Great Consulting, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Chief Security Officer
Job Ref: CSO/PMH/03/17
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Job Summary
- To design and implement strategies for the provision of efficient and effective security services support that maximises safety of the Group's assets in all its locations.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Define and articulate the Groups security strategy and operational model
- Define operational policies, procedures and programs in line with a well-articulated strategy.
- Define and oversee service level agreement between the organisation and security service providers.
- Take responsibility for regular updates of security policies and procedures in line with environmental realities and innovations.
- Ensure proactive dissemination of and training on security policies and procedures.
- Oversee the deployment of up-to-date security equipment Group-wide in all offices and site locations across the country.
- Coordinate activities of security officers ensuring optimal service delivery and compliance with stated policies and procedures
- Identify and recommend relevant security enhancement equipment, programs and initiatives to ensure the organisation’s assets and sites are adequately protected.
- Build and manage relationship with the Nigerian State Security Officers and external security agencies.
- Keep abreast of global and local test practices in security management of people and assets.
- Coordinate the analysis of security information and develop relevant mitigating action steps.
- Manage and control access to sites and company
- Constitute and manage a crisis management team.
- Take responsibility for the development of a security-conscious culture among the workforce by organizing relevant security programs
- Ensure incidents and crisis are proactively and promptly identified, managed and mitigated effectively
- Ensure adherence to security policies and procedures
- Ensure timely preparation and dissemination of security reports to the ED corporate services and management
- Manage the function’s budget and approval expenditures within authority limits.
- Perform other tasks as required by the ED, Corporate Services.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Quality of security services
- Number of Security breaches/lapses/incidents
- Timely response to emergency situations
Experience and Educations
- First degree in any related discipline
- Minimum of twelve (12) years experience in company and Industry Security
- Not more than 50 years of age
- Military, paramilitary or civil defence experience and must have attained a minimum level of an Assistant Superintendent or its equivalent.
Skills and Competencies:
- Appreciation of security and threat analysis concepts, leading practices, techniques and mitigating steps
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of security systems, management and law enforcement
- In-depth knowledge of risk management
- Ability to think strategically and holistically and to appreciate the systematic impact of various issues and solutions
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent networking, leverage and negotiation skills
- Excellent leadership and people management skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Political savviness, maturity and tact
- Excellent organisation and administrative skills
- Excellent investigation skills, Result oriented, high level of integrity
- Good appreciation and working knowledge of Microsoft Office Tools
Application Closing Date
10th March, 2017.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download and fill the application form below and send slong with a detailed CV in Msword format to:
[email protected] with subject title "Chief Security Officer (CSO/PMH/03/17)"
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