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Job description
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people's day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.
Government security is undergoing a step change, and now is an exciting time to get involved. The security profession has an increasingly important role to play in a more digital world - the vision is to create an energetic, forward-thinking and technically proficient profession for government that leads the way in balancing security risks with the delivery of cost-effective, high-quality services. As part of this step change, Defra’s specialist security function is currently undertaking a transition to a more integrated model bringing together skills across physical, personnel and cyber security. We are currently recruiting for a Culture and Communications Advisor to support senior management in delivering a robust security function capable of protecting Defra from a wide range of threats.
The Culture and Communications Advisor will be the lead in driving the development of an effective security culture across the Defra Group, providing expert advice on the management of communications and wider group engagement, anticipating, evaluating and highlighting key risks communication risks, acting as a point of escalation for complex decisions from more junior team members and responding rapidly to fast moving communication requirements. The role will include acting as an intelligent customer for clustered services, including the development and delivery of cluster led services.
Responsibilities will include
Person specification
The ideal candidate will have:
The successful candidate will either hold SC clearance or will be required to obtain SC clearance prior to commencement of the role.
Important information
Please note that there is the possibility of a number of roles in the security team that may become part of the Home Office government Cluster 2 Security Unit (C2SU) which has a remit to provide services pan government. This role may or may not be subject to a future move under TUPE.
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The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) maximises the impact of science and technology (S&T) for the defence and security of the UK. We supply sensitive and specialist S&T services for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and wider government.
Together with our partners in industry and academia, in the UK and worldwide, we use science and technology to help solve defence…
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) maximises the impact of science and technology (S&T) for the defence and security of the UK. We supply sensitive and specialist S&T services for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and wider government.
Together with our partners in industry and academia, in the UK and worldwide, we use science and technology to help solve defence and security issues. Around 60% of MOD’s science and technology programme (total funding: £410 million) is supplied by our external partners.
Through the Defence and Security Accelerator, we fund research into novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit innovations. The Accelerator focuses on innovations which can provide advantage to defence and national security to protect the UK from its adversaries. It funds the development of suppliers’ innovative ideas and provides support through to potential application.
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