ILS is a small, vibrant risk management company dedicated to supporting aid agencies, academic institutions, and campaign groups to develop resilience and meet duty of care in challenging environments. Founded by aid workers in 2010, the company has grown to a global leader in people-centred risk management solutions. We value gender equity, diversity, and an inclusive work environment that respects neurodiversity and accessibility.
Our Risk Advisory Team is a close-knit, diverse group of professionals who work collaboratively to ensure our work remains innovative, tailored, and risk-appropriate.
Job Purpose
We are looking for a new Senior Risk Advisor. The role sits within our risk advisory team, providing advice, support and guidance to a broad range of high-profile clients. The post holder will interact with and provide specialist security risk management advice at senior leadership or board level, and support security planning and risk mitigation at operational (regional and country) levels.
The post holder will help clients fulfil the appropriate level of Duty of Care for staff, assets, programmes, reputation, and risk appetite. You will work autonomously with clients to provide safety and security advice and support globally. The work is varied and changes weekly. Key activities include:
Risk Advisory Services
* Developing and delivering strategic security risk management projects, such as security audits and risk management frameworks.
* Supporting country-level capacity strengthening, including risk assessments and security management plans.
* Providing travellers with contextual advice and risk assessments.
* Acting as a long-term embedded advisor to clients to manage security risk management challenges.
Crisis Management
* Developing and implementing crisis preparedness capacity, including bespoke processes, training and mentoring.
* Supporting retained clients to respond to critical incidents and crises.
Training
With support from the Learning and Development team, you will instruct on a range of ILS learning programmes including:
* Residential HEAT courses
* Delivering bespoke products at client offices globally
* Online security risk management and travel safety courses
Person Specification
* The ideal applicant will have empathy with ILS’ values and be able to work in a way that reflects these.
* Experience as a security risk management professional and/or implementing security measures in challenging/low-resource environments, preferably with an international NGO.
* Ability to work alongside senior client staff and communicate aims and ideas to a range of audiences.
* Comfort working within a small, dynamic team; self-motivated with ability to organise your own workload across multiple projects.
* A graduate, ideally with postgraduate qualification in security risk management, humanitarian or development practice, international relations or a similar field; digital/information security or safeguarding knowledge is a plus.
* French, Spanish, or Arabic language skills.
* Experience in a commercial consultancy or account management role.
We know there are great candidates who may not meet all criteria or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If this is you, please apply and tell us why this opportunity excites you and how it fits with your skills and experience.
Compensation package and benefits
* Starting salary £45,900 - £48,300 depending on experience, with a clear salary progression scheme.
* Generous annual discretionary bonus.
* Employer pension contributions.
* Free access to psychological support service.
* Flexible working hours (core hours 10am-4pm).
* 36 days of annual leave (25 days standard leave + 3 days Christmas leave + 8 bank holidays).
* Further leave allowance accrued with length of service.
Working locations
* The position is based in the ILS office in the UK, near Haywards Heath rail station.
* Hybrid policy; staff are expected to attend the office regularly, including monthly all-in office days.
* Travel to client offices in the UK and overseas, including high-risk locations, may be required.
Recruitment process
* This is a rolling recruitment process; interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until the right candidate is found.
* Please send your CV with a covering email detailing why you would like to work at ILS to recruitment@locationsafety.com with the subject line: Senior Risk Advisor Recruitment: your name.
* Only suitable candidates will be contacted and invited to interview.
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