What's involved with this role:
Interim Head of Technology Services Security - Hybrid Working - PSR 1JP00053758 Pay Rate: Up to £900 per day pay range subject to IR35 status Please note: Hybrid working at any of these offices: Manchester/Blackpool/Leeds/Newcastle Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic and expert leadership across Technology Services on Digital and IT security
• Create, own, deliver and maintain the technology services security plan.
• Leading on the transformation of Digital Security Risk Management (DSRM);
• Leading and managing Digital wide risk management, working with S&DP on security policy, standards and adoption of industry best practice in alignment with the NIST Cybersecurity framework.;
• Lead on IT security risk management and first line assurance for Digital
• Acting a trusted advisor and leader within the Technology Services Directorate and across Digital and the wider Department working closely with the Department's Chief Security Office (CSO) and S&DP
• Leading and managing the performance, development and well-being of your team; operating in an agile delivery environment and focussed on service excellence;
• Manage operational budget and commercial arrangements.

Technical Skills required

• Expert and experienced in IT security solutions and services within a large enterprise 24*7 operational business including with public and private cloud solutions.
• Experience of leading market security technologies for example SIEM (Splunk), PUAM (CyberArk), Endpoint protection (Tanium and Fire-eye);
• Experienced in cyber and technology security risk management and incident handling;
• Extensive experienced of industry frameworks and standards including the NIST Cybersecurity framework and how it is applied to track cybersecurity capability across an enterprise organisation or other comparable frameworks;
• Experience in setting technology security strategy and managing continuous service improvement;

Knowledge and Experience required:

• Previous experience of working for a government dept.
• Experience of IT operations in an agile and dev-ops delivery environment;
• An exceptional and authentic leader, with the ability to build, inspire and engage their teams to deliver results even in times of ambiguity; to enjoy their contribution and to be proud of their achievements.
• Proven experience of developing capability at an organisational and team level, through empowering, supporting and developing staff to achieve the highest performance standards.
• Successful track record of delivering digitally enabled organisational transformation programmes, with an appreciation that change can provide opportunity for efficiency and innovation.
• Strong track record of building excellent stakeholder relationships; creating a wider ranging network of relationships across organisational boundaries that support collaborative working across teams or organisations to in order to achieve highly effective outcomes.
• A self-starter bringing their own energy, resilience and enthusiasm, to continually drive through improvements to the service provided to DWP.
• Strong financial acumen and a desire for and experience in delivering value for money.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience of managing third part service providers.

Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.

"Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

• Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, not that they would exclude candidates willing to travel/relocate, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours
• Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
• Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
• Qualifications and experience relevant to the job role - please give full details within your CV document

Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:

• Any local authority/public sector experience
• Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for

If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via jobs@tclrec.com but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below: If you would prefer to send a CV straight to us rather than by way of an on-line application, you are very welcome to do so via jobs@tclrec.com but please quote both the job reference and job title exactly as they appear below:

Job Ref: PSR 1JP00053758

Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates. We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the "Essential Requirements" listed. Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.