Security Consultant Hybrid in Bolton

Hybrid role, 3 days in office.

Contract Duration: 6 Months

Daily Rate: £550/day (Umbrella – Maximum)

Security Clearance: SC

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert advice on Physical Security.
• Deliver security advice and actionable recommendations to colleagues, ensuring clients are proactively informed if impacted.
• Work with client departments to identify emerging threats and risks at site level.
• Drive the development of Operational Requirements (OR) to accurately inform security posturing.
• Educate staff, supply chain, and stakeholders on security culture, threats, and risks.
• Conduct risk assessments in the local environment, extracting insights to provide an informed opinion on Physical Security risks and the adequacy of controls in place.
• Act as the operational lead for executing formal Threat and Vulnerability Assessments and reviewing local security layers to formally document what controls are or are not in place and why.
• Build, maintain, and support the mitigation of the Risk Register.
• Maintain local Site Security Asset Registers to ensure clear visibility of physical infrastructure.
• Manage physical security system deficiencies by tracking Work Orders (WO) for equipment faults and ensuring mitigation is in place.
• Align with relevant regulation, policy and standards to provide proportional, practical advice, tailored to the local environment, and advise on any residual risk.
• Produce local Site Security Procedures in line with Security Policies.
• Create the Site Security Management Plan (SSMP) and review Supply Chain site documentation for alignment.
• Partner on new projects.
• Monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the Physical Security processes across the organisation, and make recommendations for continual improvement.
• Lead post-incident reviews to capture lessons learned and author formal post-incident security reports.
• Analyse incident and breach data to identify operational trends, communicating insights to drive continual improvement.
• Maintain awareness of current and emerging technologies and their impact on existing security practices.
• Take personal responsibility to stay updated on emerging technologies, evolving security strategies, and National Authority Guidance to assess and adapt existing security practices.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities and wider society that we serve. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a sense of belonging in a workplace where everyone feels valued.

We are looking for someone with a security background and who can demonstrate the ability to conduct site assessments and mitigate risks identified. Ideally, we are looking for someone that demonstrates continual learning through an association and membership with an organisation such as the Security Institute.

Requirements:

• Experience in conducting security assessments.
• The ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to gain support for initiatives and to enable solution implementation.
• Competent in the management of clients, stakeholders and contractors.
• Security Clearance: SC.

Disability Confident:

As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.