Are you looking for an excellent opportunity to take ownership of high profile, and high risk internationally focussed work, and to develop a large network of partners inside and outside of government? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

About the Team

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has been operational since March 2016 and has quickly established itself as a world-leader in financial sanctions, a key area of foreign and national security policy.

OFSI is the UK’s Competent Authority for financial sanctions. It leads on the implementation of UN and UK financial sanctions and domestic terrorist asset freezing, providing a high-quality service to the private and third sector, and guidance to help them follow the law.

We work closely with law enforcement, intelligence agencies and strategic policy colleagues across Government to help ensure that financial sanctions are accurately understood, implemented and enforced.

We are a diverse and friendly team, offering an outstanding environment to broaden your experience and develop new skills, whilst working on some of the highest profile international issues the UK faces.

About the Job

In this role, you will:

• Be the subject matter expert for OFSI, working closely with the HMT Security team, providing independent advice on operational security management, to senior managers in relation to officers, assets, and personal security issues.
• Identify, assess, and maintain an overview of, and mitigate current, and emerging risks/ threats and their impact on existing security practices.
• Provide novel and new advice and recommendations to the senior leadership team to sensitive security threats, to support the timely strategic response of senior managers.
• Advise and support OFSI officers in the planning and delivery of investigations using covert tactics with an emphasis upon risk assessment and risk management.
• Create and monitor standards regarding efficiency and effectiveness of security processes across the organisation and make recommendations for continual improvement. 
• Take a lead role on the most severe threats and commission risk assessments in the local environment, extracting insights to provide an informed opinion on Operational Security risks and the adequacy of controls in place.

We are looking for someone with the right set of skills for the role, who demonstrate the values of our organisation, who is motivated to come and work with us, and who can demonstrate an ability to quickly develop an understanding of a complex and sensitive area.

Overall, this role is an excellent opportunity for ambitious individuals to take ownership of high profile, and high risk internationally focussed work, and to develop a large network of partners inside and outside of government.

About You

The successful candidate will have the ability to work autonomously and drive the security agenda for OFSI, ensuring it is understood and implemented at all levels of the organisation. You will provide practical recommendations to operational problems and possess the necessary interpersonal skills to influence internal and external partners at all levels of seniority. You’ll be able to identify, analyse and manage risk to inform balanced, proportionate, evidence-based decisions.

Some of the Benefits our people love!

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), plus 8 public holidays and the King’s birthday (unless you have a legacy arrangement as an existing Civil Servant). Additionally, we operate flexitime systems, allowing employees to take up to an additional 2 days off each month
• Flexible working patterns (part-time, job-share, condensed hours)
• Generous parental and adoption leave packages
• Access to a generous Defined Benefit pension scheme with employer contributions of 28.97%
• Access to a cycle-to-work salary sacrifice scheme and season ticket advances
• A range of active staff networks, based around interests (e.g. analysts, music society, sports and social club) and diversity

For more information about the role and how to apply, please follow the apply link.

If you need any reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process, please tell us about this in your online application form, or speak to the recruitment team at .uk