Cyber Security Consultant (Senior Security Advisor - CISO)
NHS England
Leeds/Exeter, LS1 4AP
Salary
£69,034 to £77,700
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
At NHS England, cyber security is fundamental to delivering safe, reliable healthcare services to millions of people every day. Our Chief Information ...
As a Senior Cyber Security Advisor, you will deliver expert consultancy to programmes and services, ensuring solutions are secure by design and resilient to evolving cyber threats. You will conduct threat modelling, security assessments and risk analysis, clearly articulating risks and recommending proportionate controls to reduce likelihood and impact.
You will provide authoritative guidance on security architecture, standards and patterns, embedding effective governance and controls across the technology lifecycle. Working collaboratively across technical and non-technical teams, you will resolve complex challenges, influence decisions, and strengthen cyber resilience outcomes.
The role requires championing a strong security culture, enabling delivery teams to build secure systems from the outset, and supporting programme objectives through clear security strategies and effective risk management.
You will identify, assess and manage cyber risks, ensuring they are understood, tracked and mitigated in line with organisational and national standards. This is a critical role in maintaining NHS England's alignment with government policy and industry best practice.
You will apply technical expertise and creative problem-solving to protect patient data, support safe care, and maintain public trust.
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms -- enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR).This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of techniques, roles, and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients, both internal and external; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
- Proven knowledge of the processes, tools and techniques of information security management, ability to deploy and monitor information security systems, as well as detect, resolve and prevent violations of IT security, to protect organisational data.
Desirable
- Working knowledge of the tools and processes for maintaining application security; ability to design and implement security programs to prevent data loss and access intrusion from web and mobile applications.
Skills
Essential
- Working knowledge of tools, techniques, approaches and processes of cybersecurity risk management; ability to ensure organisational network operation and minimise negative effect by cybersecurity risks.
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools, techniques, models, and systems; ability to utilises the knowledge to identify vulnerabilities on network, operating system, mobile application, etc.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level degree in Cyber Security or relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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