Information security governance, risk and assurance lead Work, Jobs in Devizes, Wil (with Salaries)

Information Security Governance, Risk and Assurance Lead
UK Research and Innovation —Swindon
- £46,743 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
5h
Information Security Governance, Risk and Assurance Lead
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) —Swindon
- £46,743 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
14d
Major Crime Review Officer
Wiltshire Police —Devizes
- £38,979 - £40,932 a year
- Full-time
- English
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
Investigations, Whistleblowing and Complaints Senior Manager
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) —Swindon
- £46,743 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
11d
Information Security Officer
SBS —Bristol
- £55,000 - £60,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- AWS
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Work from home
Quick apply
Investigations, Whistleblowing and Complaints Senior Manager
UK Research and Innovation —Swindon
- £46,743 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
5h
Group Environmental, Health and Safety Manager
T H White Ltd —Devizes
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree
- In-person
- Employee discount
- Employee stock ownership plan
Quick apply
PMO Analyst
Leidos —Ham
- £34,800 - £43,500 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Senior Fraud Investigator
Nationwide Building Society —Swindon
- From £33,000 a year
- Full-time
- Financial services
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Knowledge and Information Lead
Mitie —Corsham
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- SQL
- Analysis skills
- Employee discount
14d
Senior Information Rights Manager - International
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) —Swindon
- £58,589 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Project management
- IT
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Insurance Lead
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) —Swindon
- £58,589 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
7d
Capture Manager
Leidos —Ham
- £75,800 - £99,800 a year
- Full-time
- Sales
- Business development
- IT
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Systems Administrator - Spacecraft Control Centre
AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited —Chippenham
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer networking
- Linux
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Children and Families Service Manager
FearFree —Trowbridge
- £40,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hybrid work
- Management
- Military
- Public speaking
- Free parking
- Sick pay
Quick apply
5d
Service Continuity Consultant Lead
Nationwide Building Society —Swindon
- £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- IT
- Leadership
- Communication skills
5d
DevOps Engineer
Leidos —Ham
- £61,500 - £78,800 a year
- Full-time
- Remote
- Azure
- DevOps
- Scripting
- Annual leave
- Work from home
Senior Information Rights Manager - International
UK Research and Innovation —Swindon
- £58,589 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Office
- Project management
- Presentation skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
7d
Insurance Lead
UK Research and Innovation —Swindon
- £58,589 a year
- Part-time
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
7d
Senior Systems Integration & Test Engineer
Leidos —Ham
- £61,500 - £78,800 a year
- Full-time
- Agile
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Work from home

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Information Security Governance, Risk and Assurance Lead

UK Research and Innovation -
Swindon

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£46,743 a year
5 hours ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
UK visa sponsorship
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount
Flexible schedule

Qualifications

Information security
Analysis skills
Presentation skills
NIST standards
Cybersecurity

Full job description

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Reference number

471531

Salary

£46,743

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

UKRI Band E

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

UKRI - Digital and Technology

Type of role

Digital

Working pattern

Full-time

Number of jobs available

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Location

Swindon

About the job

Job summary

Salary: £46,743
Band: UKRI Band E
Contract Type: Open Ended Permanent
Hours: Full-time (Compressed hours & flexible working patterns available)
Location: Keyworth, Nottingham or Polaris House, Swindon- Hybrid working available

Closing Date: Sunday 19th July 2026

Step into the world where cutting-edge science meets robust information security. Protect the technology that powers groundbreaking discoveries and be part of the team that safeguards the future of Big Science. Here, youll collaborate with leading engineers, researchers, and technologists to tackle the most pressing security challenges in a fast-paced, innovative environment. Every day offers you the chance to defend vital data and systems, ensuring that the pursuit of scientific excellence continues securely and seamlessly.

Discover the difference you can make when you bring your expertise in information security to an organisation at the forefront of global research - working alongside some of the brightest minds and most advanced facilities in the world.

Job description

Security

As a minimum, due to the nature of this role, candidates must be eligible for clearance in line with UK National vetting guidelines and willing to undertake the process. Please indicate eligibility in the written submission. Candidates not meeting this level of clearance will not be considered.

The level of clearance required is security check.

About the role

The UKRI CIO Group plays a pivotal role in managing and optimising the organisations critical enterprise technical services that underpin and enable UKRIs business capabilities. Within the group a team of Information Security Professionals support the delivery of modern, secure, resilient and scalable services across a larger federated team of Digital, Data and Technology professionals to deliver impact across the organisation and the wider UK research and innovation system.

Join us for this rare opportunity to apply your expertise in information security in a dynamic, fast-paced security operational, risk, compliance and assurance role in an organisation at the heart of research and innovation in the UK. Working as part of a team of technical specialists, your broad remit is to drive the implementation of our ambitious information security roadmap and support the Information Security Governance and Risk Manager and Head of Information Security to mature our information security function. This Band E role focuses on strengthening governance, risk management and assurance across UKRIs security operations, ensuring that information assets remain protected, risks are understood and mitigated, and security processes operate effectively across a complex federated environment.

Your responsibilities:

Operate and enhance UKRIs security governance, risk and assurance framework, ensuring controls remain appropriate, effective and aligned to organisational risk.
Perform security risk assessments for systems, services, projects and suppliers, producing clear risk treatment recommendations.
Lead the coordination and delivery of assurance activities across operational security domains (e.g., SOC processes, vulnerability management, incident response, identity and access management).
Monitor operational security performance, control effectiveness and compliance against internal policies and external frameworks including NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and the Government Cyber Assessment Framework.
Manage and improve processes for evidence gathering, audit preparation, remediation planning and control validation.
Conduct gap analyses following audits, incidents or assessments, ensuring remediation actions are tracked and delivered.
Work closely with technology teams and service owners to integrate good governance and risk practices into operational workflows (secure by design).
Provide specialist advice to operational teams on risk, compliance obligations, and best‑practice implementation.
Produce enterprise‑level assurance reporting, including metrics, dashboards and trend analysis to support senior decision‑making.

Person specification

The below criteria will be scored during Shortlisting (S), Interview (I) or both (S&I).

Applicants will be able to demonstrate skills in line with the cyber security risk manager roles using the Government Security Profession career framework.

Essential

Experience in information security governance, risk management or security operations in a complex organisation. (S&I)
Proven ability to conduct security risk assessments and operational assurance reviews. (S&I)
Good knowledge of cyber security and information assurance frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CAF). (S&I)
Experience supporting audits, compliance assessments or continuous monitoring activities. (S&I)
Ability to interpret complex technical and procedural information to provide clear recommendations. (I)
Strong analytical skills and experience producing meaningful risk and assurance reporting. (S&I)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £46,743, UK Research and Innovation contributes £13,541 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

We recognise and value our employees as individuals and aim to provide a favourable pay and rewards package. We are committed to supporting employees' development and promote a culture of continuous learning!

A list of benefits below:

An outstanding defined benefit pension scheme
30 days' annual leave in addition to 10.5 public and privilege days (full time equivalent)
Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure activities
Employee assistance programme, providing confidential help and advice
Flexible working options

Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work life balance!

For further information on our benefits please see:

Benefits of working at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Application Guidance:

How to evidence the criteria:

You are encouraged to use the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) in the cover letter to evidence your ability to meet the person specification criteria in the job description. Cover letters should be no more than two sides of A4 (minimum font size 11). For examples of the STAR method, please visit: .

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Managing a quality service
Changing and improving
Delivering at pace
Seeing the Big Picture

Selection Process Details

We know different organisations use different processes, so we wanted you to know what to expect from us.

Stage 0 - Pre-application

If you would like to find out more about the role we encourage prospective applicants to get in touch with us to discuss the opportunity.

Stage 1 - Written Submission

Candidates will need to submit a written application which consists of 2 parts:

A CV this should contain your work experience and any skills, qualifications and accomplishments relevant to the jobs you have completed based on the shortlisting criteria.
A personal statement (max. 1000 words) - this statement should be used to provide examples of how you meet the essential criteria listed in the shortlisting criteria.

Applications will be reviewed for suitability and shortlisted.

Stage 2 - Interview

Applicants who are successful at stage 1 will be invited to interview. The interview will generally be 1 hour in length. The interview will consist of competency-based questions. A presentation will be required.

Stage 3 - Outcome

The panel outcome is decided and the successful candidate will be offered verbally first, followed by a formal offer letter.

Please apply online, if you experience any issue applying, please contact [email protected]

Please note, if you will require sponsorship to work in the UK, as part of your sponsorship application, you and any dependants travelling with you, will be required to pay costs directly to The Home Office for the application before you start your role with us. UKRI is normally able to reimburse some, or all of these fees after you have become an employee and this can be discussed with the Hiring Manager. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/how-much-it-costs or contact [email protected].

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : UKRI Recruitment Team
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

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