Cyber Incident Management Policy Advisor

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Are you considering a move into cyber and National Security?
Can you bring fresh ideas and use your creativity to deliver strong outcomes as well as being a trusted policy advisor?
Do you have experience of working at pace, across a wide range of stakeholders?
If so, then we would love for you to apply!, The Cyber Team in the Transport Security Directorate (TSD) is recruiting a Higher Executive Officer (HEO) to support the delivery of a cyber incident response and cyber exercising function. This is an exciting role where you will have the opportunity to become a subject matter expert on cyber security and resilience in the transport sector, as well as develop experience in exercising and response work.
You will play a key role in the departmental response to cyber incidents impacting the transport sector and support development of a cyber exercising programme, which meets the needs of departmental and industry stakeholders.
Leading on discrete pieces of work, you will build relationships with a range of teams and senior officials across the department, as well as high-profile stakeholders across government and industry to ensure cohesive incident response and identify valuable exercising opportunities.
You will work as part of a supportive team to deliver real impact and improve the cyber resilience of the UK transport sector. This will involve building on lessons learned from cyber incidents and identified threats, to inform policy and regulatory levers.
TSD invests significantly in training and developing staff to prepare them not just for an interesting and challenging job, but also for a rewarding career in the Government security and cyber profession. Our expectation is that our staff will remain in post for at least two years., + Support on cyber incident management and exercising across DfT, working closely with modal teams and intelligence partners to develop DfT’s incident management policy.
+ Support on development and delivery of a DfT Cyber Exercising Programme, ensuring that exercising opportunities are reflective of emerging risks and lessons identified during previous incidents.
+ Help to lead the departmental policy response to a cyber incident impacting the transport sector. Liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders to understand the details of the incident and provide accurate internal briefing to relevant seniors and colleagues.
+ Contribute to improving DfT cyber incident response processes in the round, particularly how DfT can support industry during a cyber incident.
+ Act as a “cyber champion” across the department, working closely with operational, security and resilience leads in DfT and across government to support industry.
+ Be an active and visible member of NSD and the directorate corporate work strands.
+ Be an active part of DfT’s cyber incident response cohort.
For an in-depth insight into the role please refer to the Role Profile., A minimum 60% of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.
Occasional travel to other DfT offices will be required.
You will be expected to work flexibly and adapt to changing environments and priorities across the team, wider Division and Directorate. This may include occasional out of hours working but we make every effort to allow for your personal circumstances.
This role requires DV clearance; however, candidates will be onboarded with SC clearance and undergo DV whilst in post.

Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Working Together
+ Seeing the Big Picture
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Communicating and Influencing
+ Making Effective Decisions
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
+ Working Together, + Working with a range of stakeholders to achieve a common goal.
+ Strong written and verbal skills and able to highlight key points in a clear way, maximising impact and understanding.
+ Confident establishing actions to be taken and/or identifying solutions where the information available is incomplete.
+ Analysing information from different sources to establish key priorities, communicating this to relevant stakeholders.
Your Personal Statement will be limited to a maximum of 1000 words.
As part of the application, you will also be required to complete a 250 word statement on the behaviour ‘Working Together.’
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the lead behaviour, Working Together. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
The sift is due to take place from w/c 13th January 2025.
Interviews/assessments are likely to be held w/c 27th January 2025.
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.
The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment will include:
+ an interview.
This interview could be conducted online via Teams or face to face at one of our offices. Further details will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.
You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.
The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.
Further Information
This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.
Reasonable Adjustments
As a Disability Confident Leader employer, we are committed to ensuring that the recruitment process is fair, accessible and allows all candidates to perform at their best. If a person with a visible or non-visible disability is substantially disadvantaged, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

+ A trusted advisor with policy, strategy and/or incident response experience.
+ Confident establishing and maintaining relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
+ Able to pick things up quickly, utilising strong communication skills to proactively find out information and work on multi-faceted issues.
+ Proactive and self-starting with an ability to link disparate areas together. Comfortable working autonomously as well as part of team.
+ Able to bring a creative approach to decision-making and coordinate effectively across DfT and the wider cyber community.
+ Confidently working quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment to ensure a timely response to unfolding events.

Alongside your salary of £38,289, Department for Transport contributes £11,092 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Please note, the above example is based on the London minimum salary. The employer pension contribution will be 28.97% of your specific salary.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.
Find out more about working within policy at the Department for Transport., 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.
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service
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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.