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Information Security and Compliance Specialist
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Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.
About this role:
Renaissance Global are recruiting for an Information Security and Compliance Specialist to join our growing team.
We are looking for a driven and analytical Information Security and Compliance Specialist with a passion for cyber-security and innovation.
The ideal candidate to join us as an Information Security and Compliance Specialist will be responsible for evaluating, managing, and treating the risks associated with our internal and external processes, systems, and partners. This position requires relevant information security training and experience with cyber-security tools and practices as well as experience with technology industry standards such as ISO 27001, SOC2, and GDPR
Information Security and Compliance Specialist Job Responsibilities:
When looking at the responsibilities can be broken down into the following areas:
Monitor, evaluate, and action alerts from security systems.
Assess technical controls and identify areas of improvement.
Assess risk associated with information systems and cloud platforms.
Implement and maintain compliance with approved information security frameworks, following industry standards and regulatory requirements.
Monitor and measure the performance and compliance of processes, systems, and partners with respect to contractual obligations, service level agreements (SLAs), and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Assist in the implementation and maintenance of information security policies, procedures, and training programs for internal stakeholders, focusing on security best practices.
Work closely with globally distributed teams to ensure company-wide information security and compliance requirements are uniformly maintained and deployed.
Obtain and maintain the renewals of global compliance certifications, as necessary.
Stay updated on industry trends, regulatory changes, and best practices related to governance, risk, and compliance, particularly in the context of security.
Effectively communicate up, down, and across the organisation.
Skills and experience required:
To be considered for the role of Information Security and Compliance Specialist at Renaissance Learning , we are looking for someone who is formally trained in any of the following disciplines: information security; governance, risk and compliance; network security; or privacy compliance who has a strong ability to apply key information security and compliance concepts and frameworks to business and technical problems as part of a larger risk management process.
You will also have:
Experience with information security and compliance best practices, tools, techniques, and frameworks, such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and GDPR.
Experience evaluating, prioritising, and fulfilling operational and compliance requests at high levels of quality and efficiency.
Undergraduate or graduate degree in information security, compliance, legal, or IT related fields.
Information security and compliance certifications.
Experience with cyber-security incident response processes.
Some knowledge of AI regulations and technical specifications.
As our Information Security and Compliance Specialist at Renaissance Learning, we are looking for someone who aligns with Renaissance’s mission to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide, we are looking for someone who is/ has:
Ability to communicate clearly at all levels and across functions
Strong engagement with colleagues individually and as a team
Champions positive change
Effective management of time and priorities and impacts
Motivated to make a positive difference in the lives of teachers and children worldwide
High ethical standards and integrity.
Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
Proactive and forward-thinking approach to risk and compliance management.
Additional information:
This is role is a Hybrid role based out of our Houghton le Spring Office (Houghton le Spring, DH4 5QY) with the expectation with some travel to other offices (London & Swindon) as required for team meetings.
Please note the closing dates for applications will be Thursday 24th April 2025, with all candidates moving to the next stage being contacted by Wednesday 30th April 2025.
We offer a competitive basic salary of between £40,000-£50,000 per annum, dependant on experience, Plus lots of amazing benefits
Benefits:
Pension & Insurance – All employees can participate in our company pension scheme administrated by Aviva – where we will pay 8% of your annual salary if you pay just 3% pension contributions! All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance.
Holiday and Bookable Leave - 22 Days bookable annual leave per annum, plus 3 complementary days to be used for our compulsory Christmas shutdown, plus UK Statutory Bank Holidays. We also offer a day off for your birthday. We also offer up to 5 paid volunteering days per year.
We also offer the chance to Buy and additional 5 days holiday per year through our salary sacrifice scheme.
Hours of Work - our Standard working is to a flexible working policy - Work remotely up to 2/3 days a week, our standard company hours at our UK sites are between Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week between 08.30am to 5:30pm (with an unpaid hour for lunch daily),subject to the demands of the role. The address for hybrid working in your location would be our Houghton le Spring office (Evolve Centre, Cygnet Way, Houghton le Spring, DH4 5QY)
Growth and development – extensive training opportunities for career progression across Renaissance Learning.
Shopping & Working for Renaissance Perks – Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal (provided by Reward Gateway). You will also be able to collect Renaissance Rewards, our employee recognition Platform. You will also get access to Smart tech where you can get your electrical household and personal items at the best price and spread the cost through your salary, interest free, up to £5000.00.
Well being & Health – We offer a generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 including Family Support Services. Help@Hand app with access to GP, physio, nutrition, counselling support and more.
We offer access to mental health first-aiders based both remotely and on all our UK Sites. We offer access to Company paid BUPA PMI and BUPA cash plan optional schemes.
Annual flu vaccinations, eye tests and a contribution towards specs.
Renaissance UK Office benefits – season ticket loan, Tusker car scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and fruit baskets in UK offices.
Please note we are not offering sponsorship for this role.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you.
All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit.
This role is subject to DBS and background checks.
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Culture overview
Joining us will give you a real opportunity to make a difference to our organisation and the schools, teachers and pupils that we work with. You will gain experience working with an international, award-winning business and help us in our on-going transformation from publishing company to tech business, GL is modernising the way it works and that starts with being Tech centric. If you want to be part of our continuing success story, we would love to hear from you.
Our values – Collaborative, Responsive, Enterprising and Rigorous - reflect who we are, what we do, and what we would like to see more of. We also look for these values in our potential colleagues.
In addition to the benefits listed below, we also offer a few extra perks:
A salary sacrifice car lease scheme with tax and NI savings on hybrid and electric vehicles.
SmartTech is a salary loan/deduction scheme that helps you with the upfront cost of tech and electrical goods.
Access to a benefits and discount platform with thousands of discounts at retailers, gyms, leisure attractions and restaurants
Holiday purchase plan, if 26 days isn't going to cut it for you!
Career progression and development opportunities with individual personal development reviews
Eye care vouchers and annual flu vaccinations
Weekly fruit platters and regular pizza provision - it's called a balanced diet!
Employee Assistance Programme and access to THRIVE, an NHS approved app to help manage your mental health
We offer office based, hybrid or fully remote working, tell us what works for you and we'll work with you to achieve it.
Having a diverse workforce is important to us and we want our teams to reflect the world in which we live. We do all we can to encourage diversity and diverse thinking in GL. Our Diversity Matters Network - owned and driven by our staff – encourages and promotes honest and open discussion. Staff can share their experiences and discuss what diversity means to them, to inform and open up a discussion with our wider network of team members.
Employee benefits
Bonus Scheme
Childcare Vouchers
Cycle To Work
Flexible Hours
Flexible Working
Free Food
Free Parking
Health Cash Plan
Laptop
Learning Allowance
Life Insurance
Pension
Private Healthcare
Season Ticket Loan
Wellbeing Programme
Office vibe
Beer Fridge
Birthday Off
Open Plan
Social Events
Location
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Leadership
Lee-Jon Ball
Interim CTO
Engineering principles
Agile Process
Code Reviews
Communication and collaboration
Continuous integration
Feature switching
Infrastructure as code
Knowledge sharing
Mentoring
Micro services
Monitoring and logging
Pair programming
Refactoring
Scrum
Unit testing
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