Location
York, GB
Department Name
IN TRU - HR (457101) G2
About Network Rail
Key Information
Role: Head of Crime & Security
Salary: £71,163 to £84,437 per annum .
Location: York
Contract Type: Full time - Permanent
Car allowance: £6,000 per annum
Office Requirement: Hybrid. 3 days per week working from the office
Recruitment process: Our recruitment process includes an initial sift of applications, followed by a face-to-face, competency-based interview. Depending on the number of suitable candidates, a second sift may involve submitting video responses to motivational and technical questions
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Employees will be entitled to a discretionary 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets. Employees will also be entitled to 75% discount on season tickets.
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Transpennine Route Upgrade
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a £10.7 billion Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.
Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 11 level crossings.
Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.
For more information visit www.theTRUpgrade.co.uk
Brief Description
To lead regional security and crime engagement on matters relating to regional based security and crime compliance, working closely with the British Transport Police, Department for Transport and Train Operating Companies to mitigate train delays as a result of Route crime and improve performance.
About The Role (External)
Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:
* Develop and manage the Region’s crime, security and resilience strategies to reduce railway crime by developing a security culture across the Region.
* Maintain security and emergency plans and procedures in line with statutory requirements by developing a security culture across the Region.
* Lead on performance improvement processes for the Region by developing improvement initiatives to reduce overall delays that are associated with Route crime and Schedule 8.
* Collaborate with and advise Region and Route leads on continuous improvement relating to crime or security issues, incident management and disruption to improve incident management and mitigate disruption by facilitating debriefs following significant incidents relating to security.
* Influence and advise the Region and Route leads on the development (including templates and associated Standards and guidance) of security and contingency plans to mitigate incidents and the loss of high level of security by developing and implementing standards to prevent major incidents that may have otherwise resulted in reputational damage, loss of safety records and costs associated.
* Lead regional development and implementation of an annual programme of planned exercises to test the effectiveness of security and contingency arrangements. Monitor Regional performance against the programme and negotiate with key internal and external stakeholders; operations leads within the Routes, TOCs and external agencies such as the British Transport Police and DfT.
* Coordinate and maintain a programme of physical security risk assessments and associated security or emergency plans to identify and assess potential failings in security arrangements within Network Rail sites; particularly those identified as Critical National Infrastructure.
* Provide specialist advice and challenge in the external fields of policing, criminal procedures and security, representing the executive leadership team and Region by providing detailed understanding of the complex crime and security procedures and policies in order to make appropriate challenge at senior level.
* Lead the Region on the development of Network Rail’s regional response to significant sporting and cultural events in order to provide an effective operational response by advising the Route leads, including stations.
* Develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external stakeholders by providing crime and security performance improvement expertise to deliver improved outcomes for the Region.
We need you to have:
* Educated to degree level or be able to show equivalent level of experience and competency
* Membership of a security and/or emergency planning professional body
* Formal accredited training in emergency planning, security or similar field
* Detailed understanding of and proven credibility in operational security matters
* Significant understanding of the principles of contingency and emergency planning and management
* Demonstrable understanding of policing and criminal procedures
* Proven experience and expertise in major incident/crisis management at a tactical level
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to present complex data in a simple and understandable way It would be advantageous:
* Significant understanding of railway operational requirements
* Post-graduate qualification in emergency/disaster management, security (domestic or international) counter-terrorism, operational resilience or risk, or similar
How To Apply (External)
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Vi sit Evenbreak’s Career Hive should you need accessibility support to apply. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please contact EasternResourcing@networkrail.co.uk .
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All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness in your application.
Salary: £71,163 to £84,437 per annum .
This role can be based in the following locations: York
Closing date : 24 th December 2025. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
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