Join Police Digital Service as a Cyber Risk Coordinator starting at £45,000 per annum

The Cyber Risk Coordinator is a key member of the Police Digital Service Cyber Service Team, supporting audit, risk and compliance activities.

About Police Digital Service

To protect people from harm in our rapidly changing world, police services must not only keep up with technology and business changes but develop capabilities and ways of working that will enable them to adapt to and deal with the complexity of modern criminality.

Our Values are:

• We value People
• We do the right thing
• We are innovative
• We are one Team
• We are proud and passionate

The Cyber Risk Coordinator will work with the Audit Risk and Compliance senior leadership, wider team and external stakeholders to ensure that the information processed remains accurate and available, and provide vital coordination support, including:

• Ensuring the accuracy of data held in the National Information Assurance Risk Register.
• Providing secretarial support to national risk forums.
• Supporting the Audit Risk and Compliance Team senior leadership.
• Act as Information Manager for the Audit Risk and Compliance Team.
• Coordinate training and other activities on behalf of the Audit Risk and Compliance Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the national information assurance risk management processes are working effectively.
• Identifying risk deadlines and ensuring that appropriate actions are undertaken.
• Ensuring that mitigation activities are reported into the risk register.
• Providing secretariat support to national risk management forum.
• Monitor the Audit Risk and Compliance Team’s management processes and Key Performance Indicators.
• Acting as Information Manager for the Audit Risk and Compliance Team, ensuring the accuracy, correct storage and proper disposal of all information held and processed by the team.
• Coordinating external training events provided by the Audit Risk and Compliance Team.
• Managing training bookings for the Audit Risk and Compliance Team.
• Coordinating Audit Risk and Compliance Team briefing events.
• Providing diary support to Audit Risk and Compliance Team senior leadership.
• Overseeing the Cyber Security Mailbox, assigning actions as required and tracking completion.

What you need to succeed in the role

Essential

• Possess keen attention to detail.
• Ability to manage and prioritise a high workload to meet key deadlines.
• Experience of using different software packages including the Microsoft suite.
• An understanding and preferably knowledge and experience of Data Protection, Freedom of Information and handling government data classifications.
• Risk management experience.

Desirable

• An understanding of information and cyber security.
• Experience of Defence, ?Blue Light’ and/or Government organisation governance.

Diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to equal opportunity for all and will not discriminate on any grounds. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible span of experience. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates and people with disabilities.

Working Arrangements

This is a remote role with some National travel required.

Please note, we may choose to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications for this role so please endeavour to to complete your application as soon as possible.