Senior Specialist: Security Operations at Optimal Growth Technologies

Key accountabilities:

• Align Site Security Strategy to business operations and drive security performance within sites to ensure satisfaction and objectives defined.
• Champion a security culture within sites and be a single point of contact to coordinate and facilitate security operations, promote and develop security methods, tools and security standards across business.
• Plan, implement, be responsible for and supervise the requirements of security and safety awareness, initiatives and joints policing operations to address and mitigate all security risks to improve regional security operations.
• Develop a security threat risk and vulnerability assessment model to identify and address gaps and non-conformities within sites.
• Implement best practice security standards, processes and procedures for effective risk mitigation and fit-for-purpose improvement plans.
• Improve incident investigation and case management by conducting root cause analysis on all reported site security incidents and implement corrective physical security-measures.
• Formulate security operations annual operational plan (AOP) and the required CAPEX and OPEX budgets for efficient security operations.
• Contribute and enhance integrated dashboard reporting to enable information visibility for management decision-making.
• Core competencies, knowledge and experience :
• Experience in conducting security risk assessment and site security profiles.
• Security project management,
• Good communication and engagement skills, strategic and analytical skills, strong interpersonal skills.
• Experienced in networking and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Management of performance and service level agreement of contracted security service provider.
• Knowledge and capability to implement Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA), Minimum Physical Security Standards (MPSS), relevant security regulations, policies, guidelines and standard operational

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• A three (3) year National Diploma or Degree in Security Risk Management or equivalent.
• At least 5-8 years experience within the security environment and two (2) of which must have been in a security supervision or management level.
• Registration with PSIRA Grade A & B.