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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Assistant Private Secretary to the Government Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - **Company:** Department for Science, Innovation and Technology - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £36,735.0 - £43,020.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Quantum Computing, Cybercrime - **Published:** September 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1b4ce398d63da626 ## About the Role We welcome applications from anyone with Private Office or transferable skills and experience. Please do not rule yourself out if you have not worked in Cyber or Private Office before: passion to learn, adapt and work well at pace as a team under pressure is more important. The following are also beneficial: * Strong organisational and time management skills * Strong communication skills with an ability to build and maintain working relationships * Task/line management experience * Sound judgement and initiative - i.e. taking the lead on improving process and/or ways of working * Motivation to help and support colleagues, work through problems and be flexible to changing priorities/requirements * Interest in working with/in Cyber and motivation to develop your skills and knowledge of our department areas * Good IT skills and/or a motivation to learn new IT skills, * Working with and/or in a Private Office and task/line management experience will be an advantage but are not essential, * Leadership * Delivering at Pace * Communicating and Influencing * Making Effective Decisions, Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . ## Description The Government Cyber Unit's mission is to protect public services from cyber threats and digital resilience failures. We are working to achieve a step change in our cyber and digital resilience across government, through delivery of the Government Cyber Action Plan, and working closely with departments and national technical authorities including the National Cyber Security Centre to deliver. This is a challenging time to be working in cyber security and digital resilience, but we have an incredible opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives and promote national security by protecting the public services and national infrastructure they rely on. We work at the forefront of shaping the UK’s national response to emerging cyber and technology issues - from the increasingly complex range of state-sponsored cyber-attacks and supply chain compromises, through to the transformational benefits and security challenges of frontier AI and quantum computing. This role is an exciting opportunity to work at the centre of the Government Cyber Unit. As the Assistant Private Secretary to the Government CISO you will work with the policy leads, Executive Assistants, Private Secretary and Chief of Staff to provide high-quality support to the leadership. You will have ownership of key responsibilities including the management of the Government CISO’s briefings as well as working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver our combined objectives. You will help manage the time and briefings for the Government CISO and the Directorate’s Senior Leadership Team, and be privy to key areas such as how we shape cyber policy, deliver the Government Cyber Action Plan and respond to cyber attacks. Person specification Cyber Private Office is a busy team so you will be exposed to a broad portfolio of work. We work to improve processes and ways of working across PO. As APS you will be responsible for (but not limited to): * Overseeing the diary and schedule of the Government CISO to ensure most effective use of their time. * Compiling briefing and information packs for the Government CISO to ensure they are well-informed of their engagements and movements. * Alongside the other members of PO, be the front door to the Government CISO – providing support in organising the Government CISO’s attendance at key events and regular meetings with stakeholders * Manage Government CISO-led external engagements and events; supporting logistics and administration to ensure a seamless experience * Leading and line managing a team of four Executive Assistants to provide effective time management and coordination support to their Deputy Directors * Continuously improving the processes of the Cyber Private Office to coordinate and support the directorate; responding effectively to change. * Supporting the Private Secretary in providing the Government CISO with cross cutting policy advice. As a line manager, you will be responsible for working with your members of staff to define their objectives, as well as managing their development and performance. The post holder may be required to support out-of-hours on-call rotas for responding to cyber and digital resilience incidents, for which remuneration and/or flexible working arrangements will be available., Candidates who meet the minimum benchmark may be placed on a Reserve List for consideration for similar roles, including those at a lower grade. Candidates who narrowly miss the benchmark and are not placed on the Reserve List may still be considered for an offer in a similar role at a lower grade. Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you. Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website. DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home). DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign. DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify., * UK nationals * nationals of the Republic of Ireland * nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) * individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 * Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service