Security Culture and Awareness Manager

About this role

IN SHORT

As a Security Culture & Awareness Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of SEFE’s security culture and awareness programme, helping to build a security-conscious organisation where employees understand their role in protecting information and technology assets. Working closely with the CISO Office and security teams, you will drive behavioural change, deliver engaging communications, and ensure security awareness becomes an embedded part of everyday decision-making across the business.

WHAT WILL YOU DO

• Define and deliver the organisation’s security culture and awareness strategy, roadmap, and objectives, ensuring alignment with business priorities and cyber security risks.
• Develop and execute targeted awareness campaigns, training programmes, and engagement initiatives that promote positive security behaviours across diverse business audiences.
• Own and coordinate security communications across multiple channels, including intranet, email, collaboration platforms, leadership briefings, town halls, and enterprise-wide events.
• Design and deliver role-based awareness programmes for senior leaders, privileged users, and other high-risk groups, translating complex security risks into relevant and actionable guidance.
• Establish metrics and reporting to measure awareness effectiveness, engagement, behavioural change, and overall security culture maturity, driving continuous improvement through insights and feedback.
• Collaborate with Security Operations, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Business Resilience, Architecture, and project teams to ensure security messaging reflects real-world risks, incidents, regulatory requirements, and organisational change initiatives.

WHAT WILL YOU BRING

• Proven experience leading security culture, awareness, behavioural change, internal communications, or engagement programmes within a complex organisation.
• Strong ability to translate technical security topics into clear, compelling, and audience-focused messaging for employees, leaders, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience designing and delivering awareness campaigns, learning programmes, events, leadership briefings, and engagement activities that drive measurable outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships across business, technology, and leadership communities.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with a creative approach to communication and audience engagement.
• Pragmatic, proactive, and outcome-focused mindset with an interest in cyber security, risk management, organisational culture, and continuous improvement.

You don’t need to meet every requirement. If the role excites you, we’d love to hear from you.

ABOUT US

SEFE is an international energy company anchored in Europe, delivering energy solutions that ensure reliable and affordable supply. Our activities span the entire energy value chain – from origination and trading to sales, transport and storage. With decades of trading expertise and a growing LNG portfolio, SEFE is one of Europe’s leading suppliers to industrial customers, providing more than 200 TWh of gas and power each year. We supply over 50,000 clients, from small businesses to municipalities and multinational organisations. By investing in clean energies, we support our customers on their decarbonisation journey and contribute to the energy transition. SEFE employs over 2,000 people worldwide and is owned by the Federal Government of Germany.

Securing energy – now and for the future.

OUR BENEFITS

We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment that embraces diversity and fosters the development of knowledge, skills, and experience. Whatever your role, you’ll find an open, welcoming atmosphere that empowers you, and recognises your contribution.

This is a contract role, initially for 6 months with the potential to extend. Based in our London office, conveniently located close to travel networks we offer the opportunity to follow a hybrid working model.

Join SEFE and help us secure gas supply across Europe and shape a better, more sustainable tomorrow.

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