NHS Supply Chain Graduate Cyber Security Analyst

NHS Supply Chain has opened applications for their 2025 Graduate Scheme Programme. At NHS Supply Chain, you don’t have to be a health practitioner to make a difference to patients. Our purpose is to deliver supply chain excellence and best value to NHS customers and patients through innovation, service, and clinical expertise. The NHS is the biggest organisation in the UK, and it relies on billions of medical devices and specialist items every year to provide expert care. We’re here to buy safe, quality products that are exactly what our practitioners need. At the same time, we’re working towards becoming the world’s first net-zero national health system by 2040. To achieve this, we’re constantly innovating and using data and technology to drive our efficiency.

As a Graduate Cyber Security Analyst you will play a key part within the Data and Technology Directorate. The Graduate Cyber Analyst will work alongside the NHS Supply Chain Cyber Security Team and Managed Service Provider (MSP) to ensure systems are monitored and configured securely, and security events and incidents are escalated and mitigated as per response plans. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of cyber operations at NHS Supply Chain, ensuring we remain protected from cyber threats throughout.

What does a Graduate do at NHS Supply Chain? You will experience different areas of the business including placements in key areas of the business. You will be allocated a mentor for the duration of your programme and the opportunity to gain 2-way feedback on your programme over the 2-year period. With the support from others in the team, as a Graduate, you will work with the NHS Cyber Security Team and our Managed Service Provider to ensure that the confidentiality, availability and integrity of NHS Supply Chain’s information and systems is protected. You will also support security projects needed to improve NHS Supply Chain’s cyber security posture, and protect us against cyber threats.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

• Education: Minimum 2.2 degree achieved within the last 3-5 years. A cyber security degree, or degree in a relevant field, is desirable.
• Technical Skills: Experience working with security tools, such as Microsoft Defender.
• Analytical Abilities: Strong analytical skills to identify patterns within data and derive meaningful insights.
• Communication Skills: Excellent writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills to clearly explain complex data findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Organisational Skills: Ability to manage tasks and projects efficiently with attention to detail to ensure accuracy and reliability of data.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work well with people, develop strong working relationships, and a love for learning and meeting new people.
• Attention to Detail: Ensuring accuracy in all aspects of work.
• Adaptability: Willingness to learn and adapt in a dynamic environment.
• Desire: To work in or to support the NHS with the drive and ambition to develop a career in the field of Cyber Security.

What can we offer you? We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees’ hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%).
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we? Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales. We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk

Our Inclusive Commitment At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply. We reserve the right to close any vacancy from further submissions when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.