On-Site Security Programme Coordinator — Brussels

Work Life Group; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown company in Brussels is seeking an experienced security programme professional to coordinate plans, policies and communications across multiple project groups on-site in Brussels.

The role involves frequent travel to host nation sites (80+ days/year), collaboration with headquarters and stakeholders, and delivery of security training and publications aligned with alliance practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher required.
• Experience in programme governance models or equivalent national governance.
• Experience with sensitive infrastructure projects in secure environments.
• At least 3 of the last 10 years in stakeholder management and coordination.
• Willingness to travel extensively beyond the usual commitments.

Responsibilities

• Work with headquarters staff, agencies, stakeholders and end users to develop security plans and monitor their implementation across the project groups.
• Ensure plans are understood and complied with by all parties involved.
• Travel frequently to host nation sites to coordinate communications and infrastructure progress, over 80 travel days per year.
• Support the programme director on site with stakeholder engagement and communication at political, operational and tactical levels.
• Help identify requirements, policy developments and engineering publication reviews relevant to the programme.
• Collaborate with security, policy and operations to keep the programme aligned with alliance practice.
• Review and update security policy, documentation and classification guides, and author the relevant sections of capability programme plans.
• Assist in managing classified material.
• Develop and deliver presentations and training on security procedures.
• Keep every work strand linked to the rest of the office and other capability teams.

Skills

Programme / project management

Stakeholder management

Technical communications

Travel willingness

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor degree or higher

Job description

This post is based in Brussels, Belgium, on site. Relocation support is available.

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 is modernising its nuclear consultation, command and control capability — the biggest programme in its common-funded portfolio, with delivery spread across host nations and several implementing entities. This post sits on site in Brussels and keeps that orchestration moving, with a strong security thread running through all of it.

What you would be doing

• Working with headquarters staff, agencies, stakeholders and end users to develop security plans and monitor their implementation across the project groups.
• Making sure those plans are understood and complied with by everyone who has to live with them.
• Travelling frequently to host nation sites to coordinate communications and infrastructure progress, run site surveys and give technical advice — in excess of eighty travel days a year.
• Supporting the programme director on site with stakeholder engagement and communication at political, operational and tactical levels.
• Helping identify requirements, policy developments and engineering publication reviews relevant to the programme.
• Working with the security, policy and operations branches across the organisation so the programme stays aligned with alliance practice.
• Reviewing and updating security policy, documentation and classification guides, and authoring the relevant sections of capability programme plans.
• Supporting the management of classified material.
• Developing and delivering presentations and training on security procedures.
• Keeping every work strand linked to the rest of the office and to the other capability teams.

What you would bring

• A bachelor degree or higher.
• Programme or project management experience, ideally under a common-funded capability delivery governance model or its national equivalent.
• Experience of technical communications or physical infrastructure projects for sensitive compartmented information facilities, delivered in secure environments.
• At least three of the last ten years in stakeholder management and coordination, aligning different organisations behind a common strategic goal.
• Willingness to travel well beyond the usual — this post is on the road a great deal.
• Fluent professional English.

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