Role: IT Security Manager
Salary: to c£55,000 per annum, depending on experience
Location: hybrid in Hampshire approx. 2-3x per week
We're looking for an experienced IT Security Manager to lead and shape a government organisation's approach to cyber security. This is a key leadership role responsible for defining the security strategy, managing risk, and ensuring robust protection across systems, data, and services.
You'd be working in a hybrid environment, based between 2-3 days per week in the office / on sites around Hampshire and the remainder of the week working remotely.
This is a full-time permanent IT Security Manager position, paying up to circa £55,000 per annum, depending on experience.
Skills and experience required:
- Proven experience in a cyber security leadership or management role
- Strong understanding of security frameworks and best practices (e.g. ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials)
- Experience managing cyber security risk, governance, and assurance activities
- Solid knowledge of IT and security technologies (networks, cloud, identity, infrastructure)
- Experience leading or coordinating cyber incident response
- Ability to communicate complex technical risks clearly to a wide range of stakeholders
- Experience producing reports, metrics, and presenting to senior leadership teams
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing teams
- Experience working with third-party suppliers and security solutions
What you'd be doing:
- Develop and implement a clear cyber security strategy aligned to business objectives
- Lead cyber security governance, risk management, and compliance activities
- Own and maintain the organisation's Information Security Management System (ISMS)
- Ensure alignment with recognised standards such as ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials
- Oversee cyber risk identification, assessment, and mitigation, including maintaining the risk register
- Lead the response to security incidents, ensuring effective plans are in place and regularly tested
- Monitor the evolving threat landscape and provide expert guidance on emerging risks
- Manage and develop a small cyber security team, setting clear priorities and performance expectations
- Oversee the effectiveness of security controls, tools, and processes
- Produce regular reports and insights for senior stakeholders on risk and security posture
- Manage supplier relationships and security-related procurement activities
- Support the organisation in building a strong cyber security awareness culture
- Deliver training initiatives and provide expert advice across the business
Benefits:
- Substantial holiday allowance and additional bank holidays off
- Very generous pension
- Flexible working with reasonable start/finish times
- And more
If you're interested, then we'd love to hear from you - please Apply Now and send a CV for quick review.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a better way for us to communicate, please do let us know.
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