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Principal Security and Information Professional - job post

HM Revenue and Customs
3.5 out of 5 stars
Edinburgh•Hybrid work
£71,725 - £79,481 a year - Permanent, Part-time, Full-time

Location

Edinburgh•Hybrid work

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • Company pension
  • Work from home
  • Flexible schedule

Full job description

Details

Reference number

440624

Salary

£71,725 - £79,481
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
GBP

Job grade

Grade 6

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

HMRC - CDIO - HMRC Security

Type of role

Security

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Number of jobs available

1

Contents

  • Location
  • About the job
  • Benefits
  • Things you need to know
  • Apply and further information

Location

Bristol, Cardiff, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Manchester, Telford, Worthing

About the job

Job summary

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HMRC Security is part of HMRC’s Chief Digital Information Office (CDIO) and plays a vital role in assessing business and reputational risks across one of the largest IT estates in Europe. Within HMRC Security, Cyber Security Technical Services (CSTS) and the Government Security Centre for Cyber (Cyber GSeC) are integral teams responsible for ensuring that all colleagues have the capability to fulfil their security responsibilities and develop the skills needed to detect, prevent, and respond to evolving security risks and threats.

Our vision is to be recognised as a centre of expertise and excellence, working collaboratively across government to deliver holistic, customer-centric cyber security services. This includes consultancy support that adapts to emerging technologies and the ever-changing threat and risk landscape.

As a Principal Security and Information Professional within CSTS, you will be part of a multidisciplined team and a supportive security community both within HMRC and across government. You will play a leading role in enabling HMRC to manage security, data protection, and information risks effectively across business areas. Working in partnership with senior stakeholders, you may provide strategic insight and advisory support on a wide range of topics including cyber, physical and personnel security, data protection, and information management.

At HMRC, we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues – an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We aim to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work with us, offering a range of flexible working patterns and support to help you build a fulfilling career.

Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds who bring the experience and skills needed to thrive in this role.

Job description

Your Responsibilities will include:

• Providing strategic advisory support to senior stakeholders on cyber, physical, personnel, data protection and information management risks, enabling informed decision-making and embedding proportionate controls.
• Leading as a security and information professional, championing and sharing best practice and embedding government security culture and directing a team with responsibility for setting direction, coaching, quality assurance and performance management.
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement by driving high performance, encouraging shared ownership of outcomes and influencing others to work corporately in support of broader HMRC objectives.
• Acting as a key representative within senior leadership teams across lines of business, contributing to strategic planning, business alignment, risk governance and regulatory compliance.
• Translating security and information policy into practice, supporting implementation of policies and controls tailored to business priorities and risk appetite. •
Promoting a strong organisational culture around security, data protection and information management through stakeholder engagement and leadership. •
Bringing business insight back into central teams, shaping service improvement, policy development and transformation. •
Acting as an escalation point for complex or high-risk issues, including incidents, assurance matters, or strategic challenges. •
Contributing to CSTS leadership, including potential involvement in the CSTS Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and supporting identification of capability needs across the wider function. •
Representing HMRC in cross-government or cross-departmental forums, helping influence broader policy and delivery approaches.

Person specification

Please note: Security Check (SC) clearance level, either already held or willing to obtain, is a requirement of this role. Please see Additional Security Information and Security sections below.

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrated ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders at board level.
• Proven experience in shaping or translating security and/or information management policy and risk into business-aligned action. •
Strong leadership experience with strategic direction setting capabilities.
• Exceptional integrity and judgement in handling sensitive information.
• Clear and confident communicator with experience producing high-quality written and verbal outputs tailored to senior audiences. •
Significant experience advising on security and/or data protection and information risks within large, complex, and high-risk environments. This may include providing strategic and operational guidance, influencing senior stakeholders and shaping organisational approaches to managing cyber, physical, personnel, and information security risks.

• You must also hold, or be willing to work towards, one of the Qualifications listed below.

Desirable Criteria:

• Familiarity with relevant frameworks such as NIST, CAF, ISO 27001 or the ICO Accountability Framework.
• Knowledge of legislative requirements as UK GDPR, DPA 2018, Public Records Act, CRCA. •
Knowledge of risk and assurance methodologies, including threat identification, risk assessment, and control design. •
Experience working across organisational or departmental boundaries to support shared risk, policy, or governance goals. •
Applied understanding of Secure by Design principles, incident response processes, or regulatory compliance requirements. •
Background in leading or contributing to policy development, governance models or service improvement initiatives in the security or data/information domain.
• Working knowledge of HMRC’s operating environment, business areas or technical estate (or a similar large public sector organisation).

Additional Location information - Transitional sites:

For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

If your location preference is for the following site, it’s important to note that this is not a long-term site for HMRC and we will require you to move to a new building in the future, subject to our location strategy and the applicable employee policies at that time.

This site is:

  • Telford Plaza, Telford - moving to Parkside Court, Telford.

You will be given more information about what this means at the job offer stage.

Qualifications

Please confirm on your application if you hold, or will be willing to work towards, a relevant security or data/information certification, for example;

CISMP, CISM, ISO27001 Lead Auditor, CDMP (Practitioner or above), CIPP/E, ISO 27701 Lead Implementer;
Or equivalent qualifications.

If applying with equivalent qualifications, please state what these are on your application.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £71,725, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £20,778 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

  • Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues’ Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
  • Family friendly policies.
  • Personal support.
  • Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it’s really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

  • A name-blind CV, to include your job history, with a short description of your jobs/roles, duties and any key achievements. Please also describe your relevant previous skills/experience and let us know which Qualifications you hold.
  • A 500-word Personal Statement, describing how your skills, attributes and experience would make you suitable for the role, referring to the Person Specification, and how you meet the Essential Criteria.

Please also provide a statement (max 250-words) for the Desirable Criteria, if applicable to you, on your application form. This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy-holder where candidates have the same scores at sift or interview.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications being received, an initial sift may be held on the Personal Statement.

At full sift your CV and Personal Statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

During the panel interview, you will be asked Experience-based questions to explore your skills, abilities and relevant experience. You will also be asked to prepare and deliver a 10-minute Presentation on a subject which will be provided in advance of interview.

Interviews will take place via video link (Microsoft Teams).

Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days (Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk – Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example – ‘Please re-open my application – [insert vacancy ref] & vacancy closing date [insert date]’

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application.

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles – if this applies to you, we’ll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Criminal Record Check

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

Merit List

After interview, a single merit list will be created, and you will only be considered for posts in locations you have expressed a preference for. Appointments will be made in strict merit order in line with the set number of roles in each location.

Hybrid working at HMRC

HMRC is an office-based organisation, and colleagues are expected to spend 60% of their working time in the office. Our offices provide opportunity for interaction, collaboration which aids learning and development and a sense of community. Where the role allows it, and where the home environment is suitable, colleagues can work from home for up to 2 days a week, averaged over a calendar month (or a proportionate amount of time for colleagues who work less than full time).

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

  • Contact the UBS Recruitment Team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the “Assistance required” section in the “Additional requirements” page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you’re deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Additional Security Information

Please note: in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application. If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers

This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need. Please consider the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the ‘location preferences’ section that you can travel to.

Terms and Conditions

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.

HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations.

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.

Please note that if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

For more Information for people applying for, or thinking of applying for, roles at HM Revenue and Customs, please see link: Working for HMRC: information for applicants - GOV.UK.


Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check .

See our vetting charter .
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

  • Name : Steve Muckle
  • Email : steve.muckle@hmrc.gov.uk

Recruitment team

  • Email : unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles.

In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaints@hmrc.gov.uk. Please note that we do not accept complaints or appeals regarding scoring of outcomes of campaigns, unless candidates can provide clear evidence that the campaign did not follow the Recruitment Principles.

If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website.

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