Reports To | Head of Professionalisation |
Hours | 35 hours per week |
Location | Home based/Digital HQ (with occasional travel) |
Duration | Full Time (35 hours) |
Salary | £25,000 to £30,000 p.a. |
Contract Type | Fixed term to 31st March 2025 (with potential to extend, subject to funding) |
Staff Benefits | Excellent (including 26 days annual leave and private health care) |
About us
The UK Cyber Security Council (the Council) champions cyber security across the UK, accelerating awareness and driving excellence in the profession.
The Council brings together the Cyber community to build and drive engagement in the cyber security profession, through developing professional specialisms and titles and ethical practice, and demystifying career routes into and through the profession.
In collaboration with UK Government and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Industry and Academia, our role is to set the standard for the profession to support the ambition to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.
As we enter our 4th year of delivery, we are moving out of development mode into a commercial business model and are seeking a strong business support officer to aid the Professionalisation team with critical administration and key project support duties.
The Business Support Officer role sits within the Professionalisation team at the Council which develops and manages a range of products including the development and management of the Council Standard, cyber security specialisms and professional titles. The team are also responsible for managing and supporting licensed bodies, developing the career framework and implementing and managing processes of all certification mapping work.
The role is varied but primarily is administrative with scope for the role holder to develop skills and experience in project management, monitoring, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
This job description is intended as a general guide to the scope of the post and may change in line with the needs of the organisation or at the request of the line manager
We actively encourage applications from a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our positions as we are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities people.
We actively support diversity and inclusion and ensure that all our employees are valued and treated with dignity and respect as we want to encourage everyone in our business to reach their potential.
Please send an up-to-date CV to hrteam@ukcybersecuritycouncil.org.uk, along with a supporting letter (max 2 x A4), indicating how you meet the essential criteria outlined above.
Closing Date: 18 October 2024 12pm
Interviews: Week beginning 21 October 2024
Start Date: ASAP
Important note: We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and so we may close the recruitment process early if an outstanding candidate is secured.