Project Security Specialist

Project Security Specialist

Programme Name: UK Security

Location: Farnborough with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands

Salary: 32600 - 38400

Are you ready to work on projects that can potentially change the world Join us at Leidos UK where your most important work is ahead!

The Role:

Leidos is seeking an enthusiastic project security specialist to support the implementation and assurance of security across complex Defence and UK Government projects.

The role presents the successful candidate with the opportunity to work with experienced like-minded security professionals in order to influence and shape effective security outputs within a dynamic project portfolio.

The incumbent will possess specialist skills in all areas of protective security and have demonstrable experience of applying security frameworks such as Government Functional Standard 007.

What will I be doing

Reporting to the Senior Projects Security Manager the Project Security Specialist will work independently to co-ordinate and deliver security activities within assigned projects and as required in support of the wider security team on other projects frameworks and business development activities to:

• Ensure contractual regulatory and governance security obligations are fully interpreted implemented and assured across the project lifecycle.
• Provide subject matter expertise as a Security Advisor on security policy requirements security aspects letters industry security best practice and project security risks.
• Develop standard and bespoke security policies procedures and work instructions in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Chair security working groups maintaining appropriate records of actions and decisions.
• Deliver tailored security education and training initiatives appropriate to audience and requirements.
• Manage security incidents and conduct security investigations ensuring timely response to meet internal and external reporting obligations as well as ensuring lessons are learned.
• Ensure security requirements are appropriately flowed down throughout the supply chain and suppliers are correctly on-boarded and managed.
• Support the delivery of business continuity planning within assigned projects.
• Respond to Customer requests for Security assurance.
• Participate in internal and external security compliance audits.
• Develop and maintain relevant relationships with key security personnel within customer partner and supplier organisations.

Additional role requirements:

• The role requires travel through the UK 25% of the time
• Due to the nature of the work undertaken by Leidos UK the incumbent must be a sole British national with 10 years residency in the UK

Essential skills and experience:

• Previous experience in a Security Management or Protective Security roles.
• Knowledge and experience of National Protective Security Authority HMG Ministry of Defence and Defence and Equipment Support Principal Security Advisor compliance and accreditation standards for Industry.
• Good presentation and communication skills with the ability to influence colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.

Desired skills and experience:

• Ideally suits someone with protective security experience in Defence Industry and/or UK Armed Forces or MoD.

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What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers a collaborative culture and support for your career goals all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance health schemes gym memberships annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging welcoming all perspectives and contributions and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE we work to make the worldsaferhealthier andmore efficient through technology engineering andscience.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence healthcare government safety and security and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning AI cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home the office or on customer sites we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos we invest in technical academies career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.