Senior Security and Information Risk Advisor - Dundee, United Kingdom - Social Security Scotland

Social Security Scotland

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Dundee, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Overview:

Senior Security and Information Risk Advisor | Hybrid Working with Glasgow or Dundee base location | £ £ £5000 DDaT Pay Supplement after 3 month qualifying period | Full or Part Time Hours | Flexi-time | 25 Days annual leave (increasing to 30 after 4 years' service) plus 11.5 Public and Privilege| Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 5.45% employer contributions %)

Social Security Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government, is the largest and most complex IT and digital change programme since devolution.

With a lifetime budget of over £300m, delivering a social security system that will support the people of Scotland for decades to come.

Due to the demands of this exciting programme of work, the Agency is currently experiencing rapid growth and we require more talented digital, security and technology experts to join us.

The Digital Risk and Security branch comprises 4 areas; security risk and assurance, security architecture, cyber operations, and security engineering and protective monitoring.

We are responsible for developing and leading the strategic approach to managing security risk and for developing the operational cyber, physical and personnel security function for Social Security Scotland.

What do we offer you?
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops, and retains only the best talent, including, but not limited to;

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Salary between £41,642 £49,860 plus a £5000 annual Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) pay supplement after a 3 month qualifying period. This supplement is backdated and paid with your monthly salary.
Flexible working arrangements with potential of up to 4 days off per month, in addition to your annual leave.
You will have an annual leave allowance of 25 days, rising to 30 after 4 years plus an additional 111⁄2 days public and privilege holidays.
Workplace adjustments for everyone that needs them to ensure your comfort and safety in your new role.
Learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth.
Career progression join a rapidly growing and developing organisation with excellent opportunities for career advancement.
Contributory Pension Scheme (employee contributions 5.45% employer contributions %).
Health and wellbeing support including 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme, plus counselling support available for all
Discounts and savings in a number of high street and online outlets

DDaT Pay Supplement

Flexible and Hybrid Working

As a digital division we embrace a hybrid working style where all colleagues are expected to be in our buildings in Glasgow and Dundee between 1 and 2 days per week (6 days in a 4 week) cycle.

This hybrid approach provides a combination of flexibility for staff, supporting a combination of staff development and organisational culture.

Base office location can be in either Dundee or Glasgow

About Us
Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government.

Our benefits help people from all walks of life in Scotland. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the clients we serve.

Find out more about us here

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Security Risk and Information Advisor, you will already have a good understanding of security standards and policy and use this experience to provide effective advice and guidance on cyber security controls.

You will have the opportunity to represent Digital Risk and Security project teams and boards and contribute to the development of policies, standards and guidelines.

Provide advice and guidance on security strategies to manage identified risks and ensure adoption and adherence to standards.
Obtain and act on vulnerability information and conducts information security risk assessments and business impact analysis on complex information systems.
Investigate major breaches of security, and recommends appropriate control improvements
Contribute to development of information security policy, standards and guidelines. Interprets information assurance and security policies and applies these in order to manage risks
Provide advice and guidance to ensure adoption of and adherence to information assurance architectures, strategies, policies, standards and guidelines
Use control testing information to support information assurance assessments
Management of problems and issues, resolutions, corrective actions, and lessons learned
Collection of feedback from customers in order to develop and enhance customer and stakeholder relationships.
Leading an mentoring a small number of security support staff.

Qualifications:
No specific qualifications required for this Post.

How to apply
It is important that you also take time to complete a personal statement (no longer than 750 words). This should clearly demonstrate how your skills, qualities and exper