Group Chief Security Officer at a Major Nationwide Logistics and Transport Company - Vodstra Limited

Vodstra Limited - Our client is a major nationwide logistics and transport company operating high-value cargo, passenger routes, terminals, and interstate corridors across Nigeria.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Group Chief Security Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We are seeking tested intelligence professional from the Nigerian Armed Forces or Police Intelligence units to take full strategic and operational control of corporate security nationwide.
• We are specifically targeting senior intelligence personnel with deep field experience in threat assessment, counterintelligence, asset protection, and coordinated security operations within Nigeria.

Who This Role Is For
This position is strictly for candidates who have:

• Served in the Intelligence Corps of the Nigerian Army, Naval Intelligence, Air Force Intelligence, or the Nigeria Police Intelligence Bureau (or equivalent classified units)
• Held senior operational intelligence roles with command or regional oversight responsibilities
• Managed threat analysis, surveillance operations, risk mitigation, and coordinated multi-agency responses
• Operated in high-risk, high-pressure security environments involving organized crime, cargo theft, sabotage, or insurgent threats
• Led structured intelligence teams with measurable operational outcomes
• If you have not functioned at this level within a recognized intelligence formation, do not apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing and leading a nationwide corporate security and intelligence architecture
• Protecting high-value cargo, terminals, fleet assets, warehouses, and personnel
• Establishing proactive intelligence gathering networks across operational corridors
• Preventing cargo theft, route hijacking, internal collusion, vandalism, and organized criminal infiltration
• Leading investigations, covert audits, and internal security assessments
• Coordinating with military formations, police commands, DSS, NSCDC, and other security agencies
• Developing crisis response protocols and rapid deployment frameworks
• Implementing surveillance systems, tracking infrastructure, and intelligence reporting structures
• Building a disciplined, corruption-resistant internal security team
• Reporting directly to executive leadership with actionable threat intelligence and risk forecasts.

Candidate Profile

• Must have verifiable intelligence unit experience
• 6–12 years of progressive intelligence and operational security experience
• Proven leadership of structured intelligence teams or regional security commands
• Deep understanding of Nigeria’s internal security landscape, transport corridor risks, and organized criminal patterns
• Strong investigative capability with documented case outcomes
• Experience coordinating joint-task or inter-agency security operations
• High ethical standards and demonstrated resistance to compromise
• Strategic thinker with operational discipline and execution focus
• Ability to travel nationwide and respond rapidly to emerging threats.

What We Offer

• Executive-level compensation aligned with performance and asset protection outcomes
• Direct access to executive leadership and authority to implement structural change
• Opportunity to design and institutionalize a national security framework
• A platform to create measurable reduction in losses, theft, and operational risk.

Application Closing Date
28th July, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications to: info@vodstra.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.