Deputy Director Cyber Security Engagement and Compliance in London

The Joint Cyber Unit (JCU) is a collaboration between the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England (NHSE). The JCU is embedded within the Digital Policy Unit (DPU), which aims to design, plan and build a digitally enabled, data-driven and safe health and social care system.

The JCU develops and implements strategy, policy and standards for cyber security across the NHS and Adult Social Care in England. It has responsibility for designing, implementing and assuring the cyber security system risk management and compliance framework across the wider health and care system.

As a Deputy Director, the post holder will work across the Joint Cyber Unit, leading on cyber security across the health and care sector and increasing compliance with mandated cyber security standards. The role requires a strong understanding of cyber security or significant technical knowledge and will lead on:

• Leadership and development of teams across JCU
• Governance, Risk and Compliance
• Strategy and Policy
• Stakeholder management and engagement

The postholder will support the management of any NHS or wider health and care system cyber incidents and oversee the High Severity Alert Process, which may require working out of hours and at weekends.

Essential requirements:

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in a specialist area.
• Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Prince 2 or Managing Successful Projects.
• A willingness to train to gain or hold appropriate cyber qualifications (ISACA: Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)).
• Strong understanding of cyber security or significant technical knowledge.
• Experience leading and creating large scale, complex engagement strategies.
• Demonstrated expertise in a Healthcare environment.
• Significant management experience at senior level in the NHS or other public healthcare related industry.
• Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in pressured and politically sensitive environments.
• Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment with knowledge of and experience in handling media relations.
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.

Desirable requirements:

• Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment.

Important: All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold security clearance SC level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role will still be considered.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.