Interim Security Advisor

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Role Title: Interim Security Advisor
Location: Bearwood Rd, Wokingham RG41 5BN | Hybrid - 50/50
Duration: 09/10/2026
Pay Rate: £375/Day

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Role Description:
The purpose of this role is to support the Client Corporate Security by providing guidance, direction, and advice to all parts of Client business, its partners and contractors, and support Client license obligations as required. The post holder will be responsible for delivering security programmes and solutions to safeguard the organisations people and assets, ensuring compliance with applicable legislation, regulatory and corporate policies, procedures, and guidelines.
In addition, the post holder will provide specialist support to the Physical Security Asset Refresh Programme, acting as the programme's Physical Security Subject Matter Expert (SME). They will be responsible for guiding, informing, and assuring programme activity, ensuring that all design, implementation and operational decisions reflect best practice protective security standards and comply with Client and UK regulatory requirements.
It should be noted that this post requires the holder to attain higher levels of security clearance in line with UK Government requirements and may at times require travel.

Direct

• Act as the Physical Security SME for the Physical Security Asset Refresh Programme, providing authoritative advice to programme leadership, project teams, suppliers and partners.
• Provide oversight and assurance across all programme activities, ensuring protective security standards, operational requirements and relevant legislation are met.
• Lead decision making related to physical security design, specifications, and implementation throughout the programme life cycle.
• Work collaboratively with programme stakeholders to identify risks, resolve security-related issues, and ensure proportionate, risk informed solutions are adopted.
• Ensure security requirements are Embedded into programme documentation, including designs, operational requirements, proposals, and acceptance criteria.
• Support validation and verification of physical security solutions, ensuring they meet Client security policy, regulatory expectations, and technical standards.
• Support the Client Security team in carrying out their roles and achieving their objectives.

Knowledge, Experience and Technical Know How

• Experience acting as a Physical Security SME within major infrastructure programmes, providing assurance and strategic input to security related decision making.
• Demonstrable experience of overseeing physical security upgrades or asset refresh programmes.
• Proven experience of working with key Government departments and Law enforcement agencies, supporting wider UK Government Counter Terrorism, Domestic Extremism and Crime prevention Strategies.
• Proven people management skills, managing performance and development plans.
• Excellent knowledge of physical, personal and personnel security and related principles.
• Must have previous experience in designing, developing, implementing, and managing of security programmes.
• Possess strong analytical, organisational, management, and administrative experience within the security industry or UK Security Service.
• Proven track record of delivering and running physical security programs and campaigns.
• Able to demonstrate a high degree of credibility and influence senior stakeholders within the organisation and key external stakeholders.
• Prior Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) experience essential.
• Experience of managing Government marked information and material.
• Security Surveys
• Operational Requirements
• Site Specific Operational Requirements
• Project support relating to security
• Infrastructure Security
• National Protective Security Authority
• Protective security

Qualifications
Essential (at appointment): Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Essential:

• Aptitude to convey the business benefit of a threat based, risk informed security approach ensuring business risk owners are empowered to make appropriate and proportionate security decisions.

Desirable:

• Security related credentials would be beneficial, preferably Home Office/UK Security Service trained.
• ASIS International Certified Protection Professional (CPP) or Physical Security Professional (PSP)
• CCTV Public Space Surveillance licences.
• Register of Security Engineers & Specialists

Job Dimensions

• Number of Direct/Indirect Reports Direct employees: n/a
• Budget
• Other

Main Interfaces
External:

• UK Government bodies including - NPSA, OFGEM, NaCTSO, DESNZ, NCSC, Home Office.
• UK Police Forces
• Energy sector partners and utilities including the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP)
• Wider UK industry and security community

Internal:

• All lines of Business
• Client Security Team
• Security guard force supplier - Mitie

Leadership Qualities & Business Skills

• The candidate must possess strong leadership, influencing and analytical skills, demonstrating sound judgement and decision making, and be able to credibly interact professionally at all levels across the organization.
• Able to make clear, risk based decisions and provide confident security assurance within a complex programme environment, influencing senior stakeholders and programme teams.

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.