Information Risk Manager

Location
You can choose from Birmingham, Oldham, Bristol, Newcastle, Nottingham or Swansea as your home office.
About The Job
Job summary
Your role is integral to the Information Management & Security (IMS) Function at DVSA to support the presentation of associated risk at all levels and across different scopes. You will work with different stakeholders across Digital and Technology Teams, Service Teams, and other specialisms such as Commercial colleagues to pull together a full risk picture.
You will prepare a risk picture for different senior leaders, Senior Information Risk Owner, Directors and the Audit and Risk Committee. The risks will cover wide areas including data protection, cyber security, data management, digital continuity and physical security risks from across the DVSA business. This will ensure that risks are known, assessed against Agency appetite, and managed in a timely manner, giving opportunity for mitigation as well as acceptance.
You will also manage compliance with HMG security standards and maturity frameworks and report on these within DVSA and to wider Government.
You will work in a busy and varied team where risk is constantly changing and requires updating and managing.
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Job Description
You will:
Manage the Information Management and Security and Senior Information Risk (SIRO) registers co-ordinating the risk management amongst the relevant stakeholders to ensure that risks are appropriately managed within appetite and are distributed as part of SIRO briefings, Audit and Risk Committee meetings and to other governance boards as appropriate.
Ensure that risks are identified and raised through data protection impact assessment and through other routes and are fed into the wider Agency risk picture.
Provide input and approve SIRO risk acceptance supporting future changes in the IT infrastructure in a timely manner.
Document risks of any non-compliance against government standards and maturity models, including identifying actions required to address any weaknesses and put together plans for improvement.
Additional Information
This role can be based in Bristol, Swansea, Nottingham, Newcastle, Chadderton or Garretts Green, your presence at one of these locations will form part of the working arrangements agreed with you. We operate a hybrid working model giving you greater flexibility about where and when you work. Our expectation is that you will spend a minimum 60% of your time at your base location. Visits to other DVSA sites or work locations count towards this.
Person specification
We are looking for individuals who have:
High quality communication and drafting skills.
The ability to effectively negotiate with senior staff.
Are highly skilled in understanding risk management policies and processes, including definitions and thresholds.
Have a good understanding of how to carry out data protection impact assessments.
Please take note that DVSA does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
About Us
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably.
We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
Were working hard to:
Make roads safer.
Improve services for our customers.
Make road transport greener and healthier.
Harness the potential of technology and data.
Grow and level up the economy.
Were committed to giving all our colleagues purpose, professionalism and pride in what we do.
We work in supportive, diverse and inclusive teams where everyone is valued. You can grow, develop and progress, and make a real difference to society.
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice and welcome and encourage applications from everyone, such as ethnic minorities, women, disabled people and those who identify as LGBT+.
To find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace and making DVSA a great place to work visit our Careers website .

Benefits
An environment with flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Exceptional pension with an employer contribution of an average of 27%.
Generous Annual Leave - 25 days holiday, increasing by 1 each year of service, up to 30.
8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the Kings birthday.
Latest IT and Tech devices.
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
Excellent learning and development tailored to your role including paid apprenticeships up to Masters level.
Wide range of discounts schemes on high street names.
Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing.
Cycle to work scheme and Gym membership offers.
For more information see visit our careers page.

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