Office Jobs Sheffield, UK – Principal Statistician in Borders Analysis

Overview

Position Title: Principal Statistician in Borders Analysis

Company: UK Home Office

Location: Sheffield, UK

Job Description:

There are four roles currently available within the team. Job descriptions and key responsibilities are set out for each role. These reflect the roles that are currently available but may be subject to change in line with business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Drive beneficial security change into the business through the development or review of architectures and attendance/guidance to governance boards.
• Work closely with a wide variety of stakeholders across the Home Office, to design, deliver and run the central cyber security protective monitoring capability and standards.
• Be responsible for cyber security operations in the department.
• Be Senior Reporting Officer for the Cyber Security Programme and any department-level cyber security activity, including shaping the strategy and the business case and being accountable for the execution and delivery of workstreams, including the delivery of those capabilities into live running.
• Lead, build and inspire a high performing cyber security team of over 100 people.
• Maintain the department’s security assurance strategy and deliver advice and guidance on the operation of the security assurance process.
• Develop and implement the cyber security strategy, ensuring it is aligned with the National Cyber Security
• Be the department’s advisor for cyber risk within its own business operations and be responsible for bringing together the department’s approach to its own cyber and information security.
• Strategy and representative of the requirements of department stakeholders.
• Implement enterprise strategy, approach, and processes to reduce information security risks and enable services to the department to be delivered effectively.
• Establish, maintain, and implement appropriate strategy, standards, controls and policies to protect information assets and technologies across the Home Office family, and drive compliance with Government policy, standards, regulatory requirements and legislation.

Requirements:

• Have achieved or on track to achieve a level 4 apprenticeship including at least 2 years in a statistical/data analysis field in government and are able to demonstrate continuous professional development in statistics/data analysis (via a CPD log book signed off by a manager or mentor who are members of the statistical profession).
• Have worked in a statistical/data science field and are able to demonstrate continuous professional development (via a CPD Log Book) in statistics/data science at the same level as a foundation degree/HND (Level 5)
• A first or second class honours degree in a numerate subject (2:2 minimum for Statistical Officer) containing at least 25% taught statistical content (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Business Studies, Psychology, Geography, Data Science or similar);
• A higher degree, e.g. an MSc or PhD, in a subject containing formal statistical training (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Sciences, Business Studies, Data Science, Psychology, Geography or similar).