Security Education and Awareness Team Lead - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Salary:

- £50,155 - £60,781-
Job grade:
  • Grade 7
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • DWP
  • Finance
  • Security & Data Protection
    Type of role:
  • Education and Training
  • Information Technology
  • Knowledge and Information Management
  • Security
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Blackpool, Leeds, NewcastleuponTyne, SheffieldAbout the job

Job summary:


The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) holds data on the majority of citizens in the UK and provides essential services to the most vulnerable in society.

As the UK's biggest public service department, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.


The security of citizens' data is of paramount importance to allow DWP to effectively provide its primary objective of public service provision in a safe and secure manner.


DWP's Security education and awareness promotes positive security behaviours to protect DWP, its infrastructure and its staff from physical, personnel and cyber threats.


Security Education and Awareness Team sits within Security & Data Protection, as part of the Security Policy and Central Services (SPCS) function.


Job description:


To lead the development and maintenance of security education and awareness to promote positive security behaviours across DWP and to our business partners.


Security Education & Awareness (SEA) is insight led and MI responsive to risk and threats, through a multi-disciplinary approach comprising of campaigns, e-learning, other behaviour change products and interventions, and the advice services of the portal, chatbot and Security Advice Centre.


Responsibilities

  • Manage activity to deliver and assure the SEA programme across DWP and ensure that the overall work programme is delivered to appropriate professional standards, within budget and to timescales.
  • Manage the governance of the SEA programme through representation at Governance boards and regular reporting to Senior Managers.
  • Manage the procurement, implementation and management of new, innovative digital platforms and products that improve the delivery of Security Education and Awareness within DWP where appropriate and/or work in partnership with other areas of DWP to embed SEA within their platforms and products.
  • Ensure appropriate collaboration with the crossGovernment Security Education and Awareness Centre (SEAC) to ensure DWP SEA utilises and shares best practice and to ensure value for money.
  • Responsible for the implementation of the SEA Strategy through alignment of strategic and tactical activities
  • Collaborate with and influence senior managers and other stakeholders across DWP business areas to gain buy in for SEA activities across DWP.
  • Promote an environment of continuous improvement across the team, where learning from feedback, security risks, events, incidents, investigations and trends becomes integral to business design and processes.
  • Manage the SEA team and additional contingent labour resource to ensure timely delivery of objectives to required standards in a supportive and inclusive environment.
  • Lead engagement with behaviour insight teams and ensure the SEA programme's activities are based upon best practice behaviour insight methodology.
  • Ensure the SEA programme continues to develop an evaluation framework that measures the effectiveness of the programme's behaviour change activities.

Person specification:


Essential Criteria

  • Experience of communicating using a variety of channels such as visual, online/digital and/or physical media, with practical experience employing various techniques to target different, and a diverse range of, target audiences.
  • Experience in project management, including planning and time management, with the ability to manage and maintain a complex programme of initiatives over the longer term.
  • Experience of collating, interpreting and explaining Management Information.

Desirable Criteria

  • Certificate in Information Security Management Principles (CISMP)
  • SANS Security Awareness Professional (SSAP).

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
  • Delivering at Pace

Benefits:


  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%


This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in their DWP office and part of the week from home.

This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and your offic
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