Cyber Security Officer; Insider Risk

Cyber Operations purpose is to support safe care and build public trust by building NHS England's cyber resilience and enabling the wider health system to be cyber resilient, supporting Transformation Directorate's purpose of delivering the best care and outcomes for the NHS.

The Cyber Operations sub-directorate consists of four operational areas:

• Cyber Security Operations Unit (CSOU & SIO)
• Cyber Delivery Unit (CDU)
• Cyber Improvement Programme
• Chief Information Security Office Function (CISO)

The Cyber Security Officer Insider Risk role sits within the CISO function in the Insider Risk team. This team is responsible for monitoring the insider threat and carrying out mitigating activities such as staff vetting, training and awareness and providing secure communications. The Security Officer role is a dynamic role that will provide support to senior colleagues in all areas of the insider risk team.

This will involve working with the team and stakeholders on the security measures that will help protect NHS England from security breaches and attacks on its computer networks and systems.

Our ideal candidate is a team player with tenacity and enthusiasm to keep our data safe. You will be able to work proactively under pressure to deliver against individual and team targets, whilst maintaining a clear focus on quality customer service and a razor-sharp attention to detail.

The main duties of the Security Officer would be to support each of the Security Leads in the Insider Risk team and assist them in; monitoring carrying out investigations of insider risk activity, undertaking pre-employment checks of staff and contractors and promoting education and awareness of insider risk. To do this to Security Officer's main duties would be to:

• Monitor the insider risk inbox providing an initial response and advice regarding security measures, access to training and pre-employment checks, referring to the relevant senior lead where necessary
• Review monitoring data to interpret user behaviour to identify potential threats and raise investigations
• Provide support to senior security leads during investigations of incidents of insider risk
• Support insider risk stakeholder group providing support to the group to allow visibility of insider threats and the mitigations in place
• Engage with managers, Data Protection Officer, investigations, and policy teams regarding insider risk investigations
• Manage the communications with the Security Champions community and co-ordinating events and meetings

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role and responsibilities.

Please ensure your supporting statement includes demonstratable evidence and specific examples on how you meet the criteria for each of the key skills specified. This will be used in both the shortlisting and interview processes

All NHS England Cyber Security personnel must hold Security Clearance level as a minimum. To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances…