AREA SECURITY MANAGER AFRICA
AREA SECURITY MANAGER AFRICA
Our client is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for marine and energy markets. The Area Security Manager is accountable for developing and managing the security mainly in West Africa, other locations in Africa as needed.
Accountabilities
- Lead the development of the area security activities
- Provide expertise and specialist support on all aspects of security for local persons (security coordinators) having responsibility of implementation of security measures
- Assure that corporate policies, strategies and guidelines for security are being implemented within the area together with the managing directors of countries
- Monitor the effectiveness of policies and processes and take necessary action when required
- Monitor and assess relevant threats in the area and ensure that proactive measures are taken in order to mitigate potential risk to the Company’s employees and operations.
- Implement and manage a security risk assessment process to ensure the timely identification and management of threats and mitigation measures
- Provide necessary training and development of global and local personnel concerning premises security, travel security, crisis management and personnel security
- Develop the security measures in local companies according to the local legislation, company policies and instructions
- Develop the travel security tools and processes in the area
- Participate to the development of area security concept including relevant area security plan
Required skills & qualifications
- Relevant Academic degree (Bachelor, MBA, Master’s Degree)
- CPP is considered as an advantage
- Over 5 years’ experience in corporate security
- French language skills is an advantage
- Significant experience of security planning & implementation gained in the context of operations in insecure areas/countries
- Ability to analyse quickly changing security environment and react appropriately
- Good understanding of cultural and linguistic differences and their impact on security management
- Ability to remain composed, amid complexity, pressure, controversy and ambiguity
- Ability to Perform incident management anytime and anywhere, inclusive from non-office locations and during non-business hours
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