Regional Protective Security Advisor

We are currently recruiting multiple Regional Protective Security Advisors, working as part of our Protective Security team in the Thames Valley/ Home Counties. As part of the Regional Protective Security Team, you will have a close working relationship with site teams and other stakeholders to support the performance of our physical security, ensuring our critical assets within a specific area of our estate are secure.

You will be the link between our regulator’s guidance and the business, providing security advice to colleagues as required. An ambassador for promoting security and adherence to the associated policies and procedures across the business. To ensure security is maintained for Thames Water’s people, processes, premises, and assets.

What you’ll be doing as a Regional Protective Security Advisor

• Conduct security risk assessments to a consistent standard across our estate.
• Conduct security investigations to a consistent standard and review compliance assessment forms, escalating as required.
• Providing practical security advice to TW colleagues as a subject matter expert.
• Involved and engaged in the testing and exercising of our security arrangements.
• Support incident responses and risk register reviews. Assist senior members of the team in auditing operational sites and systems and providing quality assurance of security-related projects.
• Monitor security KPIS and SLAS.
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Promote common standards and alignment of security policy and practice across Thames Water. In addition, promote a security-conscious culture within Thames Water.

Location - Thames Valley/ Home Counties - Example locations are Swindon, Newbury, Oxford, Reading.

This will be your base location, but there is a requirement to travel around the region that you cover.

Working 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

What you should bring to the role

• Experience in developing and writing reports, good written communication skills.
• Experience in undertaking Risk assessments.
• Strong negotiation and people influencing skills. Ability to communicate at all levels, present to an audience and build strong relationships.
• Experience in a related discipline (i.e. risk management, protective security, technical or process manager) and a willingness to develop into a security role.
• Ability to collaborate with strong communication.
• Security Institute (SyI) BTEC Level 3 Advanced Certificate in Security Management is desirable.
• National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) Foundation Course is desirable.
• Have experience working in a regulated environment, i.e., utilities, government department, national infrastructure, etc., ideally with a background in the water industry, water engineering or civil engineering is desirable.

What’s in it for you?

• £42,000 per annum
• Plus £4,500 car allowance.
• 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
• Become a member of the Security Institute through the business.
• Thames Water offer training to develop you into your future role.
• Generous contributory pension.
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Find out more about our benefits and perks (Please note different T&Cs apply if on secondment)