Physical Security Advisor - Central Government in Birmingham

Role: Physical Security Advisor
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Hybrid/Central region - Birmingham, Nottingham, Cardiff
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested

Spinwell is recruiting for a Physical Security Advisor for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PHYSICAL SECURITY ADVISOR

• Provide expert advice on Physical Security
• Provide Stakeholder Advice: Deliver security advice and actionable recommendations to colleagues, ensuring clients are proactively informed if impacted.
• Communicate Threat and Risk: Work with client departments to identify emerging threats and risks at site level.
• Operational Requirements: Drive the development of Operational Requirements (OR) to accurately inform security posturing.
• Providing Security Awareness: Educating 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.
• Execute Core Assessments: 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.
• Risk Register: Build, maintain, and support the mitigation of the Risk Register.
• Asset Tracking: Maintain local Site Security Asset Registers to ensure clear visibility of physical infrastructure.
• Infrastructure Maintenance: 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.
• Policy & Procedure: Produce local Site Security Procedures in line with Security Policies.
• Security Management: Create the client Site Security Management Plan (SSMP) and review Supply Chain site documentation for alignment.
• Corporate Strategy: Align activities with Organisational Policies.
• Project Integration: Partner on new projects.
• Monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the Physical Security processes across the organisation, and make recommendations for continual improvement.
• Continuous Learning: Lead post-incident reviews to capture lessons learned and author formal post-incident security reports.
• Trend Analysis: Analyse incident and breach data to identify operational trends, communicating insights to drive continual improvement.
• Supplier Posture: Review supply chain to ensure efficient and effective delivery of services.
• Audit & Exercise Collaboration: Support the Assurance team.
• Maintain awareness of current and emerging technologies and their impact on existing security practices.
• Education and Awareness: Take personal responsibility to stay updated on emerging technologies, evolving security strategies, and National Authority Guidance to assess and adapt existing security practices.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE PHYSICAL SECURITY ADVISOR

• Experience in conducting security assessments.
• Experience of working in a multi-client service organisation.
• The ability to interpret and understand business needs of clients in order to build positive relationships.
• Working collaboratively in a small team environment and in a positive manner to build trust and rapport across the client.
• The ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to gain support for initiatives and to enable solution implementation.
• To work autonomously, prioritising tasks effectively in order to meet deadlines (both internal and external) and communicating progress wherever necessary.
• Conversant with IT systems and the ability to analyse management information to inform decision making.

If you are a Physical Security Advisor, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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