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

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. 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. Conduct Cyber Essentials self-assessment reviews against the current IASME question set and issue certification decisions within agreed service levels. Deliver Cyber Essentials Plus technical audits, including vulnerability scanning, authenticated scans, sample device testing, multi-factor authentication validation, and malware protection checks. Write clear, defensible assessment reports and certification recommendations. Guide client technical contacts through remediation where gaps are identified, without drifting into paid consultancy during the certification window. Maintain evidence and audit trails to IASME Certification Body standards. Participate in internal calibration sessions to keep assessment quality consistent across the panel. Where capacity and interest align, support adjacent work across IASME Cyber Assurance Level 1 and Level 2 and ISO 27001 readiness. 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. Minimum three years delivering Cyber Essentials Plus technical audits in the UK market. Strong working knowledge of the five Cyber Essentials controls, the current question set, and common interpretation edge cases. Practical experience with vulnerability scanning tooling used for Cyber Essentials Plus. Confident engaging directly with client IT and security leads, including SME owners and enterprise CISO teams. Based in the UK, with the right to work in the UK. Able to operate outside IR35 through a limited company, or willing to engage on a compliant basis. Willing to be listed publicly as an Associate Assessor of Intelance, including on LinkedIn, while on the panel. Excellent written English. Reports must be client-ready without heavy editing. Desirable: ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor certification. Experience with IASME Cyber Assurance, NIST CSF, or SOC 2 readiness. Sector depth in financial services, healthcare, SaaS, or private equity-backed mid-market. Competitive day rate and per certification fee structure. Right of first refusal on engagements matched to your sector and availability. Named inclusion on the Intelance Cyber Assurance panel page and proposal credentials. Co-branded continuing professional development sessions and quarterly calibration workshops. Referral fee of up to 10 percent of net first year fees for associate originated client work. Direct access to the Intelance delivery leadership. No sub-sub-contracting. No layers. Clean tooling, templates, and quality frameworks so you spend time assessing, not formatting. 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.