Job Location: Near Brighton, Sussex, UK
Base Salary: £41,600 with clear salary progression scheme
Closing date: 28 Sep 2022
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 Services:
Closing date: 28 Sep 2022
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 Services:
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 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:
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. You are 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 organize 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 of 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
A full clean UK driving licence
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
A full clean UK driving licence
Desirable requirements:
Compensation Package and Benefits:
A graduate, ideally post-graduate degree qualification in security risk management, humanitarian or development practice, international relations or a similar field
Digital / Information security knowledge, or Safeguarding knowledge
French, Spanish, or Arabic language skills
Experience of working in a commercial consultancy or account management role.
Digital / Information security knowledge, or Safeguarding knowledge
French, Spanish, or Arabic language skills
Experience of working in a commercial consultancy or account management role.
Compensation Package and Benefits:
Starting salary £41,600 with 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.
Only suitable candidates will be contacted and will be invited to interview.
Please we can only accept applications from individuals who have the right to work in the UK.
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 ooooooooo@oooooooo.com (Email is available to subscribers only )
Please send your CV with a covering email to ooooooooo@oooooooo.com (Email is available to subscribers only )
Only suitable candidates will be contacted and will be invited to interview.
Please we can only accept applications from individuals who have the right to work in the UK.