Associate Security Consultant - Accelerator Programme

Application Deadline: 8 July 2026

Department: Cyber Services and Capabilities

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: GBR Cheltenham Jessop House

Locations: Cheltenham or Manchester (hybrid, primarily remote)

Application deadline: 10 July 2026

We're launching our Associate Security Consultant Accelerator Programme - a fast paced, structured pathway into cybersecurity consulting for high potential individuals who are curious, analytical, and commercially aware.

This is not a purely technical programme. It is designed to develop well rounded consultants who can engage clients, solve problems, and deliver meaningful outcomes in security, risk, and assurance.

Programme delivery: Primarily remote, with occasional in person sessions

• Held from August 2026
• Candidates must be available during August-early September
• Includes:
  • Structured interview
  • Practical task/skills assessment
  • Pre prepared presentation

Start date: Monday 5 October 2026

• A 4-month, intensive training and development programme
• Designed to build core consulting capability alongside foundational security knowledge
• A blend of instructor led learning, practical exercises, client exposure, and real world scenarios
• Structured with clear milestones, feedback loops, and assessment points

You'll build capability across consultancy, audit, and security domains, including:

• Consulting fundamentals
  • Engagement lifecycles
  • Client communication and stakeholder management
  • Consultancy role play and scenario based delivery
• Security and assurance foundations
  • ISO 27001, exposure to Lead Auditor and Implementer concepts
  • ISO 42001 (AI governance) and emerging risk areas
  • Supplier assurance and third party risk
• Applied consulting skills
  • Report writing and presenting insights
  • Running workshops and client sessionsCase studies and simulated engagements
• Broader security exposure
  • Incident response fundamentals
  • Privacy and PETs
  • Security engineering basics
  • Threat analysis, resilience, and organisational risk
  • Cross functional collaboration across security disciplines
• Professional development
  • Practical assignments and guided research tasks
  • Exposure to real client environments
  • One industry recognised certification (e.g. ISO 27001 or ISO 42001)

The programme concludes with a final assessment in Manchester, with successful candidates progressing into consulting roles.

We're deliberately not narrowing this to a specific background. Instead, we're looking for:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Natural problem solving and critical thinking ability
• Interest in security, risk, or consulting
• Ability to learn quickly and operate in structured programmes
• High levels of ownership, curiosity, and resilience

Experience in cybersecurity is helpful but not required.

No degree requirement - we care more about capability and mindset.

• Fast track into a consulting career in cybersecurity
• Structured development, not "sink or swim"
• Exposure to real clients, real problems, real delivery
• Clear pathway into a Delivery Consultant role