Security Team Coordinator

Job Description

**The Role**

This is a new role, reporting to the Security Engagement Manager. The Security Team Coordinator will be fulfilling a key function within the wider team, assisting in the understanding, documenting, and reporting of all Information Security activities and projects to management. This role will also provide support to members of the team, assisting with security demand management and other security related tasks.

**Who you will work with**

You will work with a high performing Information and Cyber Security Team, giving you the opportunity to grow with them.

**What you will be responsible for**

**Operational Responsibilities**

Stakeholder Engagement - You will be responsible for the overall coordination of the Information and Cyber Security Team. The role involves collaborating with Information Security stakeholders to provide a comprehensive overview of security activities, managing workloads, and addressing demands on Information and Cyber Security. Responsibilities include supporting team activities, identifying service improvements and facilitating meetings.

Information and Cyber Security is evolving to dynamic business needs, a rapidly changing threat environment, and the firm's own developing IT Strategy. This role will help play a key part in implementing and improving the underlying processes and help to provide a structured, systematic approach to Information Security across the firm.

**Strategic Responsibilities**

**Team**

Security Culture: Adhere and improve upon the Values, Mission, Principles of the firms Information and Cyber Security function.

**What you will do**

Your key tasks include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Work alongside Information Security stakeholders to provide a clear picture of security activities.
- Work with others in the Information Security team to help identify current workloads and projects.
- Work with individuals, contributors, and teams to understand the demands placed upon Information and Cyber security, report on utilisation, and identify any potential issues or concerns.
- Support team activities such as advising, communication and coordination of resources.
- Assist in identifying service improvements in processes currently utilised by the Information Security team and suggest methods in which these could be altered to provide more benefit.
- Assist with the organisation and demand of the Information and Cyber Security team, helping to facilitate large meetings and track essential updates.
- Assist with security awareness initiatives.
- Lead with KPI/KRI collation and analysis to inform Security leadership.
- Stay current and knowledgeable with trends in information and cyber security.
- Work with the Security team members to create and agree an improved structure and roadmap for conducting information security activities, including:

- Reviewing and advising internal projects and initiatives
- Reviewing external service providers and data custodians
- Agreement of ownership, associated tracking, follow-ups, and management reporting
- Assist in the creation of the firm's security strategy and programme by inputting where needed, e.g., helping to carry out threat monitoring, research, and elements of policy change and programme delivery.
- Support the security functions finance and procurement activities both operationally and project based.
- Aid with certain time-critical elements of Information Security team responsibilities, such as incident management and security investigations.
- Proactively work alongside other teams to promote security.

**Qualifications**:
**Your experience**

You must have the ability to be able to rapidly assimilate information to have the knowledge and skills to engage with various levels of seniority, balance the need to obtain information with provision of support and pragmatic advice, and continually demonstrate how we can add value to the firm.

Although no formal qualifications are mandated, you are likely be well organised and have experience working with a variety of people at all levels of an organisation and be able to demonstrate proactive behaviours, as well as a basic understanding of finance, management, and resources.

You will be expected in time to gain a recognised security qualification and associate membership of CIISec.

It is essential that you are a self-starter with an inquisitive, pragmatic, and flexible approach backed by the tenacity to pursue activities through to a timely conclusion. It will be important to remain focussed on the strategic goals whilst maintaining an eye for detail.

The role will bring you into contact with sensitive information and, as such, the ability to press ahead to a pragmatic conclusion whilst exhibiting the utmost discretion is important.

Experience in developing and using structured documentation - process, format, logical content, version control etc is also important.

Having a solid understanding of demand and project managem