Senior Managing Consultant in London

As a result of globally expanding demand for our services, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join Crisis24’s CSC team. We are looking for a commercial, highly motivated, dynamic, dedicated and driven Senior Managing Consultant (Response Group) to work initially within the All Hazards Response team but eventually across the wider Response Group; a lateral thinking senior consultant mainly focused on the cases of the All Hazards Response (AHR) team but contributing to the work of the wider Response and Consulting teams.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills and presentation skills.
• Clear, decisive and positive management style, interacts effectively up to a senior level, relates well to others with confidence and empathy, builds trust and responds quickly to needs of others and feedback, remains calm and resourceful during difficult and emotive situations.
• Understands the dynamics of, and is able to operate in a small team environment.
• Principles and values; upholds ethics, applies discretion, demonstrates integrity and accountability.
• Self-motivated, flexible and able to frequently work irregular hours, including weekends and maintain quality delivery.

Development: maintains a high level of industry knowledge and awareness of geopolitical and security/crisis management issues and trends. Able to apply a global perspective to information and incidents and access sources that extend knowledge and analysis beyond traditional open sources.

Place of work/travel: 2 London Bridge, London with Global travel.

Managerial Responsibilities:

• Work with the Director AHR to develop and execute strategy for All Hazards Response.
• Fulfil role of a Case Manager for AHR by carrying out a daily operational review of cases to ensure that response is of the highest quality and that consultants and clients are fully supported.
• Engagement in the constant effort to improve processes for greater quality of service to clients and underwriters and efficiency of internal mechanisms.
• Work and align with fellow AHR Case Manager, coordinating across cases to ensure Director AHR has full visibility of developments.

Operational Responsibilities:

• Serve as Response Consultant on cases, deployed as necessary and participating directly with client’s crisis management teams.
• Execution of CSC’s risk and crisis management consulting services globally.
• Maintenance and management of appropriate resources to support in the delivery of CSC’s risk and crisis management consulting services globally.

Business Development:

• In collaboration with CSC’s management team, conduct business development (BD) activities, including pitches to support underwriters’ BD with key clients as well as engagement with brokers and potential direct retained clients directly.
• Account management and development of existing client relationships.

Collaboration:

• Collaborate with our global Crisis24 and GardaWorld teams.
• Adhere to all necessary administrative and accounting protocols.

Who You Will Work With:

• Internally: Crisis24: CSC Response Consultants and CSC Consulting team worldwide, Associate Threat Consultant (ATC) team and management, wider Crisis24 Integrated Risks Management (IRM) and Global Protective Services (PSG) teams, GardaWorld team/s in EMEA, US and Canada.
• Externally: Clients, insurance underwriters and brokers, client’s insureds, information sources and third-party providers.

Who You Will Report To:

You will report to the Director All Hazards Response but will work across Response Group and wider CSC – supporting cases in Special Risks, All-Hazards including Cyber Response, Product Risks, and Consulting as required.

Accountability:

• The Senior Managing Consultant (Response Group) reports to the AHR Practice Lead and will support the development and maintenance of Best Practice in CSC’s pre-incident consulting services.
• Delivery of revenue through no-fail response support to clients, new business development tenders and proposals.
• Execution of Response Group case management and response consultant services to the highest standards.
• Participation in company performance management cycle.

Authority:

• To issue proposals and RFPs as required.
• To issue consulting services deliverables.

What You Will Bring:

• Exceptional working knowledge of Security Risk and Crisis Management – Best Practice and Industry Standards.
• 10 years' relevant previous experience in a security, intelligence, risk or crisis management environment, including experience in a business development role, with a proven track record of meeting commercial sales targets.
• Risk analysis and mitigation skills - strong analytical capabilities in identifying, evaluating, and developing mitigation strategies for security and operational risks across various threat environments.
• Extensive travel experience globally.
• Cultural adaptability, able to work within diverse international environments with understanding of relevant cultural sensitivities.
• A good understanding of relevant insurance markets.
• Competent skills with office-based software; MSOffice.
• At least one relevant security risk management qualification (CSMP, CPP, PSP or other).
• Fluent English (spoken & written).

Preferred:

• Fluency in a second language such as Spanish or French.
• Crisis Response experience.

Crisis24 offers an attractive remuneration package aligned to the role and responsibilities.