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Job Specifications

Position: Systems Security Lead

Hours: Full-time (35 hours a week)

Contract: 6 months fixed term contract

Location: Office-based in London with flexibility to work remotely

Salary: £44,339 per annum plus excellent benefits

Salary Band and Job Family: Band 3 Professional/Technical

About The Employer

This charity makes sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything they do. And it’s this commitment that unites them across the UK.

Their strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told the charity is important to them. It gives them a clear and determined focus.

Their work is based on the hopes and aspirations of the MS community. Together they campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

This charity's people are their greatest asset and the key to their success. They offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.

About This Job

The role purpose is to be responsible for and lead this organisation's system security efforts. The organisation has heavily invested in technology in the past few years. The more technology they use, the broader the exposure to malicious attacks and actors intent on hacking their systems and stealing data. Data and System security now figure in the organisation's risk registers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive security strategies to protect the organisation's IT infrastructure, data, and systems from threats. This role requires a deep understanding of cybersecurity principles, advanced threat detection, incident response, and regulatory compliance.

Please note this is a fixed term contract for 6 months.

Closing date for applications: 9:00am on Friday 13th February 2026

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' and follow the job board process. You will receive an email from CHM Recruit containing further information on how to apply for the role.

Please note that although you may be asked by the job board to upload a CV, you are not applying at this stage.

Equal Opportunities

This employer particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Disability Confident Employer

Our client is a Disability Confident Employer and they’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.

You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both their recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.

If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact them to discuss. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.

More about their employee benefits:

They have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):

Encouraging work life balance

39 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and them)
Flexible working options

Caring for you and your family

Generous sick pay entitlement
More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
Enhanced leave for new parents
Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
Cycle to work scheme
Death in service scheme
New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
in the event of miscarriage or still birth
to support fertility treatments
for antenatal appointments for both parents

Thinking About Your Finances

Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing

Enriching your life at work

Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
Various opportunities to influence how this organisation internally operates (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for the charity's activitie