Close Protection Officer – Mitie Protective Services (MPS)
As a Mitie CPO, you will operate within structured teams delivering high-level protective security to senior principals, government officials, and corporate leaders.
This Role Requires
* Excellent judgement and decision-making
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills
* Ability to integrate quickly into multi-disciplinary teams
* Professionalism, reliability, and unwavering discretion
* High standards of personal presentation and conduct
* Willingness to work flexible hours, sometimes at short notice
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver close protection in accordance with Mitie SOPs and client expectations
* Conduct dynamic risk assessments, route planning and threat mitigation
* Liaise professionally with principals, private offices and partner agencies
* Maintain situational awareness and manage security incidents appropriately
* Assist with logistical planning, recon, venue sweeps and advance work
* Uphold Mitie values, compliance obligations and professional standards
* Maintain accurate reporting, documentation and operational records
Essential Requirements
* SIA Close Protection Licence
* Proven CP experience (government, corporate, diplomatic or media)
* Strong understanding of the UK threat environment
* Excellent written and verbal communication
* Full UK driving licence
* High standards of integrity, discipline and presentation
Desirable
* Medical qualifications (FPOSi/FREC3/4, or equivalent)
* Experience on ministerial, corporate or HNW contracts
* Willingness to undergo MITIE BS7858 vetting and if required CTC / SC Govt vetting
What We Offer
* Opportunity to work on some of the UK's most prestigious CP tasks
* Strong leadership, governance and support from the Executive Protection department
* Professional, respectful and transparent team culture
* Development pathways and training opportunities
* Competitive rates subject to deployment type
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household, so you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme, allowing you to access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle, choosing from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and more.
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform, and we have a cycle‑to‑work scheme.
Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 – giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long‑term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, we welcome your request.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
Join our Mitie Team.
Together our diversity makes us stronger.
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