UK Ministry of Defence
Security Performance Team Lead
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Security Performance Team Lead
Head of Joint Security Coordination Centre (JSyCC)
Location: City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HB Type: Permanent (37 hours per week) Salary: £46,040 plus £13,337 employer-support into Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
About the Role
This new and exciting leadership role at Defence Security and Resilience (DSR) will placed within the Joint Security Coordination Centre (JSyCC), the central team responsible for coordinating, responding to, and analysing security incidents across Defence.
You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-impact operational, analytical, and leadership outputs, supporting the JSyCC Assistant Head in shaping security strategy across DSR.
In this thought-leadership role, you will:
- Turn incident data into actionable insight supporting Defence-wide security planning and decision-making.
- Bridge the gap between analytical teams, incident responders, and senior leadership (Defence Board, Audit Committee, and governance boards).
- Deputise for the JSyCC Assistant Head in setting priorities, managing crises, and delivering urgent operational responses.
- Conduct cross-functional analysis to enhance incident reporting consistency, quality, and timeliness.
- Lead one data analyst and an operations manager, developing their skills and ensuring delivery of bespoke reports and dashboards.
This is more than an analytical role—it’s a leadership position where powerful communication, strategic insight, and expert delivery drive resilience improvements for UK Defence.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Leadership
- Lead a multi-disciplinary team to produce dashboards, briefings, and analysis supporting Defence’s security incident management.
- Depute for the JSyCC Assistant Head, prioritising priorities, managing urgent incidents, and ensuring alignment with senior leadership needs.
- Coordinate incident data across Defence, transforming raw intelligence into actionable reports, warnings, and trends for decision-makers.
Strategic Insight & Reporting
- Manage relationship with Defence’s intelligence networks (Warning, Advice and Reporting Points, or WARPs), driving cohesion, accuracy, and timeliness in incident reporting.
- Analyse complex security datasets, using quantitative methods to derive auditable, robust insights for governance and assurance.
- Translate technical analysis into clear briefings for non-analytical senior leaders (Defence Board, Audit Committee).
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System & Performance Improvement
- Lead and refining Defence’s security incident case management system, ensuring it supports real-time incident coordination across Defence.
- Oversee development of, and apply, bespoke visualisations to reinforce operational situational awareness.
- Develop professionals within the team (1 HEO Data Analyst + 1 HEO Operations Manager).
- Provide on-call support to ensure 24/7 incident effectiveness.
Cross-DSR Alignment
- Ensure consistent analytical approaches and quality standards across multiple DSR portfolios.
- Drive coherent, Enterprise-wide security reporting, providing a single integrated picture of Defence risk.
- Engage with broader defence security and resilience agendas to embed improvements (e.g., horizon scanning, threat mitigation).
What You’ll Bring
Essential
- Strategic leadership ability – Proven record of managing a small team, setting direction, and delivering through others in a fast-paced environment.
- Cross-functional coordination – Experience in linking technical data, operational teams, and executive leadership to drive and action policy.
- Advanced data science & visualization skills – Mastery of Power BI, other analytical tools, and dashboard standards (essential immersed in Defence security).
- Exceptional communication & storytelling – Ability to translate insights for both technical and non-technical audiences (e.g., briefings for Defence Board).
- Impactful influencing & evidence-based decision support – Drive improvements in data quality and analytical reporting across Defence-wide systems.
- Team development – Proven mentoring, coaching, or 1:1 expertise for analysts and operations specialists.
- Multi-faceted incident coordination – Prior experience coordinating across multiple stakeholder groups.
Desirable
- Knowledge of security frameworks, defense resilience risk management.
What You’ll Get Back
Comprehensive Benefits
- Legal NHS (in England): Access to employers through your employer.
- Pension: Immediate access to Civil Service Fixed Post Pension (pension contributions of 28.97% matched).
- Talented Learning: Access to MOD’s learning platform, including tailored courses on Defence and analytical development.
- Flexibility: Hybrid working as per business needs (minimum 60% office attendance).
- Diversity & Inclusion: Zero-tolerance stance; career-building resources.
- RAF Work Location: Domestic travel to RAF Wyton will be required.
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Selection Process
Applicants will be assessed via Success Profiles (evaluating Behaviours, Experience + Technical Skills).
Assessment Criteria
Leadership & Behaviour
- Changing and Improving: Ability to set and drive improvement.
- Communicating & Influencing: Ensuring analytical and operational messages are effectively championed across Defence.
- Making Effective Decisions: Support critical incidents and complex reporting priorities.
Technical Skills
- Data & analytical frameworks: Government Digital and Data Capability for Performance Analysts (Level Senior Data Analyst).
- Proven analysis techniques: Statistical rigor, quality-assured dashboard design and execution.
- Visual storytelling: Summary-creating narratives backed by data-led evidence.
Application Phase
- Submit CV + Personal Statement (500 words or less) demonstrating how you meet Essential Criteria.
Interview Phase
- Technical tour: Tasked on applying Government Digital Data techniques.
- Incident scenario analyses & pure team leadership diagnostic.
Notable: Disability Confidence Scheme (DCS) candidates with meeting criteria will be fully considered.
Security Clearance & Nationality
- Eligibility: UK nationals only.
- Security: Candidates must meet developed vetting standard; criminal plea checks and Baseline Personnel Security Standards (BPSS) risks applied.
Next Steps
For any queries regarding working patterns, flexible arrangements, or role suitability, contact: Recuitment Contact: Jonathan Rawlings (E: DOS-defencesirf@mod.gov.uk) DBSCivPers (General Recruitment Queries): DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk
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