ISO Lead/Consultant

3 Month Contract

Outside IR35

Central Kent

Day Rate Negotiable



The Atlas Recruitment Group are currently helping an organisation that specialises in Cloud Transformation and Managed Services to the Emergency Services and SME sectors across the UK; to look for an ISO Lead who can join them on a 3-month contract basis to help them achieve their Security Audit.

Within the contract, you will be responsible for the following:

* Lead on preparations for and internal lead for our external ISO audit March 1st - 8th (covering ISO 9001, 14001 and 27001)
* Ensure certification of all three standards
* Review our existing ISO management system controls (especially ISO 27001 Annex A security controls) in preparation for the audit to ensure these are compliant and meet best practice standards, implementing improvements to policies, procedures and controls where required
* Ensure the c.500 staff across the business are briefed and prepared for the audit
* The candidate will need to be available on site at least part of the time in preparation for the audit and for the site visit elements of the audit, the remainder of the role can be undertaken remotely

Key knowledge / skills required:

* Experience of leading successful ISO certification projects and working to tight deadlines
* Experience of internal auditing (ideally trained ISO internal / lead auditor)
* Excellent knowledge of ISO 9001, 14001 and 27001 standards (Quality, Environment and Information Security Management)
* Excellent knowledge of best practice IT security standards - particularly ISO 27001/2, Cyber Essentials Plus, NHS DSPT
* Good knowledge of data protection and information governance
* Good knowledge of risk management and business continuity / disaster recovery
* Experience of policy and procedure development and review
* Strong people skills - ability to build relationships, constructively challenge and embed best practice across the organisation