Location: Paddington. Travel: 20% of the expected annual hours – domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
Deliver the day to day physical security management across assigned Vodafone locations, ensuring a safe, compliant, and resilient environment. Deliver risk assessments, mitigation measures, third‑party service provider oversight, and incident management, enabling a culture of security within the business.
Coordinate the planning and execution of event security and executive protection (EP) to safeguard Vodafone people, leadership, assets, and reputation. This role delivers robust protective strategies for corporate events and high‑profile engagements, driving readiness, incident response, and vendor performance across markets.
* Manage the security for corporate events, including threat identification and associated risk assessments, and implementation of mitigation measures.
* Manage third‑party security partners to deliver security objectives.
* Manage and execute the executive protection programme for senior leaders: protective intelligence, advance site surveys, route and venue security, low‑profile travel, residential considerations, secure transport, stakeholder engagement.
* Oversee physical security operations across assigned locations.
* Conduct site risk assessments; design and oversee implementation of mitigation measures.
* Oversee management of access control rights for assigned locations.
* Coordinate with Facilities, Operations, and business managers and events teams to ensure security alignment.
* Lead incident response and investigations into threats or breaches.
* Ensure compliance with Vodafone security policies, external regulations, and industry standards.
* Manage third‑party security providers and contractors against agreed SLAs.
* Monitor security trends and emerging threats relevant to assigned locations and areas.
* Provide regular reporting and insights to senior management.
Qualifications
* Significant experience in event security and executive protection within corporate environments.
* SIA Close Protection licence (UK) or equivalent; First Aid at Work / FPOS I.
* Knowledge of applicable standards (ISO 22301, NIS2, etc.).
* Experience working across multiple countries and cultures.
* Experience working with multiple stakeholders to deliver events and protection programmes.
* Event security management expertise.
* Executive protection management delivery.
* Threat assessment capability.
* Third‑party service provider and stakeholder management experience.
* Ability to communicate with senior leaders and frontline staff.
* Strong planning and briefing abilities.
* Competent incident management and debriefing skills.
* Analytical mindset.
* Discretion with sensitive information.
Benefits
* Yearly bonus: 10%
* Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the option to buy/sell/carry over 5 days a year.
* Charity days: 5 days a year.
* Maternity leave: 52 weeks – 13 weeks fully paid, followed by 26 weeks at half pay.
* Private pension: contribute up to 5% of basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
* Access to private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share‑save scheme.
* Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle‑to‑work programme, season‑ticket loan.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.
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