Associate Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus Assessor (IASME-licensed, UK, Remote)

Intelance is a UK-based consulting firm and a newly appointed IASME Certification Body across Cyber Essentials Cyber Essentials Plus and IASME Cyber Assurance. We also deliver ISO 27001 implementation and audit support to mid-market and enterprise clients across the UK and Europe.

We are building a selective associate panel to support a growing book of Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus engagements. This is not an employment role. It is a long-term associate relationship for experienced assessors who want steady well-run work named inclusion on our panel and a professional home that treats assurance delivery as a craft.

Tasks

• Conduct Cyber Essentials self-assessment reviews against the current IASME question set and issue certification decisions within agreed service levels.
• Deliver Cyber Essentials Plus technical audits including vulnerability scanning authenticated scans sample device testing multi-factor authentication validation and malware protection checks.
• Write clear defensible assessment reports and certification recommendations.
• Guide client technical contacts through remediation where gaps are identified without drifting into paid consultancy during the certification window.
• Maintain evidence and audit trails to IASME Certification Body standards.
• Participate in internal calibration sessions to keep assessment quality consistent across the panel.
• Where capacity and interest align support adjacent work across IASME Cyber Assurance Level 1 and Level 2 and ISO 27001 readiness.

Requirements

• Current or recently held IASME assessor licence for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus or equivalent hands-on delivery experience with a willingness to be licensed under Intelance.
• Minimum three years delivering Cyber Essentials Plus technical audits in the UK market.
• Strong working knowledge of the five Cyber Essentials controls the current question set and common interpretation edge cases.
• Practical experience with vulnerability scanning tooling used for Cyber Essentials Plus.
• Confident engaging directly with client IT and security leads including SME owners and enterprise CISO teams.
• Based in the UK with the right to work in the UK.
• Able to operate outside IR35 through a limited company or willing to engage on a compliant basis.
• Willing to be listed publicly as an Associate Assessor of Intelance including on LinkedIn while on the panel.
• Excellent written English. Reports must be client-ready without heavy editing.

Desirable:

• ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification.
• Experience with IASME Cyber Assurance NIST CSF or SOC 2 readiness.
• Sector depth in financial services healthcare SaaS or private equity-backed mid-market.

Benefits

• Competitive day rate and per-certification fee structure paid on 14-day terms.
• Right of first refusal on engagements matched to your sector and availability.
• Named inclusion on the Intelance Cyber Assurance panel page and proposal credentials.
• Co-branded continuing professional development sessions and quarterly calibration workshops.
• Referral fee of up to 10 percent of net first-year fees for associate originated client work.
• Direct access to the Intelance delivery leadership. No sub-sub-contracting. No layers.
• Clean tooling templates and quality frameworks so you spend time assessing not formatting.

We are deliberately selective. We would rather run a small sharp panel than a long list of names we cannot mobilise. If you are a serious assessor who takes pride in defensible well-written certification work we want to speak with you.

Process: short application 30-minute assessment 30-minute screen with our Cyber Assurance lead a technical scenario walkthrough two references and a signed Associate Panel Agreement. From application to panel membership in under three weeks for the right candidates.

Apply with your CV your current IASME licence status and a one-paragraph note on the most complex Cyber Essentials Plus audit you have delivered and how you handled it.