85606 - Security Profession Associate

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Security Profession Associate
Closing Date: 10th of April 2024
Location: National
Salary Range: The national salary range is £32,827 - £35,678, London salary range is £37,174 - £40,403. Your salary will be dependent on your base location.
Interviews: week commencing 6th of May 2024
The role
The MoJ Information Security Team sits at the heart of the Ministry of Justice, one of the largest departments in government, supporting over 80,000 users and helping to secure services at the heart of the justice system. The team works to enable good security practices through the provision of security policies, guidance, education and understanding cyber security risks from all parts of the Ministry of Justice and the wider Justice sector. It also provides assurance to the departmental Senior Information Risk Owner, the Permanent Secretary and other senior stakeholders, that identified risks are being effectively managed in the delivery of MoJ objectives.
The Head of the Security Profession is responsible for security roles across the department – supporting colleagues within the local team and security teams in Digital and Technology, HMCTS and Arm’s Length Bodies. The Security Profession Associate will support the Head of Security Profession by providing leadership and development expertise within the local team and teams more widely across MoJ.
You will be tasked with supporting security colleagues with their professional development, skills gap analysis and fulfilling their career aspirations and potential. Additionally, you will support line managers and team leaders with their own security responsibilities, helping to build and develop expert teams, by supporting recruitment activities, and expanding our talent pipeline by aiding schemes such as cyber apprenticeships and the cyber–Fast Stream.
All members of the team are expected to help develop the MoJ Security Function as a centre of excellence for the department and to contribute to building a brilliant and diverse team that is a welcoming place for all.
Main Responsibilities
Learning & Development (L&D)
• Support L&D strategy to develop high performing security teams.
• Assess current and future requirements, including gaps in capability, and identify L&D interventions to meet them in line with the organisation’s strategic direction.
• Monitor and evaluate courses and learning opportunities for relevance and value for money.
• Build relationships and form a strong understanding of all MoJ security teams to identify L&D opportunities within the department.
• Ensure alignment of L&D strategies with security good practices.
Talent Development
• Work with security teams to enhance the talent management framework for security.
• Enhance security leadership by providing advice and support to projects, services and people managers.
• Support the growth of new talent, by coordinating development posts (apprentices, fast streamers, placements, CyberFirst etc) and being responsible for the individuals, arranging suitable placements for them across the department.
Leadership
• Provide leadership and guidance, through supporting line management (or scheme equivalent) to developments roles.
• Find innovating ways to create a truly inclusive Security Profession, through novel recruitment and retention ideas, and supporting individuals from the widest possible range of backgrounds and circumstances to success within the MoJ Security Profession. Find opportunities for direct engagement with potential sources of future talent – such as outreach to schools and veterans programmes.
• Testing and refining induction and training packs for all Government Security Profession staff across the Ministry.
• Provide support to members of the Security Profession working across the MoJ, creating forums for collaboration and communication.
• Build links across government to ensure that the MoJ Profession is influential in cross government networks and is taking full advantage of the available schemes.
You will also
• Encourage a learning culture within the security teams.
• Build awareness of the training that the profession offers and track individual and collective progress.
• Identify opportunities for skilled colleagues to receive specialist training to support their development.
• Contribute to building the profile of security within the MoJ.
• Support business and cultural change.