Security Advisor - Access Control

Security Advisor; 12 month contract; 37 hours a week; based in Barrow-in-Furness; £18.00 per hour

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Security Advisor to support BAE Systems at their Barrow-in-Furness site. Under supervision, role will execute routine security responsibilities for the assigned workstream in order to protect BAE Systems, its people, infrastructure, information and assets, as well as the interests of its shareholders and customers, and to fulfil regulatory and legal obligations.

Duties will involve;

• Coordinate and carry out security tasks based on relevant policies, standards, procedures and best practices of the assigned work stream.
  
• Respond to and maintain records of security incidents, escalating where needed
  
• Provide regular reports on security activities to inform decision making at more senior levels
  
• Support security investigations through the provision of information
  
• Assure the integrity of BAE employees working in the assigned business area by maintaining personnel security and access control processes and procedures.
  
• Provide advice and guidance for the business area on routine security queries
  
• Advise and train others, with support from senior colleagues, in routine security procedures
  
• Support the security culture by raising security awareness among employees in the local area (i.e. through security inductions) and modelling behaviours that demonstrate BAE Systems values.
  
  The role holder does not hold line management responsibilities, however, aligned to leadership behaviours the post holder will demonstrate these in their personal behaviours:
  
  
• Strategic Vision – Demonstrate a clear sense of purpose in delivery of the role .
  
• Creativity – Is resilient and innovative, finding ways to achieve objectives and goals.
  
• Adaptability - Embraces change and participates in change process.
  
• Collaboration – Sets high standards for the themselves , utilising individual skills within the team effectively to deliver against performance requirements. Understands the benefits of partnership working and actively creates and maintains a network of stakeholder and business partners to maximise team delivery.
  
• Develops People – Champions diversity and develops individual talent, optimises learning opportunities. Holds themselves and to account and works effectively in the team.
  
• Integrity – Promotes and demonstrates that safety and well-being of the team is a golden thread through all interactions and activities performed by the team.
  
• Courage – Be self aware able to take and act on personal feedback to improve and develop as an individual.
  
• Inspiration – Motivated and works with others to deliver common goals and objectives.
  
  The role holder will have good knowledge of relevant security services, e.g. personnel security, information security, cyber and IT security, cryptographic management, asset protection, etc. along with good knowledge of BAE Systems and security functions at local level and understanding of legislation and regulations related to the assigned business area.
  
  Skills:
  
• Experience in interacting and communicating with different levels of seniority and with customers, and ability to exercise tact and diplomacy
  
• Good written and verbal communication skills
  
• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications
  
  Qualifications:
  
• Appropriate entry level Security qualification from a certified body, where relevant.
  
• Achieve and maintain required mandated SQEP for nuclear security and safety baselines if required.
  
  Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy