East Kilbride, London
About The Job
Job summary
This role reports to the Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) and will be a member of the Information and Digital Directorate (IDD) senior leadership team, supporting the CDIO with the collective leadership of the Directorate.
As Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) you will support the safe and secure delivery of UK Foreign Policy and Development aims, playing your part in major global events. You will lead the FCDOs operational cyber security effort, working with a team of information management and cyber security professionals to provide support, advice, challenge, assurance and continual improvement to the Department on information and cyber risk and the protection of FCDOs data, infrastructure and assets both in the UK and our overseas network.
Job Description
Please see attached candidate pack for further information
Person specification
Please see attached candidate pack for further information
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Seeing the Big Picture
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Engaging Internationally Represent and actively promote, protect and balance the UKs national interest at country / regional level;
- Build and maintain strong and wide ranging networks at country and regional level;
- Communicate and negotiate persua
- Specific security technology and understanding. Knowledge of system architectures. Threat awareness. Ability to understand the risk impact of vulnerabilities on existing and future designs and systems and to identify how easy or difficult it will be t
- Strong and effective communication with both technical and non-technical teams (security architect). Understand security concepts to be credible and comfortable when engaging with security technologists. Communicating in a language that is appropriate
- Analysis Ability to visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and concepts by interrogating and using data or intelligence to formulate and influence plans; to interpret complex business and technical issues; to identify and recognise a viabl
Alongside your salary of 75, 000, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office contributes 20, 250 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 average employer contribution of 27%
Please note any move to the FCDO 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. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Ability, Experience and Technical skills.
To make an application for this role please visit https://www.allenlane.co.uk/vacancies/12119/
You will be required to submit:
- A CV (in Word or PDF format) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years;
- A statement of suitability (no longer than 1, 250 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience make you suitable for the role, with particular reference to the criteria set out in the Personal Specification.
- A completed Mandatory Diversity Monitoring Form. All monitoring data will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not affect your application in any way.
- A completed Disability Confident Scheme Form if applying under this scheme (please email FCDO@allenlane.co.uk to request this).
The panel will review applications in the sift meeting and select the shortlist.
Shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to speak to Adrian Blundell CDIO prior to the final interview to learn more about the role and the organisation. Please note this is not part of the formal assessment process.
Two references will be taken up for shortlisted candidates in advance of final panel interviews.
Assessment
If you are shortlisted, you will be asked to take part in a Leadership Assessment, a Staff Engagement Exercise and a technical interview before your interview with the panel. This aims to provide insight to your leadership and staff engagement skills.
This assessment will not result in a pass or fail decision. Rather, it is designed to support the panels decision-making and highlight areas for the panel to explore further at interview.
The technical interview is a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the vacancy description, key responsibilities and accountabilities and person specification. This will be led by Ian McCormack Deputy Director for Government Cyber Resilience within the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ. A question to guide the discussion will be shared before the technical interview.
Full details of the assessment process will be made available to shortlisted candidates.
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 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.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Ed Stroud - 07920 104 751
- Email : FCDO@allenlane.co.uk
- Email : FCDO@allenlane.co.uk
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 csc.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.
