Overview
Senior Risk Advisor – ReliefWeb, Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom
Posted 5 Sep 2025 • Closing date 28 Sep 2025
Role and Organization
ILS is a small, vibrant risk management company dedicated to supporting aid agencies, academic institutions, and campaign groups to develop resilience and meet their duty of care in challenging environments. The Risk Advisory Team provides advice, support and guidance to a broad range of high‑profile clients. The post holder will interact with senior leadership/board level and support security planning and risk mitigation at regional and country levels.
Responsibilities
* Develop and deliver strategic security risk management projects (e.g., security audits and frameworks).
* Support country‑level capacity strengthening (risk assessments and security management plans).
* Provide travellers with contextual advice and risk assessments.
* Act as a long‑term embedded advisor to clients to help manage security risk management challenges.
* Support crisis preparedness capacity, including developing processes and providing training and mentoring.
* Assist clients in responding to critical incidents and crises.
* Instruct on ILS learning programmes (Residential HEAT courses, client-officed trainings, online courses).
Person Specification
Essential Requirements
* Ability to work in line with ILS values.
* Experience as a security risk management professional and/or implementing security measures in challenging/low resource environments, preferably with an international NGO.
* Confident to communicate aims and ideas to a range of audiences, including senior client staff.
* Comfortable working in a small, dynamic team; self‑motivated with the ability to organise workload across multiple projects.
Desirable Requirements
* Graduate or post‑graduate degree in security risk management, humanitarian or development practice, international relations, or a related field.
* Digital/information security knowledge or safeguarding knowledge.
* 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. If this is you, please apply and tell us why the opportunity excites you and how it fits your skills and experience.
Compensation and Benefits
* Starting salary £45,900 – £48,300 depending on experience, with a clear salary progression scheme.
* Discretionary bonus scheme.
* Employer pension contributions.
* Free access to psychological support service.
* Flexible working hours (core hours 10am–4pm).
* Personal development plans.
* 36 days of annual leave (25 days standard leave + 3 days Christmas leave + 8 bank holidays) with further leave accrued with length of service.
Location and Working Arrangements
* Based in the ILS office in the UK, near Haywards Heath railway station.
* Hybrid working policy; regular office attendance and monthly all‑in office days.
* Travel to client offices in the UK and overseas, including high‑risk locations, may be required.
How to Apply
* Rolling recruitment process; early application advised.
* Submit CV with a covering email detailing why you want to work at ILS to recruitment@locationsafety.com with “Senior Risk Advisor Recruitment: your name” in the subject line.
* Only suitable candidates will be contacted for interviews.
Closing date: 28 September 2025
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