Information Security Officer

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Information Security Officer

A leading UK Children's Charity

£35,000 - £45,000 Basic Salary + Benefits

Euston / Ilford

Would you like to work for one of the UK's leading Children's charities who's sole purpose is to protect and support the UK's most vulnerable children and young people? Then look no further…My client are looking for an Information Security Officer who will champion the management of company wide Information Security risks. This particular firm are fairly mature in their Information Security posture, this role will not involve implementing an ISMS from scratch, however you will need to uphold and maintain an effective Information Security Management System using a continual improvement approach. You must have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and be very comfortable interacting with key stakeholders from multiple 3rd parties externally and different teams internally.Key duties for this role include:Respond to information security audit findings and recommendations, providing advice and action.Develop and put in place an accessible information security awareness and training programme.Maintain and improve compliance and risk reports.Maintain knowledge of security and security enhancing technologies.Update colleagues where appropriate on making changes, revising process, etc.Work with product and delivery managers and senior leaders to ensure teams understand their compliance responsibilities and manage self-risk.Simplify and clarify our existing processes, and make them as self-service as possible. Teams and leaders should understand processes, ensuring we reduce the risk of non-compliance.Champion your programme of work with senior management.Other key responsibilities will include:Work with the head of operating technology to ensure all live systems we use to stay in control.Ensure compliance, and conformance with ISO27001 standard.Develop, put in place and enforce suitable and relevant information security policies. These should be compliant with ISO27001 and other legislation and regulations related to information security.Investigate suspected and actual breaches of security and undertake reporting/remedial action as required. Maintain a log of any incidents and remedial recommendations and actions. Candidate Skills and ExperienceThe candidate successful must possess the following attributes and interests:Analytically minded with the ability to creatively resolve problemsA strong interest in technology and Information SecurityNaturally inquisitive with the ability to deduce the root cause of problemsExcellent verbal and written English.Experienced candidates may have held the following job titles; Information Security Analyst, IT Security Analyst, Cyber Security Analyst, InfoSec Analyst, CyberSec Analyst, Cyber Assurance Analyst, Security Assurance Analyst, IT Assurance Specialist, IT Security Engineer, Cyber Security Engineer, Cyber Risk Analyst, Junior IT Security, Junior Cyber, Junior Information Security