British Heart Foundation (BHF) is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Information Security Apprentice, to join us on a three-year scheme which will offer a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field of information security while contributing to BHF’s mission to support everyone to have a healthier heart for longer.
This role will work closely with our experienced Information Security team and help protect BHF's digital assets and ensure the security of sensitive data. You’ll be involved in various aspects of information security, including monitoring security systems, conducting risk assessments, and assisting in the implementation of security measures. During your time on the apprenticeship, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and experience security operations, security engineering, governance risk and compliance, identity and access management and the general workings of an information security department.
Key responsibilities
- Assist in monitoring and analysing security alerts and incidents
- Support the implementation of security measures and controls
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and report findings
Help maintain and update security documentation
- Participate in security awareness training sessions
- Collaborate with the IT team to ensure compliance with security policies
- Collate and analyse information, ensuring accuracy in delivery to agreed timescales.
- Support in the analysis and evaluation of security threats to technology solutions and implement technical and process solutions to mitigate these threats.
- Apply skills and knowledge of systems development, cyber security, data, AI and infrastructure in the creation of digital solutions.
- Work with a range of project teams, taking responsibility for the delivery of specific project work including research activities, analysing and presenting information, liaising and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders and arranging meetings and briefings.
- Liaise and work effectively with different stakeholders, both technical and non-technical, at all levels of influence and responsibility.
Work with operational Technology teams to ensure best practice is applied to Information Security-related matters.
- Work closely with our teams to ensure appropriate security across all products and online presence.
- Undertake appropriate Information Security audits.
- Ensure all documented procedures remain accurate and are suitably efficient.
- Support in the generation and distribution of appropriate metrics and dashboards in relation to Information Security.
- Demonstrate effective management of cyber security processes and systems within the defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Demonstrate strong problem-solving approaches, including the ability to analyse and implement changes to service delivery, whilst contributing to improvements.
- Represent BHF and act in a professional manner conducive to promoting a positive image.
- Engage in academic studies that relate to the apprenticeship provider.
Working arrangements
Please note this is a three year fixed term contract.
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
About us
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
Interview process
Interviews will be held w/c 21st July, via MS Teams, with 2nd stage interviews, held in person, at our London offices, w/c 28th July.
How to apply
We’ll be working with an Apprenticeship provider, BPP, to recruit this role. BPP are a leading global education business designed to optimise performance at every stage of learning. For learners who want to develop BPP provide a range of qualifications to suit every stage and every level of development.
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