Location: UK (Brighton-based)
Contract Duration: Permanent
Start Date: As soon as possible
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
About the position
The Senior Risk Advisor position sits within our dynamic and growing risk advisory team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside a broad range of high-profile clients at both a senior (board) and operational (country) level assisting them to fulfil the appropriate level of Duty of Care for their staff, assets, programmes, reputation and risk appetite. This is done through delivery of ILS’ core products:
Risk Advisory: Working autonomously with clients to provide safety and security advice and support for their work around the globe. This includes:
Developing and delivering strategic security risk management frameworks
Supporting country level capacity strengthening
Supporting staff travellers with contextual advice and formal risk assessments, delivering strategic security frameworks
Acting, where necessary, as an embedded advisor.
Crisis management: Supporting clients by developing and implementing crisis preparedness capacity, including developing bespoke processes and providing training and mentoring.
Training: Instructing on a range of ILS’ online and face-to-face learning programmes including residential security courses (equivalent to HEAT training).
About you
The ideal applicant will have experience as a security risk management professional and/or experience of implementing security measures in challenging/low resource environments, preferably with an international NGO. They will be confident to work alongside senior members of client staff and communicate aims and ideas to a range of audiences and be comfortable working within a small, dynamic team. They will be self-motivated and able to organise their own workload over multiple simultaneous projects.
The position is based in the UK, near Brighton. Our strong preference is to recruit a person able to attend the office regularly. The candidate will be expected to travel to client offices in the UK and overseas, sometimes to high-risk locations.
Essential Requirements:
A minimum of three years of experience working in insecure environments, as a security risk advisor or operations manager at either national or regional levels, ideally with an international NGO.
Experience of operating in conflict or post-conflict environments.
Familiarity with security risk management principles and practices.
A good understanding of legal, moral and contractual duty of care requirements.
Critical incident and crisis management experience.
Excellent writing skills, with the ability to produce concise and succinct reports.
Fluent in English.
High levels of IT literacy.
Desirable Requirements:
A graduate, ideally post-graduate degree qualification in security risk management, humanitarian or development practice, international relations or a similar field.
Digital and information security knowledge.
French, Spanish or Arabic language skills.
Experience of working in a commercial consultancy or account management role.
Compensation Package and benefits:
Starting salary £40,000 with a clear salary progression scheme.
Employer pension contributions.
Enhanced starting annual leave allowance of 25 Days plus Bank Holidays plus additional leave benefits accrued in line with length of service.
Flexible working hours (core hours 10am-4pm).
Generous Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) policy.
Personal development plans.
How To Apply:
please send your CV with a covering email to: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com (Email is hidden and is available to Subscribers Only )
Start Date: As soon as possible
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
About the position
The Senior Risk Advisor position sits within our dynamic and growing risk advisory team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside a broad range of high-profile clients at both a senior (board) and operational (country) level assisting them to fulfil the appropriate level of Duty of Care for their staff, assets, programmes, reputation and risk appetite. This is done through delivery of ILS’ core products:
Risk Advisory: Working autonomously with clients to provide safety and security advice and support for their work around the globe. This includes:
Developing and delivering strategic security risk management frameworks
Supporting country level capacity strengthening
Supporting staff travellers with contextual advice and formal risk assessments, delivering strategic security frameworks
Acting, where necessary, as an embedded advisor.
Crisis management: Supporting clients by developing and implementing crisis preparedness capacity, including developing bespoke processes and providing training and mentoring.
Training: Instructing on a range of ILS’ online and face-to-face learning programmes including residential security courses (equivalent to HEAT training).
About you
The ideal applicant will have experience as a security risk management professional and/or experience of implementing security measures in challenging/low resource environments, preferably with an international NGO. They will be confident to work alongside senior members of client staff and communicate aims and ideas to a range of audiences and be comfortable working within a small, dynamic team. They will be self-motivated and able to organise their own workload over multiple simultaneous projects.
The position is based in the UK, near Brighton. Our strong preference is to recruit a person able to attend the office regularly. The candidate will be expected to travel to client offices in the UK and overseas, sometimes to high-risk locations.
Essential Requirements:
A minimum of three years of experience working in insecure environments, as a security risk advisor or operations manager at either national or regional levels, ideally with an international NGO.
Experience of operating in conflict or post-conflict environments.
Familiarity with security risk management principles and practices.
A good understanding of legal, moral and contractual duty of care requirements.
Critical incident and crisis management experience.
Excellent writing skills, with the ability to produce concise and succinct reports.
Fluent in English.
High levels of IT literacy.
Desirable Requirements:
A graduate, ideally post-graduate degree qualification in security risk management, humanitarian or development practice, international relations or a similar field.
Digital and information security knowledge.
French, Spanish or Arabic language skills.
Experience of working in a commercial consultancy or account management role.
Compensation Package and benefits:
Starting salary £40,000 with a clear salary progression scheme.
Employer pension contributions.
Enhanced starting annual leave allowance of 25 Days plus Bank Holidays plus additional leave benefits accrued in line with length of service.
Flexible working hours (core hours 10am-4pm).
Generous Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) policy.
Personal development plans.
How To Apply:
please send your CV with a covering email to: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com (Email is hidden and is available to Subscribers Only )