Cyber Security Specialist (Operational) Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Location: Manchester Vacancy Type: Permanent Closing date: 21/06/2026 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance and advice on promoting high quality health, public health and social care. We have modern offices in Manchester city centre and Stratford, London. Please take into consideration that you may be required to commute to one of our offices for business purposes if necessary. Job overview Do you want to do meaningful work that makes a genuine difference to society? Our main purpose here at The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is to improve health and wellbeing by putting science and evidence at the heart of health and care decision-making. As an organisation we all collaborate to achieve this goal by empowering our workforce to do great things! Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. Please refer to the DirectGov website for more information on eligibility. We reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive sufficient applications, so please don t delay your submission. Main duties of the job As a Cyber Security Specialist (Operational), you will play a key hands on role in protecting NICE s digital platforms, systems, and data from cyber threats. Working as part of a collaborative cyber security function, yo