Description:
We’re seeking a highly organised and detail‑focused Information Security Assurance Coordinator to support the delivery of our cyber security improvement programme.
Working closely with our Cyber Security Manager, you’ll coordinate and track a wide range of assurance activities across the organisation. This includes supporting supplier security assessments, collecting and managing audit evidence, coordinating access reviews, and helping ensure our security governance processes are followed consistently and on time.
This role is ideal for someone interested in developing a career in cyber security governance, assurance, or compliance—particularly if you enjoy coordination, documentation, and working collaboratively across teams.
The post has been created to support key certification and maturity activities over the next 12 months, including Cyber Essentials Plus and broader assurance improvements.
What you’ll be doing
Security programme coordination
- Maintain security action logs, trackers and remediation plans
- Schedule and follow up actions with stakeholders across the organisation
- Support business continuity and disaster recovery coordination
- Assist with governance meetings, recording actions and outcomes
- Maintain procedures, templates and guidance documentation
- Track progress and escalate overdue actions
Third‑party risk & supplier assurance
- Issue and track supplier security questionnaires
- Maintain supplier assurance documentation and records
- Review submissions for completeness and follow up where needed
- Track remediation actions with suppliers and internal owners
- Support supplier onboarding and periodic reassessments
Audit & compliance evidence
- Collect, organise and maintain audit evidence
- Maintain control evidence repositories
- Track control review cycles and ownership
- Support preparation for internal and external audits
Identity & access governance
- Coordinate periodic access review campaigns
- Support Microsoft 365 (Teams and SharePoint) access reviews
- Track completion, chase overdue reviews and maintain audit records
- Escalate inappropriate or excessive access where identified
Continuous improvement
- Suggest and support improvements to assurance processes
- Help develop clearer procedures, templates and guidance
- Build knowledge of security governance and best practice
About you
We’re looking for someone who brings organisation, curiosity and a methodical approach, along with experience in some of the following areas:
- Security assurance or compliance coordination
- Supplier or third‑party risk management
- Audit evidence collection and documentation management
- Access governance or user access reviews (ideally in Microsoft 365 / Entra ID)
- Understanding of information security controls (e.g. access control, logging, data handling)
- Using trackers, action logs or risk registers (SharePoint, Jira or similar)
You’ll be:
- Experience with Cyber Essentials Plus or similar frameworks would be an advantage
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Confident following up actions with a wide range of stakeholders
- Clear and professional in written communication
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities
- Approachable, supportive and collaborative
- Interested in developing your career in cyber security assurance