Forensic & Audit Professional

Job introduction

Job Title: Forensic & Audit Professional

A bit about us:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!

The Role:

• The role of Forensic & Audit Professional provides service in the specific technical areas of IT Security, IT Forensics and Auditing and Vulnerability Management. Supporting the Technical Specialist (Security) and Security Operational lead in the administration, upgrade and development of ICT Security systems including a wide range of Microsoft security functionality.
• As a Forensic & Audit Professional part of your duties will be managing and resolving incidents, including any high-impact or priority calls, working closely with ICT colleagues and any third-party support partners to restore service and minimise business disruption. This may involve out of hours work including on call or emergency support 
• The role of Forensic & Audit Professional will monitor and remediate Start of Day (SOD) security processes on a rota, ensuring all security systems are operational and ready for day to day use by our users and stake holders
• In the role of Forensic & Audit Professional you will work across a range of Security and Audit related products performing proactive monitoring, threat hunting, audit and investigation response. This includes file activity monitoring products, Microsoft Purview, DLP, IRM and eDiscovery. Staff may be expected to gather information for investigations and present this
• As a Forensic & Audit Professional you will monitor and administer a range of email security products, creating mail flow rules, threat hunting phishing and malicious emails and reviewing content and DLP triggers
• As a Forensic & Audit Professional will collaborate with colleagues across the Authority to support the rollout of any new applications that relate to Security, as a subject matter expert dealing with developments or new functionalities, ensuring smooth integration and user adoption. 
• As an ICT Technical Professional you will ensure Compliance with ITIL Frameworks, particularly in incident, problem, and change management practices

Our offer to you:

• At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 32 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
• Agile working (role dependent) - a “Flexibility First” approach to agile working, where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme
• Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Employee Volunteering Scheme
• Medicash

Next steps:
Closing date: midnight Friday 21st November 2025
Shortlisting date: Tuesday 25th November 2025
Interview date: TMonday 1st December to Thursday 4th December 2025
Interview type: Face to Face

We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Stuart Campbell at stuart.campbell@liverpool.gov.uk

Watch our recruitment video and see what life is like working at Liverpool City Council.

Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.

Although we advertise on Jobs Go Public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.

Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.

Please be advised it is our understanding that this role does not meet the requirements of a skilled worker visa as set out by UK Visa and Immigration https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations/skilled-worker-visa-eligible-occupations-and-codes . For details regarding the salary of a skilled worker visa please visit Home Office: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list

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