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Security Assurance Manager – AWE / Mitie
Job Objectives
1. Act as a trusted advisor to the Head of Security and wider Mitie Management team, serving as a subject matter expert (SME) in holistic protective security and security auditing.
2. Lead and deliver continuous improvement programmes, ensuring alignment between Mitie, the client, and service partners.
3. Build, maintain, and actively leverage strong networks and partnerships, creating effective conduits for collaborative working.
4. Drive a strong security culture across the contract.
Key Responsibilities
Security Assurance & Risk Management
5. Develop and deliver a comprehensive security audit framework in collaboration with AWE Security.
6. Conduct physical security risk assessments and vulnerability reviews.
7. Provide SME advice to inform training requirements for security personnel and support the planning and execution of scenario training exercises.
8. Conduct incident investigations, identify root causes, and implement lessons learnt to prevent recurrence.
9. Drive a structured evaluation and continuous improvement cycle for security performance and assurance.
Strategy, Planning & Delivery
10. Develop and maintain security strategies, policies, and procedures in direct support of client requirements.
11. Provide expert input into security planning for known future events and emerging or evolving threat landscapes.
12. Produce high-quality reports, briefings, and presentations as requested by the Head of Security.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
13. Supporting the Head of Security, act as a central security conduit for collaboration between Mitie, AWE, and third-party service partners.
14. Build and sustain strong relationships across the Assurance Manager community and wider security industry to exchange best practice.
15. Support client confidence through professional engagement, transparency, and evidence-led assurance.
Standards, Compliance & Professional Knowledge
16. Maintain a strong and current working knowledge of industry standards, regulations, and security initiatives.
17. Ensure assurance activities align with regulatory expectations and recognised good practice.
Person Specification
Essential Experience & Qualifications
18. (Desirable) Minimum 5 years' experience in security management or protective security roles.
19. Proven capability in security assurance design, development, and delivery across complex environments.
20. Demonstrable experience delivering standards auditing, operational readiness testing, and exercise management.
Skills & Competencies
21. Recognised expert in team training, coaching and mentoring.
22. Strong ability to conceptualise, develop, implement, and sustain improvement plans.
23. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders.
24. Highly collaborative, proactive, and outcome-focused.
25. Competent with full MS Suite, with experience with SharePoint and PowerBI highly desirable.
Additional Requirements
26. Applicants will be required to achieve security vetting through UKSV.
Our market-leading offering 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. For example, you could 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 lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
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 of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, 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,!
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, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .