Deputy Director, Head of The Office of the Intelligence and Security Committee

£86,000 - £110,000

The starting salary for external candidates is £105,000. Existing Civil Servants appointed on promotion will have their salary determined in line with standard Civil Service pay rules on the date of appointment. However, in the case of both existing civil servants at SCS1 and existing civil servants applying on promotion, an exceptional starting pay case may be considered for those whose salary would otherwise fall below the advertised £105,000.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £86,000, Cabinet Office contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Whatever your role, we take your career and development seriously, and want to enable you to build a really successful career within the Department and wider Civil Service.

It is crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead, and you'll benefit from regular performance and development reviews to ensure this development is ongoing. As a Civil Service employee, you'll be entitled to a large range of benefits.

• 25 days annual leave on entry, increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years' service. This is in addition to 8 public holidays and one privilege day to mark the King's birthday.
• A competitive contributory pension scheme that you can enter as soon as you join where we will make a significant contribution to the cost of your pension; where your contributions come out of your salary before any tax is taken; and where your pension will continue to provide valuable benefits for you and your family if you are too ill to continue to work or die before you retire;
• Flexible working patterns including part-time or term-time working and access to Flexible Working Schemes allowing you to vary your working day as long as you work your total hours;
• Generous paid maternity and paternity leave which is notably more than the statutory minimum offered by many other employers;
• Childcare benefits (policy for new employees as of 5 April 2018): The government has introduced the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme. Working parents can open an online childcare account and for every £8 they pay in, the government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2000 a year for each child or £4000 for a disabled child. Parents then use the funds to pay for registered childcare. Existing employees may be able to continue to claim childcare vouchers, so please check how the policy would work for you here;
• Interest-free loans allowing you to spread the cost of an annual travel season ticket or a new bicycle;
• The opportunity to use onsite facilities including fitness centres and staff canteens (where applicable);
• Occupational sick pay.

Open to UK nationals only.

Intelligence
Policy
Security
Senior leadership

The Head of the Office of the Intelligence and Security Committee is responsible for supporting the committee in undertaking their statutory responsibilities, through:

• assisting the committee in determining its programme of enquiries;
• ensuring appropriate access to evidence and witnesses, including through providing or supervising the provision of policy analysis and background briefs;
• arranging and supporting formal and informal meetings of the committee, capturing appropriate records of discussions and ensuring follow-up;
• organising and accompanying the committee on domestic and overseas fact-finding visits where determined useful by the Committee;
• leading or supervising the preparation, drafting, and editing of final committee reports before they are formally presented to Parliament and the Government;
• managing relationships between the committee and its key external stakeholders, including the organisations overseen by the Committee;
• providing authoritative, politically impartial advice to the Committee Chair and Members regarding the statutory responsibilities of the Committee and parliamentary rules, privileges, and Standing Orders.

The Head of the Office is also responsible for ensuring appropriate management of the Office and the supporting infrastructure, through:

• recruiting and managing the staff to support the full range of the Committee's work (up to a ceiling of 30 FTE); fostering an inclusive, resilient team culture; and actively supporting staff wellbeing and professional development within a high-pressure, secure working environment;
• managing the Budget for the Office, which has recently been increased to c£3.2M to ensure the Committee can undertake its work; and
• working with Cabinet Office corporate teams and specialist IT providers to ensure the Committee has access to appropriate high classification estate and communications.
• working with Cabinet Office and Parliament to ensure the Office of the ISC has the appropriate Governance arrangements to support the Committee's independent status.

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share

If successful for this role you will be based in London. Occasional travel may be required.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 17th November 2026

487841

SCS Pay Band 1

Permanent

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It is important that, through your CV and supporting statement, you provide evidence of the professional skills, breadth of experience and personal qualities for this post.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

• Name : SCS Recruitment Team
• Email : scscandidate.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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