Senior Manager - Information, Governance & Risk

Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, London

• , Wakefield or Warrington. For London based roles your contractual place of work will be Stratford. However, as that site will not be operational until early 2025 in the interim period you will be required to carry out your contractual duties from Vauxhall, or such other reasonable location, on a temporary basis. For the avoidance of doubt as your contractual place of work is Stratford, the move from any temporary place of work will not give rise to any entitlement to payments for travel time or costs under the Relocation and Excess Travel Policy., The Chief Data Office (CDO) is an integral part of the wider Digital, Data & Technology (DDaT) directorate. Together we play a fundamental part in helping to shape the future of the NCA.


This is a really exciting time to join our team as the NCA expands into new technologies to enhance its data exploitation capabilities and enables a more data driven approach to protecting the public from serious and organised crime. Successful candidates will help to ensure that these techniques stand up to scrutiny and comply with legislative standards., Our roles co-ordinate and deliver efficient information and data tasks that are required to take place across the agency to ensure information management compliance. Successful candidates will support our teams, helping us to manage the NCA corporate record and information holdings, whilst ensuring the agency can confidently identify, discharge and comply with its legal information management responsibilities.

Our roles are a great opportunity for people with a passion for information management, its governance, risks and compliance; and who are wanting a future career in developing those professional skills and knowledge further.

Successful candidates should be willing to demonstrate flexibility in the role within the team to support business objectives where needed.,
• Oversee the implementation of the Agency's Data Governance framework, including the effective management of information risk.


• Oversee the reporting of information risks and issues; ensuring information is presented appropriately to key stakeholders for consideration and appropriate action.


• Work across CDO to continue to develop how information risk is used to drive information assurance activities and its reporting.


• Liaise and engage with colleagues from across CDO to help promote the effective management of Agency information.


• Develop and implement tools for monitoring, reporting and improving compliance with Data Protection and other relevant legislation and policies.


• Manage organisational change and effectively plan, implement and communicate changes with stakeholders.


• Attend and lead cross organisational groups and engage with business representatives to ensure optimum service provision and best practice in relation to risk management.


• Lead on building effective internal and external partner relations across law enforcement and government departments to understand and implement best practice across the Agency.


• Oversee the work of the Information Risk and Governance Teams and promote high performance and adherence to corporate values., We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:


• Knowledge and experience of directing an information risk function which includes risk analysis and the preparation of reporting/recommendations for senior management.


• Practical experience of developing, implementing and delivering corporate information governance structures.


• Experience of building effective working relationships with internal and external partners to the benefit of your work area and implementation activities.


• Experience of educating, supporting and building the capability of staff ensuring EDI is part of the organisations way of working, fostering a culture of trust which enables people to speak up, feel safe and advocate for others., You will be asked to complete a CV as part of the application process. Your CV should set out your career history including training and qualifications, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure that each entry of your career history also has a few sentences outlining a description and the key elements of that role, and that you provide reasons for any gaps within the last two years. Please ensure the dates of any accreditations you are relying on are entered onto the CV.


• CV - Your CV will be used for reference only, and will not be scored as part of the recruitment process.


• 4x Technical/Experience skills as listed above, via a 250 word Statement of Suitability per criteria.


For further application guidance please visit https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/careers/applying-and-onboarding

Once submitted your application will be acknowledged by the Government Recruitment Service.

Please note depending on the volume of applications a Longlist at sift may be conducted on following criteria:

• Knowledge and experience of directing an information risk function which includes risk analysis and the preparation of reporting/recommendations for senior management.


Candidates must pass this criteria for their application to be progressed.

A panel will then assess your application to select those demonstrating the best fit for the role by considering the evidence you have provided against the criteria set out in the Entry Criteria section.

Failure to address any or all of these may affect your application., We are proud to be an inclusive, equal opportunities employer. As a Disability Confident Leader we are committed to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. For details of the available group please visit https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/careers/benefits-and-support,
• The NCA is a 24/7 organisation, and working patterns must support business requirements. Some roles may require you to respond at short notice or outside of core hours.


• Individuals will be required to undertake and pass a substance misuse test as part of pre-employment checks.


• Successful candidates may be required to undertake a medical. If required, the medical will take place in either London or Warrington. Unfortunately, travel costs will not be reimbursed.


• If you are an internal candidate who has passed interview but is undergoing an internal investigation or have a written warning in place preventing a post move you may not be able to be posted until this investigation is concluded or restriction lifted. You will remain on the reserve list for a max of 12 months.


• This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.


VETTING REQUIREMENTS SC

All security clearances require you to provide evidence of your UK footprint where you have been physically present in the UK.

The requirement for SC clearance is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

Failure to meet the residency requirements will result in your security clearance application being rejected.

If you require SC clearance you will need to provide evidence of the below requirements.

Checks will be made against:

• Departmental or company records (personnel files, staff reports, sick leave reports and security records)


• UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent criminal records


• Your credit and financial history with a credit reference agency


• Security Services records


• relevant personnel and medical checks (if required), UK nationals


• nationals of the Republic of Ireland


• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK


• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)


• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)


• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020


• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
  
  This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills., You will then be asked to attend an interview in order to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence.


The interview will consist of 1 round, and will be based on Behaviours and Technical skills as listed above. You will also be required to give a presentation on a pre-defined topic. The details of this will be given to the candidates successful at shortlisting., We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. As part of our application process you will be prompted to provide details of any reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process that you may need. If you have a disability or long-term condition (a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes.

Alongside your salary of £61,675, National Crime Agency contributes £16,652 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

All officers in the NCA are members of the UK Civil Service. You will be eligible for:

• Civil Service pension scheme


• 26 days annual leave rising to 31 on completion of 5 years continuous service


• If qualifying criteria is met new joiners to the NCA from UK Police Forces or UKIC will have service with those employers taken into account for continuous service purposes for Annual Leave entitlement only, this will be up to a maximum of 31 days leave (including 1 privilege day).


• Training and development opportunities


• Special leave


• Flexible working and family friendly policies


• Cycle to work scheme


• Blue Light scheme