Employer:Vestas
Location: Nairobi
Job description
Risk Management, Security Department.
Vestas Security supports the line in the identification, quantification and mitigation of security threats to Vestas' people, assets, information and reputation. The Security department therefore plays a vital role in the organisation, especially in complex markets.
The security environment in Kenya is complex and challenging and although the country in general is
regarded as medium threat, there are areas of high threat which requires effective identification, assessment, dissemination and monitoring. A comprehensive and threat led approach to security risk management will, therefore, be required.
The position of the Country Security Manager Kenya is key to establishing such an approach. The position will oversee all aspects of security for Vestas throughout Kenya and will be positioned in Nairobi. The post will be line managed by Vestas Kenya and functionally managed by the Vestas Regional Security Manager Sub-Saharan Africa.
Responsibilities
As Country Security Manager in Kenya your key tasks are to:
Your primary location will be Nairobi, but you will be required to travel to remote areas of Kenya for project assessments and site visits.
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Location: Nairobi
Job description
Risk Management, Security Department.
Vestas Security supports the line in the identification, quantification and mitigation of security threats to Vestas' people, assets, information and reputation. The Security department therefore plays a vital role in the organisation, especially in complex markets.
The security environment in Kenya is complex and challenging and although the country in general is
regarded as medium threat, there are areas of high threat which requires effective identification, assessment, dissemination and monitoring. A comprehensive and threat led approach to security risk management will, therefore, be required.
The position of the Country Security Manager Kenya is key to establishing such an approach. The position will oversee all aspects of security for Vestas throughout Kenya and will be positioned in Nairobi. The post will be line managed by Vestas Kenya and functionally managed by the Vestas Regional Security Manager Sub-Saharan Africa.
Responsibilities
As Country Security Manager in Kenya your key tasks are to:
- Lead the security function in Kenya
- Monitor all security spending on projects ensuring that value for money is achieved
- Work alongside business partners in developing, implementing and monitoring security
- Conduct and maintain an accurate threat assessment of the project areas, ensuring that business leaders are current with the threats posed against Vestas
- Design and implement appropriate mitigation to reduce exposure to identified threats to as low as reasonably practicable
- Maintain currency of both existing and aspirational business opportunities for Vestas in Kenya
- Oversee the delivery of security support products to the Vestas footprint throughout the country, including threat assessments, site security plans, staff training and security contracts
- Design and deliver appropriate ‘security awareness’ training sessions for all staff
- Monitor all business travel into and throughout Kenya
- Maintain an active security network with other multi-national companies, private security companies, police and relevant government authorities
- Establish, manage and complete quality assurance control measures of all contractual agreements with private security companies as
- Support crisis response management as appropriate
- Identify the need for additional security capacity
- Support Vestas CSR initiatives and promote dialogue between the business, local communicates and security forces, being both private and governmental, to ensure potential issues arising from operations are identified and the risk addressed
- Monitor any deployment of live armed personnel in support of Vestas operations and ensure that such personnel are employed within the parameters of the Vestas Use of Force Guideline document
- Gain and maintain an accurate understanding of the threat picture in Kenya and how such threats could impact Vestas
- Ensure that the overall security approach adopted within the various Vestas projects is appropriate to reduce exposure to security threats to as low as reasonably practicable
- Establish and maintain positive relations, at a senior level, within Vestas and with our project partners
- A detailed and current understanding of the Kenyan security environment
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience operating in a security management role within Kenya
- Project management experience
- Faultless integrity
- A self-starter
- Intelligent and quick thinking, capable of quickly understanding the business intent and process and the security role
- Appropriately confident and able to win the trust and respect of senior management
- Skilled and experienced team member, capable of working in a rapidly developing and changing corporate organisation
- Experienced and skilled communicator, capable of communicating concisely and logically on all security-related issues, both in writing and verbally
- Fluent in English (reading and writing) and Swahili (reading and writing)
Your primary location will be Nairobi, but you will be required to travel to remote areas of Kenya for project assessments and site visits.
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