Compliance & IT Security Manager (Perm Full-Time)

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Compliance & IT Security Manager

Background

The Alternative HAN Company (Alt HAN) is a not-for-profit company jointly owned by Energy Suppliers. It operates through a Forum of supplier representatives, and a Board. Costs are recovered from energy consumers, via charges levied on all licensed energy suppliers.

We were established in 2016 for the sole purpose of finding an industry-wide solution for smart metering in hard-to-reach houses, apartment blocks and commercial premises. Specifically, where the broadcast signal from a smart meter communications hub is not strong enough to reach the gas / electricity meter or smart devices in the home. This problem affects around 5% of premises in Great Britain - and if not addressed could leave behind more than a million customers in the transition to a smarter, low-carbon energy sector.

Alt HAN entered a critical phase of its delivery during 2022 when testing the systems and processes commenced with Energy Suppliers. The full roll out of the Alt HAN devices launched in 2023 and is proving a success in supporting the full roll out of Smart Metering equipment.

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for someone to join the Compliance Team, part of the Business Support function at Alt HAN Co as a Compliance & IT Security Manager. Your role will be to support the Director of Business Support, Finance, IT & Compliance, the IT team at Alt HAN Co and work alongside the Health & Safety Manager. You will work closely with internal teams and external stakeholders to test and assure business processes and IT controls.

We are looking for a capable, experienced Manager, ideally from a compliance, risk, or IT background. Knowledge of the GB energy market arrangements or working in highly regulated environments (e.g. utilities or banking) is beneficial.

Role Purpose

Reporting to the Director of Business Support, Finance, IT & Compliance, the Compliance & IT Security Manager will be responsible for:

• Maintaining the companies Record of Data Processing Activities (RoDPA)
• Management of our Compliance training programme & associated systems
• Creation of training materials relevant to Compliance & IT Security
• Risk reporting & oversight of the company's risk registers.
• Supplier due diligence
• Information Security ISO27001 Annex A controls management
• Information Security Management System (ISMS) document control
• Attendance at governance meetings as a subject matter expert
• Deputising where required for the Health & Safety lead, and or when the Director of Business Support, Finance, IT & Compliance requests.

Professional Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Practical experience of ISO standards, particularly ISO27001 & 27701 (Essential)
• Cyber Essentials Assessment Framework (CAF) (Essential)
• Data Protection Law 2018 & the UK GDPR 2016 (Essential)

Capabilities

• Excellent written and communication skills evidenced by previous experience. (Essential)
• Numerate and confident in producing statistical & written reports. (Essential)
• An understanding of the general compliance framework associated with Information Security, Cyber Security & Data Protection laws. (Essential)
• Intermediate experience of using MS Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint (Essential)
• Experience in presenting to internal and external governance groups. (Essential)
• An understanding of the GB Energy industry arrangements (desirable)

Personal Attributes

• High degree of professionalism and a can-do attitude
• Resilience, pace, enthusiasm, and energy
• Strong attention to detail
• Straightforward & Pragmatic in approach
• Hungry for development and professional progression
• Ability to multitask and manage workloads, deadlines, and tasks.
• Confident to challenge others and to be challenged.

The Opportunity

At Alt HAN you will:

• Have the chance to work within a fascinating technical development area in the smart energy space and be at the forefront of the climate/green energy challenge.
• Work with a group of highly professional and capable people, with a very positive and growing reputation.
• Be in a high-profile role that will provide access to a network of other stakeholders, including Energy Suppliers, Government (Department of Energy Security & Net Zero DESNZ) and Ofgem. This is wonderful opportunity to enhance your reputation within the energy community; and
• Become part of an ambitious team that seeks to be the provider of choice for DESNZ / Energy Suppliers for future associated smart energy initiatives that require collective action.

Alt HAN Co is an equal opportunities employer and are committed to treating all job applicants equally. Alt HAN Co does not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on grounds of (including, but not limited to) their race or colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin, sex, marital status, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability.