Head of Physical Security & Resilience

HM Revenue & Customs; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HM Revenue & Customs in the United Kingdom seeks a senior security/engineering professional to lead physical security assurance for the Estates. The role covers TaRA, PSDS, DSHC and strategic improvements across hosti le vehicle mitigation, access controls and video surveillance systems.

Travel UK-wide is required. The successful candidate will hold a degree in a relevant subject and be a member or fellow of CSyP, Security Institute or RSES, with extensive expertise in protective security and

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in relevant subject.
• Member or Fellow of CSyP, Security Institute or RSES.

Responsibilities

• Lead Threat & Risk Assurance (TaRA) process.
• Develop and maintain Physical Security Design Standards (PSDS).
• Oversee Departmental Security Health Check (DSHC) physical section.
• Provide strategic direction for physical security improvements.
• Deliver Level 2 Physical Security Assurance.

Skills

Physical security expertise

Risk assessment

Security policy compliance

BIM; CAD

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Job description

About The Job

Professional Services & Estates Assurance is a Deputy Director (SCS1) led team of subject matter experts and specialist engineers covering, Construction, Digital, Data & Analytics and the Professional Services Team (Fire, H&S, Security, BIM, Sustainability & Building Services). Providing specialist advice, guidance, assurance and statutory compliance.

Job Description

This a critical role in Estates, responsible for the following: -

• Threat & Risk Assurance (TaRA) process.
• Physical Security Design Standards (PSDS).
• Departmental Security Health Check (DSHC) Physical section.
• Strategic direction for physical security improvements.
• Level 2 Physical Security Assurance.

Physical Security and Resilience encompasses setting the standards across HMRC for: -

Physical measures

• Hostile Vehicle Mitigation - HVM.
• Walling & Door Systems.
• Glazing.
• Perimeter measures (Fencing & PID systems).

Electronic measures

• Access Control Systems (AACS).
• Intruder Detection Systems (IDS).
• Video Surveillance Systems (VSS).
• Integration of systems.

Person specification

The role will require an individual from a Security and/or Engineering background who is able to work alone or as part of a team, while exhibiting diplomacy, honesty and integrity.

They will require academic / professional qualifications / accreditation as follows:

• Degree or equivalent in relevant subject(s).
• Member or Fellow of a relevant security professional body such as CSyP; Security Institute; RSES.

The successful candidate will have to undertake the role of subject matter expert, and so applicants must already have the requisite knowledge and experience as they will not be afforded time to learn on the job.

Travel Requirements

• Ability to travel UK wide in role.

Essential Criteria:

• Applied physical security - Expert.
• Risk understanding and mitigation - Expert.
• Protective security - Practitioner.
• Threat understanding - Practitioner.
• Legal & regulatory environment and compliance - Working.
• BIM; REVIT; CAD - Working.
• Capable of operating efficiently across a wide variety of differing business areas.

Desirable Criteria:

The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate they have successfully developed and implemented physical security strategies within large / complex organisations, and will have circa

• Extensive General Security experience.
• Built Environment Security experience.
• Hold a Security/ Engineering qualification such as CEng / IEng.

Additional Security Information

This role requires the successful candidate to hold or be willing to hold Security Check (SC) clearance.