Associate Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus Assessor (IASME licensed, UK)

<p>Intelance is a UK based consulting firm and a IASME Certification Body across Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus, and IASME Cyber Assurance. We also deliver ISO 27001 implementation and audit support to mid-market and enterprise clients across the UK and Europe.</p> <p>We are building a selective associate panel to support a growing book of Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus engagements. This is not an employment role. It is a long-term associate relationship for experienced assessors who want steady, well run work, named inclusion on our panel, and a professional home that treats assurance delivery as a craft.</p> <h2>Tasks</h2> <ul> <li>Conduct Cyber Essentials self-assessment reviews against the current IASME question set and issue certification decisions within agreed service levels.</li> <li>Deliver Cyber Essentials Plus technical audits, including vulnerability scanning, authenticated scans, sample device testing, multi-factor authentication validation, and malware protection checks.</li> <li>Write clear, defensible assessment reports and certification recommendations.</li> <li>Guide client technical contacts through remediation where gaps are identified, without drifting into paid consultancy during the certification window.</li> <li>Maintain evidence and audit trails to IASME Certification Body standards.</li> <li>Participate in internal calibration sessions to keep assessment quality consistent across the panel.</li> <li>Where capacity and interest align, support adjacent work across IASME Cyber Assurance Level 1 and Level 2 and ISO 27001 readiness.</li> </ul> <h2>Requirements</h2> <ul> <li>Current or recently held IASME assessor licence for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, or equivalent hands-on delivery experience with a willingness to be licensed under Intelance.</li> <li>Minimum three years delivering Cyber Essentials Plus technical audits in the UK market.</li> <li>Strong working knowledge of the five Cyber Essentials controls, the current question set, and common interpretation edge cases.</li> <li>Practical experience with vulnerability scanning tooling used for Cyber Essentials Plus.</li> <li>Confident engaging directly with client IT and security leads, including SME owners and enterprise CISO teams.</li> <li>Based in the UK, with the right to work in the UK.</li> <li>Able to operate outside IR35 through a limited company, or willing to engage on a compliant basis.</li> <li>Willing to be listed publicly as an Associate Assessor of Intelance, including on LinkedIn, while on the panel.</li> <li>Excellent written English. Reports must be client-ready without heavy editing.</li> </ul> <p>Desirable:</p> <ul> <li>ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification.</li> <li>Experience with IASME Cyber Assurance, NIST CSF, or SOC 2 readiness.</li> <li>Sector depth in financial services, healthcare, SaaS, or private equity-backed mid-market.</li> </ul> <h2>Benefits</h2> <ul> <li>Competitive day rate and per certification fee structure.</li> <li>Right of first refusal on engagements matched to your sector and availability.</li> <li>Named inclusion on the Intelance Cyber Assurance panel page and proposal credentials.</li> <li>Co-branded continuing professional development sessions and quarterly calibration workshops.</li> <li>Referral fee of up to 10 percent of net first year fees for associate originated client work.</li> <li>Direct access to the Intelance delivery leadership. No sub-sub-contracting. No layers.</li> <li>Clean tooling, templates, and quality frameworks so you spend time assessing, not formatting.</li> </ul> <p>Apply with your CV, your current IASME licence status, and a one-paragraph note on the most complex Cyber Essentials Plus audit you have delivered and how you handled it.</p> <p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>