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Job Category: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Job Subcategory: Security

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Note: Due to COVID-19, you may experience some delay in the progress of this recruitment campaign. We are working hard to minimise any disruption.

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) diplomatic missions in Benelux are part of a world-wide network of over 230 Posts representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas.

Corporate Services Benelux (CSB) is a joint service of over 50 colleagues and contractors that leads on operational support to the UK Diplomatic Missions in Brussels (the UK Mission to the EU and our bilateral Embassy to Belgium). CSB is now looking for a full-time Post Security Manager, who will ensure a safe and secure working environment for the staff and visitors of the British Embassy to Belgium and UK Mission to the EU (UKMIS) through excellent management of physical security.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for ensuring all staff and visitors are safe and secure;
Responsible for the effective day-to-day management of team of Security Officers and Contracted Guards including rotation and cover;
Provide a professional interface with the public;
Responsibility for conducting and leading fire, emergency and evacuation drills;
Responsible for identifying and managing potential threats;
CCTV systems & access control management;
Maintain security awareness and culture at post;
Application of breach procedures;
Provide training to security guards, advice to staff and spouses;
Maintain security equipment and liaise with the Regional Overseas Security Manager (ROSM);
Liaise with local security organisations including Police, associated Diplomatic/LE security managers of friendly missions;
Maintain a log of daily occurrences/events/function and visitors;
Role of the Fire Safety Manager by testing fire and emergency alarms weekly;
Undertake additional duties in support of Embassy requirements.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Fluent English language skills (oral and written);
A minimum of 5 years previous security experience;
A minimum of 2 years previous experience of staff management;
Excellent organisational skills;
Ability to work unsupervised;
Flexibility & ability to maintain professionalism under pressure;
Full driving licence;
Relevant PC experience including MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint).

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

A training background/experience in managing and developing staff;
Fluent French language skills (oral and written);
Fluent Dutch language skills (oral and written).

Required competencies

Making Effective Decisions, Leading and Communicating, Building Capability for All, Managing a Quality Service.

Application deadline: 26 April 2020
Grade: B3 (L)
Type of Position: Full-time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 36.25
Region: Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Type of Post: British Embassy
Number of vacancies: 1
Starting monthly salary (EUR): 4,160.09 (gross)
Start Date: 13 July 2020

Other benefits and conditions of employment

This is a permanent full-time contract for 5 working days (36.25 hours net) per week. The monthly gross salary for this position is € 4,160.09, B3 level.

In addition, we offer an extensive salary package, which includes a 13 month, luncheon vouchers pension scheme, optional hospitalisation insurance (subject to monthly employee contribution), reimbursement of public transport and a lot more. We offer more days of annual leave than the Belgian requirements.

Please note that Belgian nationals will be paid their salary gross and are expected to comply with their tax obligations through completion of a tax return to the Belgian authorities. Non-Belgian nationals will receive their salary net, minus the deduction of an equivalent level of Belgian tax retained at source. Further information on this will be given to candidates during the recruitment process.

Staff recruited locally by the British Diplomatic Missions in Belgium are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Belgian employment law.

The successful candidates will be subject to professional background checks and security clearance.

Visa/passport requirements: Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Belgium and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract. Additional requirements may become necessary after 31st December 2020.

Additional information

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered. Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please be advised that the British Diplomatic Missions will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.

Additional Information (due to Covid 19):

You may experiment some delay in the progress of this recruitment campaign and we are working hard to minimise any disruption;
Interviews will be done remotely if the existing situation determines this to be the right course of action;
Starting date may be delayed depending on circumstances at the time and it will be agreed with the selected candidate.

Please note Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment indicates Level C2 as Mastery or proficiency Level which comprehends that a person can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read; can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation; can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations. For more information please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind that your language skills will be assessed if you are invited for interview.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”. We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please be advised that the British Consulate-General will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.

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