Location
London, with domestic travel required to RAF Wyton.

Hours
Full Time - 37 hours per week. Flexible working patterns may be considered, but part-time working is not suitable due to operational requirements.

Salary
£46,040 per annum, plus Ministry of Defence contribution of £13,337 towards the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

About the Role
Defence Security and Resilience (DSR) exists to keep the UK’s Defence secure and resilient against evolving threats. The Security Performance Team Lead will be based within the Joint Security Coordination Centre (JSyCC), part of the Strategic Security Centre (SSC), which is Defence’s central hub for security and resilience. This new and exciting role involves leading a small multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality data, management information, and operational outputs supporting Defence-wide security incident management.

The postholder will provide leadership across JSyCC’s analytical and operational activities, supporting the JSyCC Assistant Head in setting direction, managing priorities, and ensuring timely, accurate, and impactful products. This role combines leadership, operational delivery, data insight, and strategic influence, with responsibilities including briefing senior leaders, shaping how insight is commissioned and used, and managing relationships across the incident management community.

The role includes direct line management of 1 x HEO Data Analyst and 1 x HEO Operations Manager, providing guidance, development support, and ensuring effective delivery. The postholder will also provide out-of-hours on-call support as part of JSyCC’s operational responsibilities.

Training and development in Defence security, JSyCC processes, and analytical capability will be provided to support success in the role.

Experience
- Strong leadership experience, including leading teams, setting direction, managing priorities, and delivering through others.
- Experience supporting leaders by preparing briefings, dashboards, analysis, or management information to inform decisions.
- Expertise in Power BI and data visualisation tools and standards, including model design, usability, accessibility, and narrative storytelling, ideally in a security context.
- Experience coordinating data, analytical, or operational activity across multiple portfolios or stakeholder groups.

About You
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex information into clear, accessible narratives for non-analytical and senior audiences.
- Strong influencing skills to drive improvements in data quality, analytical standards, and evidence use across a complex organisation.
- Ability to provide guidance, coaching, and technical support to analysts to ensure high-quality outputs.
- Proactive, confident, and able to manage urgent operational priorities effectively.

Qualifications
Knowledge of security and resilience frameworks is desirable but not essential.

The role requires UK nationality and successful candidates must undergo developed vetting security clearance.

Applicants should be aware that sponsorship for a skilled worker visa will not be provided for this role.