Location: Sheffield | Salford | Croydon | Glasgow (hybrid)
Salary: £49,850 (National) or £53,850 (Croydon)
Skills allowance of up to £7,550, pending assessment
Advert Close Date: 15th October 2026
Job summary
The Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager within Secure by Design plans and implements organisation-wide processes and procedures for the embedding of Secure by Design as a framework approach to increasing the organisations Cyber Security. They monitor the uptake, adoption and effectiveness of utilising the Secure by design principles and activities across the organisation and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
As a Senior Cyber Security Risk Manager you will:
- Ensure Secure by Design activities are part of your organisation’s government gate review life cycle so that security risks are addressed early and escalated in the right way.
- Help escape projects with low security confidence for extra support or oversight.
- Promote a standardised approach to Secure by Design activities across project,programmes and portfolios.
- Encourage the use of templates, tools, and checklists (like the Secure by Design self assessment tracker) to help teams apply Secure by Design principles consistently.
Essential Skills
You’ll have a demonstrable passion for Cyber Security with the following skills or experience in:
- Overseeing risk reviews, developing risk treatment plans and communicating those risks to others.
- Planning and delivery of project level activities.
- Adopting a structured approach to executing and documenting audits, following agreed standards.
- Maintaining integrity of records to support and satisfy audit trails.
- Communications and executive stakeholder engagement and management.
Why work for us…
Find out more information at: Benefits – Home Office Careers, but some of the primary ones are:
- A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution rates of £14,441 annually
- In-year reward scheme for one-off or sustained exceptional personal or team achievements.
- 25 days annual leave on appointment, rising with service.
- 8 days of public holidays, plus 1 additional privilege day.
- Flexi-time allowance and flexible working options
Plus so much MORE: https://careers.homeoffice.gov.uk/benefits
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