• Details

Reference number

395005

Salary

£28,791 - £34,238

London: £33,200 - £34,238
Glasgow/Manchester: £28,791 - £30,088

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Executive Officer

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

CO - Strategy, Finance and Performance

Type of role

Security

Working pattern

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

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

• Location
• About the job
• Benefits
• Things you need to know
• Apply and further information

Location

Glasgow, London, Manchester

About the job

Job summary

Reporting directly to the Incident Response Lead, the role of Security Incident Response Officer is to be the first point of contact for staff, engaging with them and using established processes to respond to security incidents and queries.

You will provide administration support for past and current incidents, analysing the reported data to accurately triage and, where necessary, escalate incidents and emerging threats to the correct team or stakeholder.

This is a customer facing role. You will be the face of security for The Cabinet Office, where you will provide ad hoc advice to staff for routine services and for escalating incidents further. The role also provides efficient and effective administration and assistance to the wider security team to ensure the successful mitigation of security risks. To note this is not a cyber security role.

Responsibilities

First Line Response: As the initial contact point for all Security enquiries, you will adeptly manage, categorise, and escalate issues received via the group Security inbox to ensure prompt and accurate resolutions.

Security Knowledge: Act as the central resource for diverse security-related questions, providing knowledgeable responses and guidance to internal and external stakeholders.

Training and Development: Deliver security training programs, including the Security Induction, using in-person and virtual platforms to enhance security awareness across the Cabinet Office.

Overseas Travel: Triage and approve overseas travel requests. Offer safety & security advice on international travel, focusing on safety in hostile environments and representing the organisation’s interests, ensuring well-informed and secure overseas engagements.

Unit Security Officer Network: Proactively collaborate with the Security and Resilience Team to expand and refine our Unit Security Officer network and enhance internal security measures.

Security Compliance: Ensure the department’s adherence to security operations, policies, and procedures, maintaining a secure and compliant work environment.

Information and Policy: Efficiently gather, organise, and disseminate vital policies, procedures, and threat information, ensuring comprehensive communication through the Intranet site and established networks.

Security Communications: Draft and publish security minded communications to Cabinet Office staff. Including both immediate incidents and longer term security awareness campaigns

Professional Development Advocate: Promote a continuous learning and development culture, fostering an environment where skills and knowledge are constantly enhanced.

Risk Management Collaborator: Work alongside colleagues in the Security Team and external partners to identify and mitigate Physical and Personal Security risks and contribute to developing and disseminating security awareness materials.

Official Correspondence: Efficiently draft responses to Parliamentary Questions, Freedom of Information requests, and other official correspondence, representing the organisation’s position with clarity and accuracy.

Person specification

Essential Skills / Experience

• Demonstrated awareness or a strong willingness to learn about working in a Security environment.
• Strong communication and problem solving skills, with an ability to work with a variety of stakeholders, often with conflicting priorities
• Outstanding organisational skills, capable of managing multiple priorities while maintaining high standards in all security processes.
• Proven ability to work effectively with others to achieve results
• A strong commitment to maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality for handling sensitive security information.
• Exhibits a balance of confidence and assertiveness, necessary for effective decision-making and leadership in security matters.
• Skilled in discerning the relative importance of issues and prioritising urgent versus important tasks.
• Demonstrates mature and grounded confidence when interacting with senior personnel, responds constructively to criticism, and maintains optimism amid challenges.
• Ability to maintain composure and effectiveness under pressure, adapting to rapidly changing environments.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience of working in an incident response, security, HR, risk management or customer facing environment.

To Note

The successful role holder will require SC Clearance. It is not necessary to have existing SC clearance to apply for the role.

Additional information:

A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace. Although requirements to attend other locations for official business will also count towards this level of attendance.

Behaviours

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
• Communicating and Influencing

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,791, Cabinet Office contributes £8,340 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 which provides an attractive pension, benefits for dependants and employer contributions of 28.97%.
• A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

Application process

Candidates are asked to submit a CV and 500 word personal statement both of which will be used to assess the candidate’s suitability and experience against the essential criteria.

Successful candidates at the sift stage will be invited to a virtual interview where your experience will be assessed as well as the following three behaviours:

• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating & Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

Expected timeline (subject to change)
Expected sift date – w/c 31st March
Expected interview date/s – w/c 14th April
Interview location - Your interview will either be conducted face to face or by video. You will be notified of the location if you are selected for interview.

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 cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk 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 you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Further information

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period. This may mean your security clearance (and therefore your appointment) will take longer or, in some cases, not be possible.

Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.

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

Any move to Cabinet Office 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.

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 or Disclosure Scotland 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 Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.

For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email Info@disclosurescotland.co.uk

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

New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.

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 applicant’s 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.

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

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 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

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 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.

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 .

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Anis Riabi
• Email : anis.riabi@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and wish to make a complaint, then in the first instance you should contact Government Recruitment Service by email at: cabinetofficerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission at info@csc.gov.uk. For further information on the Recruitment Principles and bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission, please Visit the Civil Service Commission website