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Are you ready to work in one of the most interesting cyber security environments and share your experience to support national security?

The Cyber Defence & Risk (CyDR) team plays an integral role in protecting the UK against external and internal cyber security threats to ensure that our Armed Forces have the strong cyber defences they need. The team is responsible for enabling Defence, through the provision of specialist cyber security services across UK Defence including industry partners, other Government Departments and working our international allies. Services provided by CyDR include:

• MOD defensive cyber strategy and transformation roadmap development
• Development of cyber security policy and architecture standards
• Managing and driving mitigation of Departmental cyber risk
• Security assurance and accreditation support and advice to transformation programmes

With a fantastic growing team of military and civilian staff operating across the UK it is a great time to be a cyber security professional in the Ministry of Defence.

If you can see yourself contributing to the world of CyDR the next chapter of your career may be with us!

This post is advertised as 37 hours per week.

Effective policy is essential to delivering cyber security across the wider Defence community. To be effective, it must be properly considered, clearly articulated and coherent. This role will bring together all aspects of policy relevant to cyber security, including technical and business aspects, addressing system design and delivery and ensuring that policy and guidance is sustainable and forward looking.

The Cyber Security Technical Policy Assistant Head works within the Governance, Risk and Compliance team, within the CyDR Directorate and is responsible to the Cyber Security Policy Deputy Head for ensuring:

• The leadership and delivery of departmental technical and business policy and guidance pertaining to cyber security, including to the wider Defence community.
• Leadership of the CyDR Technical Policy team.

In return, you will benefit from excellent learning and development opportunities tailored to your role and beyond. Whilst in post, you’ll be able to gain industry recognised qualifications and we’ll support you throughout the process. You’ll also be able to take advantage of our excellent benefits package, including flexible working, generous leave allowance, discount services and a market-leading Civil Service pension.

We are a small, highly specialised team, performing a critical role in Defence Digital. This is an exciting opportunity to join us and be part of our journey!

Responsibilities include:

• Lead delivery of Defence policy and guidance relating to cyber security and cover technical aspects of information technology and operational technology systems.

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  Ensure coherence and clarity of policy.

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  Maintain understanding of future technology direction to ensure policy is forward looking.

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  Maintain close liaison with key stakeholders across Defence and other government departments, to support wider policy activities.

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  Line management of Policy team personnel, to ensure workloads are balanced efficiently, resource issues are escalated promptly and personnel are professional and motivated.

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  Represent Cyber Defence & Risk team interests at internal and external meetings as required.

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  Support the development of mechanisms to drive continuous improvement and encourage the sharing of best practice.

If you have the following knowledge, skills and experience, we would love to hear from you!

• Technical understanding of ICT and Operational Technology

Desirable qualifications: CISMP, CISSP or CCP; BSc or HND or equivalent in an ICT or Engineering related discipline.

Desirable memberships: CIISec or BCS.

Desirable experience or knowledge of:

• Cyber Security Governance
• Cyber Security Policy and Standards
• Cyber Security Legal & Regulatory Environment & Compliance
• Risk understanding and mitigation

Allowances: A Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) of up to £9k per annum may be payable with this post, paid in increments upon reaching the required level of competence.

Dependent on the business need, there may be a requirement to travel to meetings within the UK (or potentially occasional overseas visits).

If not already held, the successful candidate will be required to undergo DV clearance.

Location: This position can be based at Main Building, London; RAF Wyton, Huntingdon or MOD Corsham, Wiltshire.

Work location will be agreed once the successful candidate has been selected.

This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (the permanent duty station, which is based on business assessment of where the work is best done) and working from home as a personal choice (if the role is suitable for this). If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

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

• Leadership
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving

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

• Cyber Security Policy and Standards

• 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%
• Family Friendly – Enhanced Parental and Adoption Leave.
• A wide range of discounts – Defence Discount Service, Civil Service societies for Sports and Leisure, Healthcare, Insurance, Motoring, company discounts with Virgin, Vodafone, and Microsoft Office.
• 5 days per year Learning & Development
• In year rewards and ‘thank you’ schemes.
• Flexible working.
• Generous leave allocations.
• Please see Benefits Leaflet for more detail

Equality and Diversity

Our people are at the heart of everything we do at Defence Digital. It’s vital that our workforce reflects the diversity of both our audience and the wider society in the UK, so we’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. We also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for all our roles. Please let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process if this is something you want to explore.

Defence Digital is currently going through a Transformation Programme which aims to ensure we have the right workforce, with the right skills, to deliver the MOD's Digital Strategy. As the programme progresses, Defence Digital staff may be required to undergo an assessment to understand and develop their upskilling needs to support the delivery of this strategy. This post may be impacted by Transformation.

Defence Digital operates an organisation model in which every individual belongs to a Government Profession. The successful applicant will be posted into one of the defined Government Professions on Standard Terms of Reference for the grade. Defence Digital reserves the right to move individuals between roles, within their allocated profession, to meet the needs of the business and in support of agile resourcing.

Within Defence Digital each profession is led by a Professional Head of Community who will lead professional development and support the Continuous Professional Development path for their group.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

This post does not offer any assistance with relocation allowances. External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six month probation period.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk

Please note: Interview travel expenses will not be reimbursed.

Posts based in London will attract the relevant London weighting.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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