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ADS • London or Farnborough

Cyber and Digital Adviser

Salary:  £25,000 - £35,000

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top 3 scores:
83%

Autonomy

81%

Hours flexibility

80%

Location flexibility

Job Description

Cyber and Digital Adviser

Location: Either London or Farnborough

ADS represents and supports over 1,300 UK businesses operating in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors. Whether representing industry or driving forward innovation and growth, ADS is at the forefront of these activities. Our membership ranges from small and medium enterprises to global primes.

The Role

This is an entry level role within a new team focussed on Cyber & Digital at ADS, reporting to the deputy Director of Cyber & Digital. A pivotal role within the team, leading on engagement with the full plethora of domestic and international stakeholders in the security and resilience sector on behalf of our members. This ranges from seniors and operational leads in relevant government departments and across the private sector, from CNI operators to venue owners, retail and finance, all end users of our members world leading capability. In this role you will lead in organising our monthly security briefings, identifying topics and securing speakers that provide our members with valuable information, clear demand signals and strategic horizon scanning. You will support other engagements and set piece events, including the Home Office Security and Policing Event, where ADS provides the industry lead.

In addition, you will support our cyber and digital offer for the ADS sectors, providing thought leadership and a secretariat lead in support of the Chair of our special interest group Digital, Cyber and Resilience Group (DCRG). Evolving as a cyber and digital subject matter expert (SME) to support across our ADS colleagues and wider membership. This is an increasingly high profile and vital offer to our members, highlighting integrated solutions, cyber and wider digital and online opportunities and countering evolving threats. This work involves close liaison and support in the work of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as well as other key leads in government.

Skills & Competencies

  • An interest and understanding of the challenges in the emerging cyber and digital landscape.
  • A broad interest and understanding of technology and capabilities used in the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors.
  • Ability to operate at both the operational and policy levels.
  • Excellent coordination and organisation skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Commercially astute, understanding the need to generate revenue through services and events to the benefit of ADS and its members
  • Proficient user of standard Microsoft Office products.
  • Customer service focused, particularly through timely delivery of functions to members.
  • Strong team player who works openly and collaboratively with colleagues, members and partner organisations.
  • Holds a UK national security clearance to SC level or be eligible to hold SC clearance and willing to undergo the vetting process.

The Contract & Benefits

Permanent: fulltime role, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.

Location: Either London or Farnborough. Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 annually, depending on experience

Benefits: bonus, pension, private health insurance, life insurance, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, 9-day fortnight, hybrid working, extended remote working, enhanced parental leave, 28 days annual leave, buy additional annual leave, long service additional annual leave.

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Company benefits

9-day fortnight
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to compressed hours
Work from anywhere scheme
Flexible working week
Enhanced sick pay
Compassionate leave
Travel insurance
Time off in-lieu
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Buy or sell annual leave
Optional unpaid leave
Company shutdown periods
Enhanced maternity leave
Shared parental leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice
Life insurance
Annual pay rises
Skilled worker visas
Employee assistance programme
Volunteer days
Teambuilding days
L&D budget
Enhanced sick days
Mental health platform access
Fertility benefits
Menstrual leave
Gym membership
Wellbeing allowance
Health insurance
Women’s health leave
Mental health days
Pregnancy loss leave
Childcare credits
Adoption leave
Cinema discounts
Charity donation scheme
Fully stocked snack cupboard
Meditation space
Life assurance
Interest free loans
Travel loan

We asked employees of ADS what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
80%
Employees are largely happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
81%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
80%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
70%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
78%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
83%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Working at ADS

Company employees

106

Gender diversity (male:female)

50:50

Currently Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

Office Locations

Awards & Achievements

Most flexible companies

Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2024
Professional Services

Professional Services

Industry awards 2023