Mission Security Coordinator — Travel Risk and Event Protection for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brussel; On-site; EUR 79,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NATO-5 visa sponsorship

Job summary

WLG in Belgium seeks a senior security professional responsible for travel risk management, security planning, and event oversight across international deployments. The role includes analysing travel data, briefing travellers, developing security plans, and coordinating with local authorities during high-profile events.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in security operations, strong risk management credentials, and fluent professional English.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security operations, risk management or industrial security.
• Experience planning/executing security for high-profile events or international travel.

Responsibilities

• Analyse travel databases to identify high-risk destinations and locations.
• Collect and analyse security information from open sources and advisories.
• Provide travellers with comprehensive security briefings and risk mitigation.
• Develop security plans for high-risk events aligned with policy.
• Conduct risk assessments and site surveys of planned venues.
• Review attendee lists for risk from non-members.
• Prepare security briefs for senior approval and oversee on-site security at events.
• Coordinate security for events with authorities and partner agencies.
• Create after-action reports and lessons learned from events.
• Brief stakeholders on security requirements and priorities.

Skills

Security operations

Risk assessment

Event security

Open-source research

Stakeholder management

Security data analysis

Education

Risk management certification

Crisis management certification

Tools

Security databases

OSINT

Job description

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa for you and your family.

This post is a full employment contract with our delivery partner, with the benefits that go with it — not a contractor or B2B arrangement. Agreeing to be employed is the first condition of the role.

A multinational defence organisation sends its people all over the world and hosts high-profile events at home and abroad. This post supports the force protection team: it is the dedicated attention that travelling staff and event attendees get on safety and security matters.

What You Would Be Doing

• Analysing the travel database to identify high-risk destinations and critical locations for staff on duty travel.
• Collecting and analysing security information from open sources, classified reporting and local advisories to assess risk ahead of travel.
• Giving travellers comprehensive security briefings — protocols, local risks and mitigation tailored to the individual mission.
• Developing security plans for high-risk events and missions in line with organisational security policy.
• Running regular risk assessments and security audits, and leading site surveys to find vulnerabilities at planned venues.
• Examining attendee lists for non-member participants and evaluating the counter-intelligence risk they carry.
• Preparing security briefs for senior approval, and being present at venues during events to give oversight at registration and check-in.
• Coordinating security for high-profile events and external missions with local authorities, law enforcement and partner agencies — logistics, site assessments and emergency response.
• Writing after-action reports and post-event analyses, and turning them into lessons and historical security records.
• Briefing internal stakeholders at every level on security requirements, risk management and operational priorities.

What you would bring

• At least five years in security administration, risk management, criminology, public administration or industrial security, including responsibility for planning and executing security operations for high-profile events, international travel or multinational operations.
• At least three years planning and running security for major events involving very important persons, senior leadership or large international operations.
• A recognised risk management certification — for example project management professional or certified risk management professional — or another relevant security qualification. Counter-terrorism or crisis management certification is an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, analyse and interpret security data from open sources and other reporting, and to turn it into briefings, risk assessments and incident reports.
• Demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders at every level, from senior leadership to local law enforcement.
• Advanced office tooling, security databases and collaborative platforms, plus confident open-source research.
• Fluent professional English.

This is a long engagement that renews year on year, not a short project.