Role: Physical Security Lead REF 103800
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Will cover the north region: Darlington, Manchester, Sheffield. Ideally located in that region. Hybrid working - 3 days in office.
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Physical Security Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PHYSICAL SECURITY LEAD
- Risk Assessment Remediation: Critically evaluate, refine, and rewrite existing physical security risk assessments across multiple sites to ensure total organisational compliance and operational readiness. Identify operational vulnerabilities within current documentation and close those gaps.
- Risk Scoring & Mitigation: Review historical and current site data to apply accurate, standardised risk scoring. Document control measures and mitigation strategies to lower residual risk exposure.
- Strategic Threat Analysis: Evaluate and translate threat intelligence and target attractiveness across various geographic locations, applying these insights at a strategic level to ensure assessments reflect the true threat landscape.
- Incident Management & Supply Chain Security: Develop, write, and refine Incident Management Plans with a specific focus on supply chain security.
- Operational Integration: Ensure incident management plans and security protocols are accurately reflected in supply chain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and site specific Assignment Instructions (AIs).
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE PHYSICAL SECURITY LEAD
- Risk Assessment Writing & Auditing: Proven ability to audit, upgrade, and rewrite complex physical security risk assessments based on existing data and reports.
- Compliance & Quality Assurance: A strong eye for detail with a track record of aligning security documentation to strict organisational standards and policies.
- Core Concepts: Deep, practical understanding of the distinctions between threat, vulnerability, and risk, and the ability to articulate these clearly in formal documentation.
- Protective Security Models: Hands on experience working with recognised protective security risk management frameworks to standardise outputs. Including writing Risk Statements to evidence risk management processes.
- Supply Chain Resilience: Demonstrated experience in supply chain security management and complexity of working across multiple stakeholders.
- Technical Writing: Exceptional written communication skills, specifically in drafting high level risk registers. risk management reports and Incident Management Plans.
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to zoom out and view target attractiveness and threats holistically across a multi-site portfolio to ensure consistency across all rewritten assessments.
If you are a Physical Security Lead, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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