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A great opportunity has arisen for a Graduate to join our Information Security team as a Graduate InfoSec Analyst at L&Q at a very exciting time, where we will invest, grow and transform our business to provide a better service to customers old and new.
L&Q is in the UK’s Top 25 Great Place to Work and Top 15 for UK’s Great Place to Work for Women. There is huge commitment to investment in Information Security, Technology and Modern Workplace and continued move to full Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack and a great place to get involved in all parts of the transformation.
The role
We are looking for an adaptable and forward-thinking Graduate InfoSec Analyst with a Culture and Awareness focus, able to help shape the future Technology Landscape of L&Q. In this newly created role, you will be joining an established Infosec Team with the aim to grow the Infosec function and security culture. You will be exposed to modern security operations and GRC functions, a highly experienced and capable team.
You will contribute and help bring forward new and modern ideas and thinking to positively impact security culture through raising awareness and communicating information. You will help ensure that colleagues understand security good practice and their responsibilities. Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy are key.
The Graduate InfoSec Analyst will report directly to the GRC function, work with the Infosec GRC and SOC teams as well as the wider Technology team. It’s possible that there is scope for the role to transition into a permanent one if the right candidate makes a success of the role.
You will work across the business to ensure information and cyber security is proactively embedded to suit L&Q’s goals and ambitions. The successful candidate will be an enabler with an innovative attitude and a proactive, positive approach.
The Graduate InfoSec Analyst will
- Assist in creating engagement across all areas of the organisation
- Assist the InfoSec team within the broad area of Technology working with new security technologies, tools and techniques
- Receive on-the-job training and have access to and partake in appropriate courses
- Be exposed to a wide environment of technologies
- Assisting in pilot schemes / proofs of concept solutions to create patterns that lead the way for L&Q’s future Technology systems and processes
- Working closely with the GRC and wider team, to provide a modern approach to promoting a great security culture throughout the entire organisation
- Lead on coordinating in person and virtual events as well as communicating and publicising them
Skills and experience
- Excellent interpersonal skills - Essential
- Good verbal, written and communication skills- Essential
- A creative and innovative mindset and approach to challenges- Essential
- Undergraduate degree within 3 years - Essential
- Content creation and social media experience – Desirable
- Marketing and communications knowledge – Desirable
Desirable candidates should have computer and technical skills but do not need to have completed a technical, information security or similar degree. Degrees from the following may also be suitable:
Data Science, Ethical Hacking, Communications, Marketing, Digital Communication, Information Security, Psychology, Journalism, Data Analytics, Systems Administration, Business Analytics, Statistics, Information Technology.
If you have a can-do attitude and want to be part of the exciting and evolving industry of information and cyber industry as well as making a positive difference to people’s lives, then please complete the application form without delay.
Training offer
We operate a dedicated training budget for of members of Technology and you will have access to official Microsoft training and a learning path in Pluralsight. You will also be provided with a dedicated cyber security course such as CompTIA CySA+ or similar.
Our commitments
At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.
In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 28 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, Westfield health cash plan, annual bonus subject to group performance, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.
We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.
We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.
We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.
L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 97,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East.
As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.
In response to the housing and affordability crisis, we will build 100,000 new homes over ten years. Of these, 60,000 homes will be built or funded by L&Q, whilst a further 40,000 will come through partnerships. Crucially, at least 50% of these new homes will be genuinely affordable, with a target of 60% in London.
Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.
