Deputy Director - Risk Assurance and Security

Job summary

HM Land Registry sits at the heart of the property market in England and Wales. For more than 160 years we have protected land ownership and provided the trusted data and services that enable people, businesses and government to make informed decisions. Today, with over 7,000 colleagues and a clear ambition to create a world-leading property market that supports a thriving economy and sustainable future, we are driving significant transformation, improving customer experiences and making greater use of digital services and insight.

The successful candidate will provide senior strategic leadership for HMLR's second-line risk, assurance, security and business continuity functions, acting as the organisation's most senior risk adviser to the Chief Executive, Board and Audit and Risk Committee.

As a member of HMLR's senior leadership community, you will help shape organisational strategy, performance and decision-making by embedding a strong and proportionate risk culture. You will ensure that risk and assurance arrangements support transformation, enable opportunity and help HMLR deliver its strategic priorities within the Board's risk appetite.

Remuneration for this role is expected to be between £86,000 to £117,800 per anum

For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply. If appointed on promotion, you will be appointed to the salary band minimum for SCS1 or receive a 10% uplift on your existing salary, whichever is greater. Individuals appointed on level transfer will retain their existing salary. Standard pay rules apply for existing civil servants.

Job description

As HMLR’s Deputy Director for Risk, Assurance, Security and Business Continuity, you will be a key member of the senior leadership team, shaping the organisation’s strategic direction and performance. Acting as the principal risk adviser to the Chief Executive, Board and Audit & Risk Committee, you will provide expert leadership on risk, resilience and governance, enabling informed decision-making and supporting the delivery of HMLR’s transformation ambitions.

You will lead a diverse portfolio of second-line functions, driving a positive risk culture and ensuring robust risk, assurance and security frameworks are embedded across the organisation. You will build and develop high-performing teams, provide oversight and challenge across HMLR, and work with senior stakeholders across government to share best practice and strengthen professional standards.

Person specification

We're looking for an accomplished leader with a strong track record of operating at a senior level.

You will be assessed on the following essential criteria:

• Significant experience of being a visible and credible senior leader with a strong track record of leading through change, able to set clear direction in complex and evolving environments, whilst maintaining focus on delivery, performance and the wellbeing of your people.
• Proven ability to positively influence and collaborate, at senior levels, acting as critical friend to challenge when necessary to drive the risk management agenda within a fast paced, complex environment.
• Broad risk management experience at a strategic level gained in a similarly complex and recognised risk-focussed environment e.g. data driven, financial, digital transformation, AI and automation.
• Knowledge and experience of delivering and embedding a three lines model including advisory services and the design, alignment and delivery of assurance activity.
• Experience of managing and leading large, dispersed teams, with limited face-to-face interaction, to deliver a coherent risk, assurance, security & business continuity function.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts tailored to audiences of varied risk awareness and engagement

For more information about the role, and the full job description and person specification, please see the attached Candidate Pack.

Qualifications

Achieved or working towards:
• IRM Certificate/ Diploma in Enterprise Risk
Management (or equivalent)
• Relevant professional qualification (such as
qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent)

Behaviours

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

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

• Demonstrable deep knowledge of second line responsibilities, in particular risk and assurance to build a strong, robust culture, including strategic/principal, operational and security risk, and quality assurance.
• Achieved or working towards:• IRM Certificate/ Diploma in Enterprise RiskManagement (or equivalent)• Relevant professional qualification (such asqualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,000, HM Land Registry contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry/about/recruitment#what-hm-land-registry-can-offer-you

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 (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

At Application stage, we require a copy of your CV and a personal statement on essential criteria, more information can be found in the attached candidate pack.

Please review your application form before clicking ‘submit’ – once you have submitted, you will not be able to amend your application. Ensure your application form is received by the closing date for receipt of applications – this is 11:55pm on the advertised date.

The sift will take place shortly after the closing date. For a full overview of the timeline please see slide 11 of the candidate pack.

More information on the Long list, Short list, Staff Engagement Exercise and the interview can be found in the candidate pack. (See slide 10)

Candidates may refer to notes within their interview, but they should be used as a prompt only.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confidence Scheme, which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria at the shortlisting stage are guaranteed an invitation to interview. If any candidate requires the panel to consider a reasonable adjustment or there is anything else they would like the panel to take into consideration they are asked to notify us of this at application stage where possible or during the process as soon as it becomes a requirement.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to share these values. Please ensure all examples provided throughout the recruitment process are representative of your own experience. Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating (including the improper use of artificial intelligence) will be investigated and, if proven, the application will be withdrawn.

Please note that we will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa where a role is in a certain business critical category. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a skilled worker visa. You must ensure you have the appropriate right to work in the UK before applying.

HMLR expect everyone to spend at least 60% of their working time in the office.

You can find more information on how we use your personal data on our website

The post will require a Security Check and will therefore be subject to further background checks, including meeting the UK minimum residency requirement of 5 years.

Further details of the process and checks can be found at: National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

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 (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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) (opens in a new window)
• 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 (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).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 theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Emily d'Albuquerque
• Email : emily.dalbuquerque@landregistry.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/

Attachments

SCS1 Deputy Director Risk - Candidate Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 2368kB)