Head of Physical Security Assurance

So, what about the day-to-day?

• You'll continually enhance and oversee the Physical Security Assurance operating model. That will include determining risk-based site tiering and work prioritisation ensuring our delivery provides security assurance across all of DWP's estate


• You'll develop excellent working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders who value and rely on our support and expertise in dealing with complex security matters


• You and your team will advise and guide local and national security stakeholders/risk owners. We will evidence-based assurance reports with recommendations for improvement and risk reduction. We ensure DWP maintains collective visibility of security risks, ensuring appropriate mitigations are in place


• You will be leading and developing a geographically dispersed team. You'll get to see the impact of your work in real time, as you and your team support site owners in protecting their assets and business delivery


• You'll deliver continuous improvement interventions; and influence strategic decisions relating to physical security assurance


• You will understand the importance human behaviour plays in delivering a secure environment


• You will have an excellent understand of all the Physical Security control areas and how they are applied in multi building environment across a large-scale estate


• You will have experience of remote management of a large and widely dispersed team


• You'll need to be willing to travel to other DWP locations, with occasional overnight stays required., At interview we'll assess you against these behaviours:


• Leadership


• Communicating and Influencing


• Seeing the Big Picture


• Changing and Improving.


We will also assess you against these technical skills:

• Innovation and Business Improvement


• Risk Management., The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. Please ensure that all examples provided in your application are taken directly from your own experience and that you describe the examples in your own words. Applications will be screened and if evidence of plagiarism or copying examples/answers from other sources is found, your application will be withdrawn. Internal DWP candidates may also face disciplinary action.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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 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.,
• 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
  
  You may have CRISC, CISM or you may be qualified by demonstrating a deep knowledge of Governance Risk & Compliance and how Physical Security operates effectively integrating with other Security areas including Cyber, Personnel, Information and the Supply Chain in a multi-site, holistic risk environment


• Experience of interacting with board level governance with evidence of influencing strategic thinking and decision making with the ability to articulate that at C-suite level in business-focused language


• Experience of operating across a large, geographically dispersed Enterprise, utilising and understanding the overall Security strategies, policies and procedures implemented to protect its assets


• Previous experience of leading a large geographically dispersed team to success, delivering challenging objectives and outstanding services within a Security Assurance environment


• Understand and be able to demonstrate and articulate the importance of Security Risk as an enabling business function to all levels of an organisation


• Experience of excellent relationship management skills, with a high standard of presentation and business writing skills., Leadership


• Communicating and Influencing


• Seeing the Big Picture


• Changing and Improving


Technical skills

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

• Innovation and Business Improvement


• Risk Management
  
  As part of a wider leadership team, you'll have the autonomy to make a material and lasting difference to how we lead, manage and develop Enterprise Security and Risk Management (ESRM) in DWP, the UK's largest government department, supporting approximately 90,000 employees across 950 UK locations.


DWP is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. We administer the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits worth around £280bn to around 20 million claimants and customers.

Here at DWP, the ESRM team helps our senior leadership team in ensuring DWP is operating within its security risk appetite or, accepted tolerance deviations by providing expert risk analysis and impartial security assurance across the Enterprise including our physical security controls.

This role is an excellent opportunity for a visionary leader. You'll lead, develop and enhance an existing team currently consisting of circa 20 specialist colleagues taking them with you on the journey and inspiring them to buy into your vision and mission.

You'll join us in one of our brilliant hub locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield.

Our team loves the ability to balance their life and their work. We have flexible hours, and hybrid working. We use Flexitime, which means at those times when you might need to work longer to get the job done, you build up flexi-credit that you can use to start later or finish earlier.

In return for your skills, we offer salary range of £69,869 to £83,957 per annum, an attractive civil service pension with employer contributions of over 27%, and a generous annual leave package starting at 26 Days, rising to 31 Days overtime.

The work we do is important, and we know healthy and happy people do better work. We have a great benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Volunteering and charitable giving


• Discounts and savings on shopping, days out and more


• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference


• Sports and social activities


• Learning and development, including coaching, mentoring, progression opportunities and guaranteed 5-days formal learning per year.


If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. Please be aware that this role can only be worked in the UK and not overseas.