Cyber Security & Compliance Administrator
Location: North West
Employment type: Full time, Permanent
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, with hybrid working model
What’s in it for you…
We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job, you are starting a career with real support behind it.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy more
Group Personal Pension Plan
Car Allowance
Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
24/7 access to a virtual GPand Mental health support & counselling services
Cycle to Work scheme
Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more!
Life assurance cover
Long service recognition
Active local social committees
Regular social events
About the role…
As a Cyber Security & Compliance Administrator you will support and maintain the organisation’s overall information security compliance posture, ensuring that our cybersecurity controls, policies and procedures remain aligned with regulatory and industry standards. You will work hands‑on with key frameworks including ISO/IEC 27001, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Cyber Essentials, helping to monitor, implement and improve compliance activities across the business. As a proactive and detail‑driven member of the team, you will play an essential role in strengthening our security environment, supporting audits, maintaining documentation and contributing to the ongoing maturity of our information security practices.
As a Cyber Security & Compliance Administrator you will…
Maintain and continually improve the organisation’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) in alignment with ISO 27001 and NIST requirements.
Conduct internal audits and support external audits for ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials and other key security frameworks.
Monitor and promote compliance with security policies and procedures across all departments.
Assist in developing, updating and implementing security policies, standards and guidelines.
Coordinate risk assessments, ensuring mitigation actions are documented, tracked and successfully implemented.
Maintain accurate documentation and evidence to support all compliance activities.
Support incident response processes and contribute to post‑incident reviews from a compliance standpoint.
Stay informed on evolving cybersecurity regulations, frameworks and best practice.
Deliver training and awareness sessions to strengthen staff understanding of compliance and security responsibilities.
About you…
You bring proven experience in a cybersecurity, compliance or audit role, with strong knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF and Cyber Essentials. You’re familiar with GDPR, PCI‑DSS and cloud security compliance (Azure or AWS), and comfortable working with compliance tools or audit management systems. An ISO 27001 Internal Implementer or Auditor certification is essential, and a degree in Information Security, Computer Science or a related field is desirable.
You’re highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities and work both independently and collaboratively across teams. With excellent written and verbal communication skills and a solid understanding of risk management and security controls, you can engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels. You also have a strong interest in staying up to date with emerging cyber threats and evolving compliance standards.
Our commitment to Equal Opportunities...
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At Ipsum, we provide specialist engineering services across the UK’s regulated water and energy companies and private sector businesses.
We work with our customers to maintain, optimise and develop their above and below ground assets to ensure security and resilience, and with our smart systems and ways of working, we ensure we deliver on time, on budget and safely.
At Ipsum, we develop long-term working relationships with our customers by providing essential utility services on both public and private networks. We have many long-term contracts and framework arrangements in place which are built upon great customer service, safe working practices and the ability to flex and deploy specialist skillsets at short notice.
The growth of Ipsum has been built upon our people and our ability to meet the demanding and ever-changing needs of our customers. The UK utility sector is evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer demand, regulatory-driven outcomes and to exploit new innovative technologies, at Ipsum we will continue to grow in this sector by being a reliable, flexible and agile service partner that helps customers meet these new challenges.
As we know, utility service provision is not a 9 to 5 business, our customers don’t switch off their networks or assets at night, or at the weekends, or on holidays, or when things are quiet. They need them to work round the clock – and we at Ipsum are right beside them 24/7 to make sure they do.
We pride ourselves in providing specialist scheduled maintenance services, being able to respond to an individual call-out or mobilise onto a major upgrade project and that our customers can rely on Ipsum 24/7/365.
