AMS PSR

On behalf of The Home Office, we are looking for a Senior Research Officer (Inside IR35) for a 40 day contract based remotely which can run from August 2025 to the 19th December 2025

The first duty of Government is to protect the public. Since 1782, the Home Office has led work to keep the country safe from those who seek to do it harm; in doing so, we make a vital contribution to HM Government’s plan for a stronger, fairer, outward-looking and united Britain.

DV Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

As a Senior Research Officer, your main responsibilities will be:

• Have experience of cyber security risk mitigations, requirements and capacity building at the enterprise and national level.
• Have experience in the field of CNI protection from cyber threats, ideally covering a wide range of sectors including telecommunications, energy, essential digital services, industry, finance and banking.
• Current expert knowledge of cyber security risk identification, and mitigation in the international CII environment.
• Have experience and a broad understanding of how modern Information Systems are architected and operated in the globally distributed service marketplace.
• Ability to work at the strategic (system of systems) level and see the global systems picture

Essential Skills

• Critical thinking and analytical skills
• Mapping dependencies
• Stakeholder engagement
• Strong self starter

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the Home Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".