IT Security Assurance Manager in Bristol

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This role provides an excellent opportunity to join the Forestry England IT Security Governance, Risk and Compliance team. You will be responsible for taking forward and developing our IT Security assurance and audit activities, governance, risk-awareness, security, and compliance obligations in a dynamic environment. The IT Security Assurance Manager will be:

• Overseeing audit assessment, assurance and remedial/improvement actions.
• Leading liaison activities to drive awareness and collaborative improvement workstreams.
• Leading efforts to attain and work to industry frameworks, standards and best practice.

You will help us drive forward security standards and capabilities, understanding and identifying the risks associated with systems, services and suppliers to align standards to HMG security requirements, legislative obligations, and best practices effectively.

If local to Bristol, you will be required to work from the office approx. 2 days per week. If you are not local to Bristol you may be contracted and able to work from a local site. You would be able to attend our north Bristol office ideally once/twice per month. You may occasionally be required to make planned site visits across England with some overnight stays. You will be required to participate in planned on call rotas. Other infrequent out of hours work may be necessary, e.g. supporting resolution of incidents.

Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension. You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit scheme. You will receive 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro-rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays. STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays, clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app. You will also benefit from free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury. We have a commitment to lifelong learning through career development. Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. Your experience will be tested through technical and scenarios-based questioning, discussion, and exercises. The competencies being assessed at interview are:

• Changing and Improving
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing
• Working Together

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government check. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Civil Service and Immigration Act 2016 initiative. Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in line with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.