Head of security Work, Jobs in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Twr (with Salaries)

Head of Security Incident and Response
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £62,000 - £69,105 a year
- Part-time
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
1d
Head of Training Delivery - Frontline Services
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £57,515 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Presentation skills
- Team management
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Head of Collections
Auxillis —Peterlee
- £75,000 a year
- Team management
- Travel
- Leadership
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Head of Enterprise Performance
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £73,165 - £81,535 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- Communication skills
1d
Area Supervisor, Night Time Economy, Newcastle City Centre
T3 Security Limited —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Computer literacy
- Writing skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
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Head of Contracts and Operations - Driving Theory Test
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £57,515 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
14d
Head Bartender
Freight Island —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Weekend availability
- Bar
- Management
- English
Quick apply
2h
Head of Compliance & Group DPO
Cintra HR & Payroll Services —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £55,000 - £58,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Leadership
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Executive Assistant to the Head
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £40,000 - £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Customer service
- Microsoft Office
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Facilities Manager
HomeGroup —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £35,000 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Café
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
11h
Head of School for Acute Specialties
NHS England —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Part-time
- School
- Annual leave
CCTV Operator
Newcastle University —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £27,319 - £28,778 a year
- Full-time
- University
- Data entry
Head of Digital Economy Act Debt and Fraud Data Sharing Secretariat
Cabinet Office —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £57,204 - £68,558 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Annual leave
7d
Head of Quality
TT Electronics plc —Bedlington
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Employee Relations Advisor
Churchill Group —Gateshead
- Human resources
- In-person
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
Quick apply
2d
UK Chief Plant Health Officer and Deputy Director Plant and Bee Health, Plant Varieties and Seeds
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £86,000 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- Communication skills
Senior Export Coordinator
OpenWorks Engineering —Prudhoe
- Full-time
- Military
Quick apply
Assurance Lead for the Government Counter Fraud Profession (GCFP)
Cabinet Office —Newcastle upon Tyne
- £57,204 - £68,558 a year
- Full-time
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
2d
Internal Auditor (Financial Services)
Sopra Steria —Newcastle upon Tyne
- Up to £49,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Travel
- IT
- Financial services
- Annual leave
Head of Departmental Planning and Performance
Department for Work and Pensions —Benton
- £86,000 - £99,600 a year
- Overtime
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Head of Security Incident and Response

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs -
Newcastle upon Tyne

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£62,000 - £69,105 a year
1 day ago

Benefits

Company pension
Childcare

Qualifications

CISM
Analysis skills
Incident response
Presentation skills

Full job description

Details

Reference number

474302

Salary

£56,375 - £69,105

Grade 7 National: £56,375 - £62,830 London: £62,000 - £69,105, plus industry leading pension and benefits. For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading Salary.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

DEFRA - DGCS - Digital, Data, Technology & Security

Type of role

Security

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

Location
About the job
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Location

Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reading, Warrington, York

About the job

Job summary

Defra is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.

Digital, Data, Technology and Security (DDTS) is the trusted team for digital across the entire Defra Group.

We have around 1000 colleagues across DDTS and our ambition is to make it easier and faster than ever for people to interact with Defra. If you are ready to drive innovation and push boundaries, we want to hear from you. Join us and together we will create a great place for living, and a green and healthy future for all.

Find out more about DDTS:

Defra digital, data and technology blog

Defra Jobs

Job description

The Head of Security Incident and Response provides operational leadership of the Defra Group Security Incident Response Management (SIRM) capability, ensuring the organisation is prepared for, and able to respond effectively to, security incidents ranging from routine events to significant security incidents.

As the senior lead for security incident management, the role oversees incident response policy, governance and operational coordination, directs the response to complex and high-impact incidents, and provides authoritative advice and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Operating across the Defra Group, the postholder ensures a consistent, risk-based approach to incident management, protecting organisational assets, maintaining stakeholder confidence, and supporting the resilience of critical services and business operations.

The role leads the Defra Group's approach to security investigations, including unauthorised disclosure cases, ensuring robust governance, effective investigative oversight, and informed decision-making by senior stakeholders

Please note for this role you will require SC Clearance. To gain SC clearance all applicants are required to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years. If this requirement is not met, the individual will not be able to progress their application further.

Person specification

Responsibilities:

Define and maintain Security Incident Response Management playbooks for Defra group, providing clear policy, process, responsibilities, and governance for tackling security incidents across core Defra, agencies and ALBs.
Coordinate across all parts of Defra group to draw on best practice, align Security Incident Response Management processes and integrate with group level approach.
Lead on security incident response management relating to all levels of incidents, including dealing with complex and varied situations where no clear guidance is available, assimilating available information and making clearly reasoned recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Responsible for performance of the Security Incident Response Management team including all decision-making associated work allocation and completion of all activities.
Report on security incidents to security governance groups, including agreeing reporting processes and thresholds will all areas of the business, and overseeing analysis, identification of trends and root cause analysis.
Coordinate and lead Security Incident Response exercises across physical, personnel, information and cyber security incidents.
Lead on investigation of leaks and other security breaches on behalf of Defra group, conducting investigations in accordance with policy and in collaboration with Cabinet Office where appropriate.

Skills and Experience

Demonstrable experience of managing security incidents and providing advice across multiple security disciplines, including physical security, personnel security, information security, risk management, data protection and cyber security.
Ability to build and maintain effective relationships across organisational boundaries, including with senior stakeholders, security teams, law enforcement partners and the wider UK security community.
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and provide clear, evidence-based advice and recommendations.
Proven ability to think strategically, identify emerging risks and opportunities, and ensure delivery aligns with evolving business and security priorities.
Experience of managing complex and diverse workloads, coordinating activity across multiple teams, and overseeing sensitive investigations and incident responses.
Experience of leading teams and influencing outcomes in high-pressure environments where decisions often need to be made with incomplete information.
Proven experience in protective, cyber and/or information security, together with a recognised professional qualification (e.g. CISMP, CSMP, CPP, CISM, BCI or equivalent), or evidence of working towards achieving such a qualification.

Behaviours

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

Making Effective Decisions
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £56,375, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £16,331 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

The Civil Service marks each element of the selection process on a merit basis. You can visit the gov.uk website for further information on the Civil Service rating scale.

Ensure you have tailored your CV and Personal Statement to the 'skills and experience' section of the job advert by providing examples on how you are suitable for the role using the STAR method.

Please ensure you demonstrate clearly, within your personal statement, how you meet these requirements, as the information you provide will form a key part when the panel is scoring your application.

For further information on STAR, you can check out our Hints and Tips document.

Application process

As part of the application process, you will be assessed on your experience. This will be evaluated by looking at your CV and personal statement, so please provide the following and ensure your experience is clearly demonstrated:

A CV

A 750 word Personal Statement: Referring to the 'skills and experience' sections of the job advert, please demonstrate how you are suitable for the role by providing relevant examples.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Sift

Sift will begin shortly after the advert closes.

Should there be a large number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted using your personal statement. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment or interview.

Interview

If successful at sift, you will be invited to an interview where you will be assessed on the Behaviours listed above, as well as Strengths.

Sift and Interview dates are to be confirmed. Please note that these may be subject to change.

Interviews will be held face to face at our offices in York, Bristol and London, further details will be provided if successful at sift.

For further information on Success Profiles, you can visit the links below and watch our videos on DefraJobs.

Behaviours

Experience

Strengths

Further Information

Location

As part of the pre-employment process for this post, successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. The agreed contractual workplace is then the substantive and permanent place of work for the successful candidate(s).

Where the location is National the successful appointee should discuss and agree an appropriate contractual location in line with both Defras location policy and site capacity, prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes.

The agreed amount of time spent at a workplace for this post will reflect the requirement for Civil Servants to spend at least 60% of their working time in an organisation workplace with the option to work the remaining time flexibly from home. Working time spent at a workplace may include time spent at other organisational locations including field-based operational locations, together with supplier, customer or partner locations. This is a non-contractual agreement which is consistent with common Civil Service expectations.

Travel costs to non-contractual workplaces will be subject to departmental travel and subsistence policies. Travel costs to contractual workplaces are the responsibility of the employee.

The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location, and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time.

Defra includes the core department, APHA, RPA, Cefas and VMD.

Reserve list

A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Near miss

Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be considered for other positions in Defra which may be at a lower grade, but have a potential skills match.

Merit Lists

Where more than one location is advertised, candidates will be posted in merit order by location. You will be asked to state your location preference on your application.

Childcare Vouchers

Any move to Defra from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.

Salary

New entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. The internal roles rules apply to existing Civil Servants, i.e. level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Reasonable adjustment

If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

Contact Government Recruitment Service via [email protected] as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Complete the Assistance required section in the Additional requirements page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if youre deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Accessibility

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'contact point for applicants' section.

Visa Sponsorship Statement

Please take note that Defra does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

Criminal Record Check

If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.

In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.

However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

Internal Fraud Database Check

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicants details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

Higher Security Clearance

All of these posts require the successful candidate to hold SC security clearance. Job offers to these posts are made on the basis of merit. Security vetting will only take place after the receipt of a job offer.

For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.

Feedback

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) 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

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

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.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

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 .

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : [email protected]
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: [email protected]
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: here

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