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Job Title: Country Security Manager
Location: Kenya
Direct Reporting to: Area Security Manager (based in Nairobi)
Requirement Overview:
To provide a continuous, co-ordinated and comprehensive security service, of the highest quality, ensuring that threats to company personnel, assets and business operations & activities within the Country are properly identified, evaluated and countered in a timely, cost effective and pro-active manner.
Key Responsibilities:
Facilitate the risk management process in the business through coordination of risk management meetings by leadership teams, formulation and testing of contingency plans, review and updating of the security element of contingency plans throughout the Company.
1. Advise the person responsible for security, on an ongoing basis, depending on:
- The current security situation, including criminal trends, in the country as a whole.
- Any specific threats to company personnel, assets, information, business operations and activities, as soon as these are known.
- The general security threats to company personnel (including families and visitors), assets, information, business operations and activities (including the distribution chain), and of any changes in the threat as soon as this occurs.
- Cost effective, timely and appropriate measures to counter threats to security.
- The implementation of Group Security Policy, Common Platforms, Best Practice, and Guidance Notes.
2. Advise:
- Company management, on the appropriate security measures, so as to ensure that standards are maintained consistent with actual or potential threat levels.
- Senior Managers on the technical standards of security and the quality of professional expertise required throughout the Company, including that required for office and residential accommodation, and provide security assistance where necessary.
3. Formulate, propose, implement and revise when necessary, the security policy for the Company.
4. Assist with the establishment and maintenance of a suitable ‘Security Overlay' for the Company, in accordance with specified Best Practice.
5. Formulate, direct and supervise security policies and procedures for the protection of:
- Company personnel, families and visitors (especially international assignees),
- Products in respect of their manufacture, storage and distribution,
- Company assets, information, property and business operations activities.
6. Ensure that a report, in standard format, is submitted monthly to the Area Security Manager.
7. Ensure that security procedures within the company are according to Company Policies and Best Practice.
8. Adequately protect Company personnel, assets, business operations and activities, intellectual property and business information.
9. Develop and maintain the professional standards and effectiveness of all subordinate security staff, including contractors and consultants by conducting such inspections and reviews as are necessary for this purpose.
10. Control the functions of other security personnel, employees and contractors and those in other functions with security responsibilities so as to provide a properly co-ordinated and cost effective service.
11. Provide briefings for international staff & visitors on security issues on arrival and on the security situations prevailing in other ‘High Risk’ countries prior to them travelling to these countries.
12. Conduct any security enquiry, investigation and survey or review in relation to any aspect of security. The aims of such enquiry, investigation and survey/review being to determine what happened, identify any weaknesses, draw appropriate and supportable conclusions and make recommendations to prevent any recurrence.
13. Devise and co-ordinate appropriate specialist security training for nominated employees.
14. Compile, agree and manage budgets for the department.
Skills and Experience:
- Must be a mature individual, with experience in corporate security management.
- Develop an in-depth understanding of the company, its operations and aims.
- Possess good communication skills in English, capable of issuing clear written and verbal orders.
- Be capable of developing & exploiting sources of information to obtain and collate detail on all threats or potential threats to the Company.
- Must have the ability to produce timely, accurate, detailed and concise written reports & reviews.
- Must have a detailed knowledge of all aspects of physical and electronic security; specifically, locks, building security, control of access procedures, perimeter protection, the use of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) and Intruder Detection Systems (IDS).
- Must keep abreast of current trends and techniques in the security field and disseminate such knowledge to relevant personnel within the company.
- Must be capable of commanding a contracted in-house guard force.
- Should be capable of carrying out and managing effective investigations involving breaches of security and security incidents.
- Be able to prepare, conduct and record interviews.
- Understand the principles involved in the protection of Company information, and the measures/procedures required to achieve this.
- Have the ability to provide a security input to contingency plans.
Equity Statement: British American Tobacco is an equal opportunity employer
General: The company reserves the right not to make any appointments as a result of the selection process.
An attractive remuneration package commensurate with the role will be offered to the successful candidate
NB: Interested applicants should provide easily accessible telephone numbers for easy communication.
To apply: email eahrservicecentre@bat.com with the subject line Company Security Manager by latest 9th July 2010
