Security Head

Job Description : HEAD OF SECURITY ZAMBIA FOR MINING Must be ex army/SF with 20+ years experience overall responsibility for security duties, responsibilities and obligations of the company including direction, strategic development, performance and maintenance – compliance to include legal/statutory, professional duties, responsibilities and obligations relating to security – achieve complete security management systems in accordance with organisation plans and adherence to legislation and agreed regulatory bodies’ processes and procedures – overall team responsibility for performing all security duties in relation to insert as applicable e.g. BS 7799/ISO 17799 – overall responsibility for management and application of the security budget – meet your targets and those of the team as a whole – efficient running of the team – contribute to training and development of the team – achieve maximum profitability and growth in accordance with organisation plans Day to day responsibilities – ensuring that the organisation meets all required security and associated health and safety objectives – monitoring & managing security systems and equipment servicing and/or maintenance in conjunction with other appropriate departments – to manage and direct the overall performance of the security team and its individual members – effective liaison, support and assistance between security department and remainder of organisation – to maintain and improve mechanisms for risk assessment and disseminate feedback to the appropriate internal entities – developing plans for security activities – support to all other departments with security and related issues – direct, manage and carry out recruitment of team members, subject to agreed criteria – train and appraise individual team members to ensure targets are met – direct and manage the performance and development of team members – reporting (content and format as agreed) on a monthly basis, as agreed – developing strategic plans for team activities to include security strategy to achieve agreed targets, and effective planning – direct and manage the preparation and agreement of individual action plans and targets for all team members – direct and manage the development and preparation of the organisation’s security strategy and general business planning – prepare and carry out presentations; present proposals to enable the team to deliver effective security – delegate authority and responsibility to team with supervision, accountability and review – direct, manage and maintain contact with internal and external clients/customers for feedback and to obtain client/customer satisfaction information – set an example for team members of commitment, security knowledge, work ethics and habits and personal character – maintain accurate security records – control expenses to meet agreed budgetary controls – adhere to all organisation policies and procedures – interact and co-operate with all members of the organisation, its suppliers and clients/customers

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