security vetting process.
This will require an ability to communicate across the organisation, including to negotiate with more senior staff to ensure that delivery reflects the level of risk to the organisation. Policy capability will be important to ensuring that processes and policies remain fit for purpose, including a good understanding of wider HR policies (inc whistle blowing).
We are aiming to recruit people from diverse backgrounds to make sure we have a wide range of skills to strengthen our security capability across government. We value the fact that our different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences and ways of working produce a more effective team.
Each one of us has a part to play in helping government to keep the UK secure. The most important aspect of the requirement is that candidates have a good understanding of, or keen interest, security of government assets and people.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

The team are responsible for the protection of DCMS assets aligning the strategic, advisory and operational aspects of security covering

• Physical
• Personnel
• Communication Information Systems (CIS)
• Investigations
• Information leaks
• Security Breaches
• Risk assessments (UK/Overseas)
• Incident Management (including Business Continuity) Behavioural education and Awareness enabling departmental functionality

To apply for this vacancy, you will need to submit the following documents which will assessed against the experience success profile:

• A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential and desirable criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained. The CV should not exceed more than 2 x A4 pages and you should insert your CV into the “Job History” section on Civil Service Jobs on the Civil Service Jobs application form.
• A Statement of Suitability (max 750 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role in reference to the essential requirements highlighted. You may also choose to reference the desirable skills listed however these will not be considered in the assessment of your application except in circumstances where there are a high number and calibre of candidates