Apr 3, 2021

Head of Corporate Security Unit , Luxembourg

Employer: European Investment Bank
Location: Luxembourg

Deadline for applications: 27th April 2021

The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Corporate Services Directorate, Corporate Protection Services Division at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a Head of Corporate Security Unit*. This is a full time position at grade 5/6.

The term of this contract will be 4 years.

The EIB offers fixed-term contracts of up to a maximum of 6 years, according to business needs, with a possibility to convert to a permanent contract, subject to organisational requirements and individual performance.

*Internally referred to as: Unit Head Facilities Management

Purpose

Are you seeking a role where you can use your consolidated security experience and help us drive positive change?

Join our team and manage the EIB Group Corporate Security Unit to protect 24/365 the organisation and its people from deliberately caused harm, in particular intrusion, physical attacks and other forms of violence, sabotage, vandalism, robbery as well as theft.
Operating Network

This position demands a high level of interaction with all EIB Group staff, including senior stakeholders, and external partners. In this role, you will be a member of various committees in the domain of corporate security management, including coordination, reporting and presentation functions.

You will cooperate closely with the Cyber, IT and Information Security teams of the organisation.

Strong action implementation focus, customer orientation, diplomacy and excellent interpersonal skills are required for this position.

The Head of Unit is required to be available beyond the regular office hours at night, on weekends and/or bank holidays even over a longer period of time, in particular in the event of an incident or a crisis. You will have to carry out on-call services on a regular basis.

You will report to the Head of Corporate Protection Services Division.

Accountabilities
Manage a team –on a daily basis to include emergency situations as they arise - including defining roles, responsibilities and objectives as well as appropriate decision making
Develop, run, adapt and deliver the corporate security services with a focus on the required level of protection for the EIB Group including its people, premises, movable property and reputation as well as a group-wide coordination of the prevention of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from corporate security related incidents and crises in both, the physical and cyber worlds
Manage objectives by priority setting, urgency focus and achievement orientation
Ensure completeness and accuracy of delivery of products and services are measured with appropriate performance indicators
Acknowledge service reports and incident reports, carry out inspections; conduct risk assessments; participate to checks and audits; ensure that applicable law, organisational regulations and contractual obligations are followed
Manage contracts with external service providers
Adapt existing as well as create new measures, methodologies and/or organisational regulations to changing demands and/or requirements; ensure policy, procedures, processes and other organisational regulations are complete
Focus on digitalisation and automation; consider benchmarking with International Finance Institutions and best protection practices


Qualifications
University degree in a subject related to security or other relevant,
At least 5-years of relevant professional experience in protection against security related incidents and crises in the public and/or private sector gathered in international organisations
Hands-on experience in designing and implementing corporate security management approaches combined with the ability to manage related incidents and crises
Experience or proven ability in managing people, ideally in multicultural environment including international organisations
Proven ability to cooperate with stakeholders, including decision making bodies and action implementation teams
Proven track record in action planning, preparation and execution
Good skills in documentation, reporting and presentation
Very high sense of ownership, reliability and responsibility
High level of persuasiveness to convince others in urgent or prioritized subject matters
High level of stress tolerance in challenging situations
Good command of MS Office applications and office software
Excellent command of English and/or French (*). Knowledge of a third EU language would be an advantage.


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