We are currently recruiting for a Security and Resilience Consultant to work at least two days per week on-site in Swindon (plus visits to others of our client's sites such as Keyworth & London) for a contract initially six months long but with a view to extend.

Minimum Requirement:

• Create a maturity framework across Physical Security, Personnel Security, Travel Risk Management and Business Continuity. This framework:
  • Must meet and be clearly mapped against the requirements of GovS 007 and any local Council and supporting Centres, Institutes and Units (CIU) legislative S&R requirements.
  • Must be supported by templated processes against which audits can be consistently and uniformly delivered.
  • Should be developed where practicable and clearly mapped against relevant industry standards (ie, ISO, BSI, etc) to create an example of best practice.
• Develop and deliver repeatable processes which MUST achieve an annual audit of all client Councils and CIUs against the maturity framework.
• Develop and deliver qualitative and quantitative metrics to be achieved through the annual audits which must:
  • Be expressed both visually via appropriate dashboards and in narrative form.
  • Be automated wherever practicable.
  • Be intuitive and impactful for both professionals and accountable senior leaders.
  • Provide maturity scoring and peer-to-peer comparisons of client Councils and CIUs.
  • Meet the requirements, and allow seamless delivery of, the annual Departmental Security Health Check (DSHC) return.
• Develop and deliver a templated, structured, consistent and repeatable process which must:
  • Be delivered on the completion of each Council and CIU annual audit.
  • Inform risk management, identify lessons and define areas of development.
  • Provide a clear and deliverable get well plan' to be implemented locally by relevant Council and CIU S&R professionals against a defined time scale.
  • Provide a clear executive summary for the relevant Council and CIU senior leadership.
• Deliver an initial round of audits across all client Councils which MUST provide an initial maturity peer-to-peer score, support delivery of the DSHC and ensure all new processes are reviewed and amended (if required).
• Present initial maturity scores and support presentations to senior leaders.
• Deliver workshops to professionals to train them on new processes which MUST allow the client to repeat the annual audit process.
• Provide recommendations for the development of S&R to ensure the organisation is positioned to repeat the process annually (ie, creation of key posts, delivery of training, etc).
• Have experience of delivering operational S&R in complex federated organisations.
• Have experience of developing and delivering S&R maturity models.
• Be a qualified ISO Lead Implementer.
• Have an in-depth knowledge of GovS 007: Security and the DSHC.
• Experience of working in a UK Government Department or ALB

If you feel you have the skills and experience needed for this role; please do apply now.