About the job The first element of this role is to be the Army’s Chief Security Officer, responsible for physical, cyber, personnel Security, resilience and counter-intelligence. The second element will be to operate as the Senior Responsible Owner for the Land Cyber and Electro-Magnetic Activities Programme, working with the newly established National Armaments Directorate, announced under Defence Reform. You will be responsible for overseeing policy, operational delivery, programme delivery and being the functional lead and Head of Profession for the Army for Cyber and Electromagnetic activities, Security and Resilience. The role reports to the Army’s Chief Information Officer & Senior Security Risk Coordinator and oversees a team of 118 personnel with a mixed team of civil servants, contractors and military staff. If you are interested in the role and are keen to learn more about it, a Q&A session will be open between 14:30 to 15:15 on Tuesday 12th August. Candidates can access the meeting by clicking here. Please note this is not part of the formal assessment process. If you have any issues when joining this session, please contact . Job description Ensure Army physical, cyber and personnel security policy and Army resilience policy evolves to reflect the threats we face and the means available to mitigate them. The post sets the baseline security policy for the Army and oversees its delivery. In doing so, the post holder must work closely with MOD, Other Government Department colleagues and with the Intelligence Community and Civil Contingencies Community to ensure the Army approach to security and resilience reflects the threats we face. Take operational decisions on risk which have been escalated within the Department. The post holder will be expected to determine and provide direction on acceptable risk in several sensitive areas, particularly where these fall outside routine delegations or baseline policy and advise the Senior Security Risk Coordinator. Responsible for ensuring legislative compliance with the Investigatory Powers Act and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. Drive a multi-year programme of change activity (c.£10m/yr) designed to mitigate the Army’s Strategic Risk on security. Lead on the development, delivery and maintenance of a strong security culture across a globally dispersed organisation, and industry partners. Measure the performance of our security improvements through qualitative and quantitative metrics and report to the Army Board. Manage any strategic or cross-cutting security incident. The post holder will have to manage or support the Army’s response to any major security threat or incident. Act as Senior Responsible Officer for the Army’s Land Cyber & Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) Programme, which includes projects that cover strategy and capability development and equipment programmes and contribute to those in wider Defence. Through all stages of the project delivery cycle, including performance and risk management and holding key delivery agents to account. Oversee the financial management of the Land CEMA Programme, circa £1Bn over 10 years, and the Army Security Plan and team budget of circa £10m per annum. Persuade and influence a highly varied set of stakeholders across the Army, Defence, wider Government, International and Industry partners. Person specification Experience of implementing a programme of change designed to drive down strategic security risks, and some experience in security (cyber, physical or personnel) or technology. Experience of the development, articulation and delivery of strategies within a large and complex organisation. Excellent Interpersonal skills, with a track record of successfully leading cross-organisational working with a variety of partners across industry and internationally on areas of security and change delivery. You will need to showcase how you use your networks to good effect, build trust quickly, get the best out of others and develop a sense of common purpose to achieve results. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence and provide advice on complex issues to Board level stakeholders. Experience of leading a mixed disciplinary team with a proven record of building, motivating and inspiring teams to their full potential. You will also need to demonstrate your values-based leadership, including examples to how you have created a diverse and inclusive culture within your organisation. Benefits Alongside your salary of £104,000, Ministry of Defence contributes £30,128 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% Selection process details To apply for this post, you will need to complete the online application process by no later than 23:55 Sunday 17th August 2025 and provide the two documents outlined below via the Civil Service Jobs portal: A CV (no more than 2 pages) setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years. A Personal Statement (no more than 2 pages) explaining how your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role.#J-18808-Ljbffr
Job Title
Chief Security Officer Army