Protective Security Analyst

Job summary

Right now, within government departments and secure facilities around the world, people are making decisions that protect the UK's interests. They're sharing sensitive intelligence, coordinating responses to emerging threats, and collaborating on work that is imperative to UK interests.

They can do this because of Rosa.

Our work is the foundation for what comes next. The government has committed to a programme that will upgrade Rosa to a modern cloud-first platform. But transformation doesn't happen in a vacuum - it happens because the current service is trusted, reliable, and run by people who understand what government actually needs.

We need your help to deliver Rosa brilliantly today. This is how we earn the right to deliver the next generation capability for working at SECRET. Every improvement we make, every incident we resolve, every user we support builds the credibility and capability that makes transformation possible.

Job description

This role will be part of the Security Advisory Unit (SAU) at RSO, which has 3 main objectives:

• Protecting the UK National Infrastructure
• Improve security and resilience across the Rosa network.
• Ensuring that the RSO maintains appropriate levels of security, privacy, and resilience to protect, our people, information and assets.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Delivery of Physical and Personnel Security solutions on behalf of RSO
• Adoption and implementation of appropriate/proportionate Physical and Personnel Security controls, policies, processes and guidance
• Support the Protective Security Lead with requirements capturing, commissioning and monitoring of Physical and Personnel security services
• Ensuring all security procedures are up to date and safe for key stakeholders, clients, customers, and staff.
• Investigating incidents and security alerts, providing responses to address security risks.
• Providing advice, guidance and recommendations to colleagues and external organisations, in line with relevant legislation and best practice, in order to effectively underpin risk-based judgement.
• Managing the deployed IT assets including laptop, tablets and mobile devices.
• Conduct frequent mustering of equipment issued to staff and held on account.
• Deliver training to all new staff and ensure training material up-to-date and fit for purpose.

Person specification

Essential Skills

• Experience of protective security analysis and assessment, including threat identification, risk assessment, evaluation of controls, and assessment against industry standards
• Experience of engaging, advising and influencing at all levels of an organisation including senior managers within a challenging, fast pace and complex environments
• Proven ability of performing effectively to deadlines, maintaining focus in challenging situations and adapting to find solutions that meet the needs of the stakeholders
• Experience of producing high quality, accurate and precise written work.
• Experience in responding to and dealing with Security Incidents.
• Experienced in delivering presentations and training.

Desirable Skills

• Working Knowledge of frameworks in a technology or information security context, NIST 800-53, CAF and IS4.
• A team-player with experience in handling and managing Crypto and Secret equipment.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £32,600, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office contributes £9,444 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).

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

Selection process details

Step 1.

Submit a CV outlining your employment history detailing your responsibilities, skills, accomplishments, plus your qualifications and relevant training. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.

Step 2.

A Personal Statement of 750 words explaining how you consider your skills, qualities and experience to evidence your suitability for the role, focusing on the essential skills in the job profile.

If we receive a high volume of applicants, then applications may be sifted on the personal statement only.

These responses along with any required technical skills will be explored further during the interview process for shortlisted candidates.

Step 3.

Additional Eligibility Questions. Answers to these questions will determine if you are eligible to apply.

Applications will be sifted anonymously so please remove any biographical data that would identify you.

As part of the online application process, you will be asked several diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the characteristics, you will have the option to select ‘prefer not to say’. The information you provide when submitting your application will help us monitor the Civil Service commitment to diversity and inclusion. You can refer to the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for more information.

You will receive an acknowledgment of your application through the online process.

Step 4.

For the interview, you will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation addition to skills listed. You will be given details of this prior to interview to prepare.

Interviews are planned for week commencing the 7th and 14th December.

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 developed vetting (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

Open to UK nationals only.

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 : RSO Business Support
• Email : rsobussinesssupport@fcdo.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : rsobussinesssupport@fcdo.gov.uk

Further information

The FCDO’s recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit, on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should, in the first instance, contact External.Recruitment@fcdo.gov.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the FCDO, you can contact the Office of the Civil Service Commissioners.

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