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Security Risk Support Analyst – Inside IR35

Contract Term: 12 Months   

Contracting Authority: Department for Work and Pensions

Location: Hybrid working (2 days per week in Birmingham, Leeds, Blackpool or Sheffield office)

Please note: This role requires SC Clearance. Candidates must be eligible/willing to undergo SC screening as a minimum.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

• Run an effective welfare system that enables people to achieve financial independence by providing assistance and guidance into employment
• Increase saving for, and security in later life
• Create a fair and affordable welfare system which improves the life chances of children
• Deliver outstanding services to our customers and claimants
• Deliver efficiently: transform the way we deliver our services to reduce costs and increase productivity

Description:

DWP are currently building and innovating ways of working to support how cyber security risk assessments are conducted within DWP.

We also pride ourselves in providing self-service tools to enable colleagues to engage, collaborate and to develop the required solution that meets security standards.

As a Security Support Analyst you will work towards developing a good understanding of the tools and techniques used by DWPs and to be able to contribute to core security deliverables.

You will be given appropriate responsibility and under the guidance of cyber security risk analysts assist in delivering cyber security risk management and change recommendations for the department.

Responsibilities:

• Manage risks, issues and dependencies (external and internal) for DSRM deliverables and own them until they are effectively resolved.
• Manage team dynamics, demonstrating leadership, coaching teams and team members to improve flow, quality and ownership throughout the wider team. Deal with conflict and help establish a positive team culture.
• Establish collaborative working across organisational boundaries, ensuring quality is delivered at pace.
• Lead robust adaptive planning collaboratively across stakeholders, establishing priorities, conflicts and issues, helping everyone to navigate a complex environment.
• Actively manage change and governance, changing parameters as appropriate in association with governance boards and senior stakeholders, taking all cross-project impacts into account
• Take responsibility for the business function and develop processes and workflows. Continuously improve own knowledge and skills in DWP security management, digital frameworks and technologies. Coaching and mentoring other members of the team.
• Communicate with impact across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, tailoring messages to ensure that it is right for the audience
• Promote productive relationships with other Digital Practices, sharing perspectives on delivery issues, resolving common problems.

Key Skills/Knowledge:

• Takes full responsibility for complex projects with high impact, managing risks and dependencies effectively.
• Adapts methods and tools for project management, ensuring effective change control, risk management, and testing processes.
• Prioritises tasks based on data, manages internal and external dependencies, and removes blockers to ensure delivery confidence.
• Clarifies stakeholder needs and expectations before decision-making, encourages innovative suggestions, and analyses technical information for informed decisions.
• Possesses operational cyber risk experience, relevant certifications (CRISC/CISSP or CCSP), and experience in triage and prioritization of security engagements.
• Experience with CIS18 framework.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with rebecca.nolan@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas