Assistant Manager, Security Advice, Project Assurance and Facility Management, Quality, Risk and Security

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Are you an experienced security professional who can be at the forefront of assuring Deloitte are compliant with the principles embedded within relevant Government standards?

Are you ready to contribute your expertise to the highest levels of security advice, providing recommendations for controls, processes, and protocols in all aspects of physical, personnel and information security?

We are seeking a Security Specialist to join our team within Deloitte Business Security (DBS), who are part of the Deloitte Quality, Risk and Security (QRS) community.

Quality, Risk and Security (QRS) is an overarching identity for all the professionals who manage quality and risk for Deloitte. It comprises: Deloitte Business Security (DBS), National Quality and Risk Management (NQRM), Quality & Risk Operations (QR Ops), and Service Line Quality and Risk Management teams (including Switzerland) and is led by a dedicated partner who sits on the firm's Executive.

Within QRS, we use our skills and experience across a variety of disciplines to support a risk intelligent culture at Deloitte; enabling our partners and practitioners to deliver high quality services to their clients, minimising the administrative burden on our people, and acting as custodians of firm risk, security, ethics, and reputation.

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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

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This role is part of a growing team, and a tremendous opportunity to contribute to a developing function with direct impact for its operational growth.

You'll be responsible for supporting the Security Lead with security operations, assurance, and administration, the key tasks will include:

• Ensuring compliance with the firm's security policy framework and observance of principles outlined in government regulations and standards i.e. HMG SPF, Functional standards GovS007.
• Delivering the efficient and effective co-ordination and execution of security operations in the areas of physical, material, document, personnel, and information security.
• Implementing policies and processes in accordance with corporate governance in relation to security, providing reports clearly defining outcomes and recommendations.
• Ensuring HMG accreditations remain valid, by undertaking any security related tasking issued by the Security Lead.
• Support the Security Lead in the delivery of the security roadmap, strategies, and future initiatives, ensuring all reviews and work streams are completed to agreed timescales and adequate standard.
• Providing security and risk management advice for Deloitte practitioners working across government and public services.
• Report all suspected security breaches and if required, carry out thorough investigations of any suspected security breaches making recommendations for appropriate actions.
• Developing, Implementing, and monitoring physical and information asset security controls, acting as custodian for security related material.
• Escalating security issues directly to the Security Lead in the first instance, ensuring communications are controlled and managed accordingly.
• Overseeing and coordinating the technical programming of access passes, ensuring the adherence of relevant policy.
• Promote awareness of the latest HMG and Deloitte security requirements, conduct security education and culture training, including induction, continuation training and off-boarding.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Essential:

• Working knowledge HMG Security Policy Framework (SPF) and Functional Standard GovS007 and the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
• Ability to handle security material effectively, ideally including cryptographic material.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong IT skills – Microsoft 365 products, applications, and services.
• Currently hold or able to attain and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.

Desirable:

• Experience in government or other regulated industry, specifically security supervision/assurance.
• CISM
• DISA training e.g. Role of the Security Controller, security vetting.
• Formal security qualification e.g. L3 Security management and above, CISM.

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Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. Bringing your individual skills and experience, and sharing your specialist knowledge, is how you'll make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

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"Deloitte's a large, complex and fast-paced organisation but it's open to new ideas. Everyone is encouraged to show initiative and challenge the norm.”

-Lisa, Enabling Functions

Our working policy

You'll be based in Manchester (on-site).

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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