Security & Resilience Consultant
| Job Type | Contract |
| Location | Swindon/ Hybrid |
| Area | South West, UK |
| Sector | Central Government |
| Salary | £600 Per Day |
| Start Date | June 23rd, 2025 |
| Advertiser | Priyanka Dubey |
| Job Ref | PSR1JP00088992 |
| IR35 | Inside |
| Security Clearance | SC |
- Description
- The Client:
A government department client is looking for a Security & Resilience Consultant to join them on a 6 month contract. This position will be hybrid, Swindon.
Job Summary:
Minimum Requirement: Create a S&R 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.
- 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 (i.e., ISO, BSI, etc) to create an example of best practice.
- Develop and deliver repeatable processes which MUST achieve an annual audit of all 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 S&R professionals and accountable senior leaders.
- Provide maturity scoring and peer-to-peer comparisons of 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 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 to the SSA and support presentations to senior leaders.
- Deliver workshops to S&R 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 (i.e., creation of key posts, delivery of training, etc).
To achieve these outputs the contracted individual MUST:
- Work routinely on site from Swindon, and be able to travel regularly (as required) to client sites including, but not exhaustively, in Didcot, Cambridge, London and Keyworth.
- 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.
- SHOULD have experience of working in a UK Government Department or ALB.
- MAY work from home a proportion of the time, where suitable and where agreed with the client's SSA.Strong background in public sector, Audit experience, Work independently.
Our Company:
Malikshaw Interim & Executive is a specialist provider of talent management solutions helping our clients transform the delivery of our public services. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we combine providing the best talent with delivering diverse, inclusive workforces and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and women.
How to Apply:
Please apply through the link provided to send your application directly to the Recruiter managing this assignment.
Disability Confident:
As a member of the disability confident scheme, the Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for any of the above, please notify us on your covering letter and your recruiter will confirm if the client is a member. We will then be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.
- 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.
