The Government Communication Headquarters is currently hiring for some top positions at its Manchester-based office in Cheltenham.
It's one among many other offices located in Scarborough, Lincolnshire, Cornwall and London. The Manchester office only opened very recently in late 2019 but since then it has been frequently job offering positions for people in the region.
The main goal of GCHQ is to 'keep our country safe' which you could have a part play in by joining a national organisation that's over 100 years old. You may even have the opportunity to play out your James Bond fantasies as the organisation works closely with MI5 and MI6 to counter sophisticated threats against the UK such as terrorism and cyber attacks.
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If you want to be 'at the heart of the nation's security' check out the jobs listed below which are based in Manchester.
NCSC Head of User Research
Role: The NCSC is the UK government's authority when it comes to cyber security. The key aim of the sub-organisation is to provide safety in the UK to do business online through the use of innovative digital delivery techniques and digital services.
This new role will help establish and embed a user-centred, evidence-based approach to service design and delivery for the NCSC's portfolio of digital services. As part of the role, you will lead research activities and provide a voice on user research in engagements with other digital leaders across NCSC and GCHQ.
Job requirements:
- Experience and understanding of a range of user centred service design and delivery practices.
- The ability to understand what problem we are trying to solve, and align user research activities to inform decision making.
- Experience and understanding of a range of user research methods, when to use those methods and how to apply them correctly.
- Experience and understanding of a range of techniques for analysis of research data, synthesis of findings, and presentation of clear findings.
- Experience of working with colleagues to plan and do continuous user research in a multidisciplinary team.
For more information on this role, click here.
Technical Opportunities
There are a wide variety of job opportunities for technical-based roles at GCHQ which currently includes the following:
- Cyber Security Development Programme
- Senior and Lead Software Engineers
- Software Engineers and Junior Software Engineers
- Infrastructure Engineer
- Weapons System Analyst
- Industrial Systems Technical Analyst
For more information on the many roles available, click here.
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