Join Our Team
Starting Salary: £45,138 with the opportunity to earn: £47,490 + an annual bonus.
Working Pattern: Days (37.5 hours per week, typical hours are 07:30 – 15:40 or 08:10 – 16:20)
Location: Sellafield, West Cumbria or Risley, Warrington (3 days in the office, 2 days from home. Flexible working options available)
What will the Successful Candidate be Doing:
Are you a forward-thinking professional with a passion for evaluating and mitigating information risks? If you’re ready to take the lead in safeguarding our critical data and assets, we invite you to join us as an Information Risk Assessor Lead.
The Information Risk team at Sellafield ensures that the business and their suppliers comply with governmental regulations and industry best practice.
Principle Accountabilities Include:
- Lead on the implementation of the Sellafield Ltd Information Risk management framework and the information risk management process.
- Perform information systems risk assessments on Sellafield Ltd and supply chain systems to assess compliance with company policy and regulatory standards.
- Assist and support with the preparation of the Risk Management Accreditation Document Set (RMADS) and/or Security Operating Procedures (SyOps) for Sellafield Ltd and/or third party supplier information systems.
- Assist with the mentoring, coaching and up-skilling the Information Risk Assessors.
- Assist and support the formal Authority to Proceed/Operate (ATP/ATO) process for Sellafield Ltd and third party supplier information systems which process sensitive nuclear information to comply with Government regulations and requirements.
- Lead on conducting information risk assessments on existing Sellafield Ltd information systems and new business information systems going through the ISO demand process.
- Maintain familiarity with legislation and regulations which are relevant to information systems accreditation in order to provide advice and guidance to the business.
- Provide guidance, assistance and awareness on information risk management across the business and supply chain.
- Develop and maintain professional working relationships with internal and external regulators and stakeholders.
Why choose Sellafield?
Seventy-five years ago, we helped to create the nation’s nuclear deterrent. Today, we’re using our unrivalled knowledge of nuclear to create a clean and safe environment for future generations. At every step in between, our people have decoded the mysteries of the nuclear atom. Since 1956, UK nuclear power has saved 2.3 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, the equivalent of all the UK’s emissions from 2015 to 2020. Today, we are taking great steps towards cleaning up this waste and creating our clean and sustainable future. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and life-long career.
What’s in it for you?
At Sellafield Ltd, we are an organisation that is committed to supporting employees fulfil their potential. With comprehensive training and development opportunities, we will enable you to feel inspired in your role.
We also offer a range of employee benefits:
- Be a part of Sellafield’s 100 year mission.
- An attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
- You will benefit from an annual bonus, made up of company and personal performance.
- 25.5 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays. There is also the ability to purchase 3 additional days.
- The ability to carry over 5 days annual leave each financial year.
- Paid Sick Leave.
- Family Friendly Policies – Visit our Rewards & Benefits page to read more.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Lifestyle Benefits www.sasra.co.uk
- Learning & Development Opportunities https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/learning-and-development/
- Reward & Recognition Policies.
- Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme.
- Free Aviva Health App & Annual Health Check.
- MyDiscounts – Employee Savings & Discounts.
- MyBenefits – A Charity Giving Scheme.
- Many, many more!
Click this link to visit our Rewards & Benefits page: https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/rewards-and-benefits/
About Security, Emergency Management & Resilience:
The Security & Resilience Directorate was formed in October 2013, bringing together Security, Emergency Management and Resilience, reflecting national strategy design in this area.
The Security Profession is one of diversity & opportunity. At present, there are almost 400 people employed within the teams & that figure is growing. There are numerous areas of speciality & opportunity, including: developing and maintaining strategic plans; delivering regulatory compliance; providing security vetting and pass issue for personnel; controlling physical access to the workplace; protecting our physical and cyber assets and driving the cultural change necessary to underpin Safe, Secure Site Stewardship. In addition, we have our emergency response capability, managing the Site Emergency Plan and Off-Site Emergency Plan, including Sellafield Fire & Rescue and our 24/7 Emergency Duty Teams, along with emergency planning to maintain our emergency preparedness.
The Ideal Candidate:
Essential Skills:
- Experience in conducting information risk assessments for business information technology, operational technology and new business systems.
- Experience in developing and implementing risk treatment plans.
- Ability to interpret information security legislation and regulation into Sellafield Ltd information risk requirements.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills across all levels (with proven ability of dealing with stakeholders).
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplined team (business, information technology, Information Security, third party suppliers).
- Good problem solving skills and a questioning attitude.
- Self-motivated and can demonstrate high levels of resilience, honesty and integrity.
- Ability to hold people to account
- Proven IT skills especially the Microsoft suite
Desirable Skills:
- Experience in developing and implementing risk treatment plans.
- Awareness of NISR 2003 and other applicable regulations.
- Knowledge and use of security and privacy policy.
- Knowledge of Cyber Security models and frameworks..
- Knowledge of Cyber Security risk methodologies.
What we’re proud of:
During 2023, 2 employees from within our area, Dr Rex Strong and Lynn Willis were awarded an OBE and MBE respectively in the King’s Birthday Honours.
Dr Rex Strong was awarded an OBE for his services to the civil nuclear industry. You can read more about Rex’s career by following this link: Safety expert recognised in King’s Birthday Honours – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Lynn Willis headed up the team which operated the on-site test and trace facility. It was the first non-NHS Covid-19 testing facility to be opened in the UK. You can read more about Lynn being awarded an MBE by following this link: Sellafield employee recognised in King’s Birthday Honours – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Sellafield has a proud vision of diversity & inclusion that aims to attract candidates into an inclusive and supportive workplace. We have a range of networks available to provide support to our employees & are honoured to be recognised as a Level 3 Disability Confident Employer.
Please remember:
- You are required to upload evidence of your qualifications to your application.
- In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, Sellafield Ltd reserves the right to close the advert early.
- Please regularly check your Spam/Junk folders for news about this vacancy, correspondence could contain invitations to interview and other important updates.
- *Sellafield Ltd have the right to remove the company bonus scheme at any time.