Security Coordinator

Tetra Tech; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is looking for a Security Coordinator to manage compliance and risk assessments for international operations. This role involves ensuring safety for employees during travel, monitoring security risks, and acting as the main contact for duty of care queries. Candidates should have a relevant degree and strong communication skills. The position offers a full-time contract, hybrid working arrangements, and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in security studies, international relations, risk management, or similar.
• Experience in security-support or risk-assessment role, including internships.
• Strong written communication skills to draft incident summaries.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate security compliance for overseas employee travel.
• Monitor security risks in deployed countries.
• Maintain travel advisories for international employees.

Skills

Attention to detail

Calmness under pressure

Analytical skills

Cultural sensitivity

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services worldwide. It supports government and commercial clients with innovative solutions focused on international development, climate mitigation and adaptation, environmental sustainability, biodiversity, conservation, land reform, infrastructure, urban development, transport, water, and resource management. With 30,000 associates worldwide in over 120 countries, Tetra Tech’s capabilities span the entire project cycle.

Tetra Tech International Development Europe is Tetra Tech’s European business unit focused on International Development. We are based in London with offices in Kenya, Nigeria, Poland, and the Netherlands. We deliver international development programmes focused on economic growth, governance and justice/security, and infrastructure, for clients such as the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the United Nations, the European Union, the European Investment Bank and other donors and funding agencies. We also have a strong in-house Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Practice consisting of 35 evaluators, statisticians, economists, social scientists, and research managers.

Our Values:

We are committed to maintaining business practices that honour and protect the dignity and integrity of everyone with whom the company conducts business, employs, and serves. As a leading international development organisation, we fully support continued progress and improvement within the development community to make development initiatives more effective. We are also committed to addressing various cross‑cutting issues relevant to international development to ensure that all people can access and enjoy the benefits of our activities.

• We value our people: we support the development of our people, ensuring that the environments in which they work are fair, safe, and flexible.
• We deliver quality results: we go the extra mile to deliver value for our clients, impact for beneficiaries and a fair financial return for the company to grow sustainably.
• We collaborate effectively: we work authentically with our clients, beneficiaries and partners and strive to always communicate clearly and openly.
• We encourage creativity and innovation: we encourage entrepreneurial thinking and provide the freedom, support and investment for new ideas and initiatives.
• We operate with integrity: We will do the right thing, be honest and keep to our commitments.

Location: UK, London (Near King’s Cross Station / Coal Drop Yard)

Flexible working available: We operate a hybrid working policy, with people working from the office two days a week and the rest working from home. People may choose to come in more often.

Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.50 hours per week. (Occasional travel to project locations as and when required).

Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary & Benefits

Job Overview and Reporting Line

You will be reporting to the Global Head of Risk and Compliance. As a Security Coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating with Tetra Tech projects and staff to ensure they are compliant with corporate strategy. Reporting to the Global Head of Risk and Compliance, you will act as the point of contact for security‑related issues, providing support across the Tetra Tech project portfolio. Duties will include the following, but not be limited to:

Main Duties

• Ensuring that all overseas employee travel is properly risk‑assessed and that the necessary security controls are implemented for employees and contractors deployed overseas.
• Monitor for security risk escalations in countries where the company's employees and assets are deployed or located.
• a point of contact for employees for duty of care queries.
• Maintain travel advisories for international employee members travelling abroad, ensuring all employees are briefed on the risks associated with their trip.
• Analyse and process compliance requests for contracted individuals and firms working on Tetra Tech’s programs.
• Conduct essential due diligence assessments of contractors' and suppliers' risk management and security processes.
• Manage the corporate incident management system (TOTAL), which includes writing up reports and conducting investigations of incidents and near misses.
• Disseminate routine and timely security updates and alerts to deployed projects and employees.
• Liaise with security managers and focal points to produce and maintain project‑level IHSS documentation.
• Deliver open‑source analysis risk assessment on overseas locations and institutions that Tetra Tech operates within.
• Ensure employees and contractors are compliant with all HSSE Training in preparation for travel to high‑risk and hostile environments.
• Collaborate with overseas security teams and project managers to assess the risks associated with projects and assets.
• Retain excellent connections with overseas security and transport providers to assist project delivery and implementation.
• Be aware of potential hazards and threats which may disrupt business activity, particularly in projects and assets overseas.

Aptitude and skills

• Attention to detail and methodical record‑keeping.
• Calmness under pressure and rapid prioritisation during incidents.
• Analytical curiosity able to turn disparate open‑source inputs into concise risk conclusions.
• Cultural sensitivity and diplomacy when liaising with local teams and vendors.
• Written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (security studies, international relations, risk management, emergency management, or similar) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Experience in a security‑support, duty‑of‑care, operations, or risk‑assessment role (can include internships or short‑term deployments).
• Basic travel risk assessment ability (able to produce a short travel brief).
• Strong written communication: able to draft clear incident summaries, briefings and email updates.
• Good stakeholder/customer‑service skills, comfortable as a point of contact for employee queries.
• Basic OSINT research ability (able to gather and summarise open‑source information from advisories, news and local sources).
• Familiarity with HSSE concepts and willingness to manage training records.

Closing date for applications: 8 January 2026

“Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK; we are NOT able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.”

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Tetra Tech prides itself in a workplace culture that complies with and ensures the workplace is free from discrimination, harassment, bullying, racism, and hate speech of any form regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage, and civil partnerships. We encourage all applicants from different backgrounds to apply for this role.

Disability Confident Employer:

Disability Confident is a UK government scheme that supports employers in creating and fostering diverse and inclusive workplaces. We have self‑identified as registered disability confident participants.

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Safeguarding:

Tetra Tech International Development has robust policies and guidelines which exemplify our commitment to safeguarding and technical excellence in gender equality. Our team of dedicated GEDSI advisers work closely with our staff and partners to ensure a context‑specific and consistent approach is applied to all of our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world’s most marginalised groups.

Region: United Kingdom and Europe Teams and Clients

Role Category: Headquarters Positions or Project Opportunities