Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal
Job title:
Security Risk & Compliance Manager
Company
Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal
Job description
Job Description:
A truly unique building, the Palace of Westminster – a world famous icon of democracy – needs essential restoration and renewal to preserve it for future generations. Covering 34 acres, and the size of more than 1,000 houses, there are 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases, three miles of passageways, four floors and 65 different levels. We’ve already engaged teams of architects, engineers, project managers and contractors who will shape the future direction of the work. Restoring Parliament is already boosting UK industries, and the restoration will use UK materials wherever possible and create jobs and apprenticeships across the country, from engineering and high-tech design to traditional crafts such as carpentry and stonemasonry.
We’re now looking for a Security Risk & Compliance Manager to join our Programme Security Team. You will be joining a newly established team and will be expected to build and lead a comprehensive security risk function that is representative to the entire security threat profile of the organisation, providing guidance and consultative engagement across the organisation relating to security compliance against standards and frameworks, and where appropriate, supporting our Information Security Manager with supplier security engagement activities such as supply chain security risk management.
You will be a proven risk manager who can engage and drive control ownership and mitigation performance across our internal security team leads, such as Human Security Risk, Cyber & Digital Security Risk, Physical Security Risk, Information Security Risk, Supplier Security Risk, and Personnel Security Risk. Comfortable working with digital risk and technically astute, you will drive engagement and security conversation with specialist stakeholders across the business, significantly, Audit and Assurance, Compliance Reporting, Strategic Risk Programme Office, Corporate Governance and Legal. The role also requires you to perform the duties of the Security Secretariat for Programme Security Governance meetings.
The ideal candidate will be comfortable as a senior manager and a passionate risk advocate who is technically astute. You must also be able to articulate/present/discuss the impact of technical and non-technical risks in the context of R&R’s business, with business stakeholders. You will be engaging and open to sharing your experiences to help your colleagues gain knowledge and improve their own security professional profile.
The following skills and experience are essential to your success in this role:
- A proven information security professional with a compliance and risk management background, ideally within any of the following: ISO27005, 31000, NIST, COBIT, OCTAVE etc.
- Proven experience of establishing a security risk and compliance function
- Extensive experience of technology risk, information security risk, or IT audit and assurance
- Extensive experience of developing risk management frameworks and writing statutory risk reports for governance committees and groups
- A strong understanding of fundamental information and cyber security concepts and technologies
- Demonstrated expertise in initiating stakeholder management with a proactive approach and fostering positive behaviors, leading to successful engagement in risk and compliance activities
- Experience presenting technical and complex concepts to a wide audience to inform a variety of stakeholders and ensure that security and risk is at the forefront
- Experience collating, analysing and interpreting information in both written and presentation form with the ability to effectively present and communicate this in a way that will reach and influence a variety of audiences
- Demonstrated ability to manage various streams of activity with minimal supervision, collaborating with other departments to effectively achieve desired outcomes.
Salary circa £75,000 per annum
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- 30 days holiday plus public holidays
- Discretionary bonus scheme depending on both corporate and individual performance
- Life assurance of 4 x salary death in service
- Group Income Protection
- Pension – up to 10% employer contribution
- Up to 5 days paid volunteering
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Professional Body Fees paid
- Working in a hybrid / smart way
We are committed to promoting diversity and equal opportunities in employment. We are building diverse teams and seek to attract and retain talented individuals from a range of backgrounds and cultures to join us on this hugely challenging and important project.
To view the full job description, please click .
Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter, stating your suitability for the role and if you believe you have any current or potential conflicts of interest relating to this position.
We look forward to receiving your completed application by 12 noon on Friday 26 January 2024.
Security
Successful candidates will be required to complete security vetting to a minimum Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) level obtained through the Parliamentary Security Department (PSD). Candidates are required to pass these checks before a start date can be confirmed.
Applicants should also be aware that, depending on the role applied for, if they have resided outside of the UK for a total of more than two of the last five years, they may not be eligible for vetting.
About Us: The Palace of Westminster is home to one of the busiest and most historic parliamentary institutions in the world and is an enduring symbol of our national identity. As one of the top 5 most recognisable buildings in the world, the Palace is visited by millions of tourists each year.
The Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal Programme has been set up to tackle all the work necessary to protect and preserve this UNESCO World Heritage site. It will be the biggest renovation of an historic building ever undertaken in the UK.
Expected salary
£75000 per year
Location
London
Job date
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:44:13 GMT
To help us track our recruitment effort, please indicate in your email/cover letter where (un-jobs.net) you saw this job posting.