Buro Happold is seeking a Security Vetting Manager (SVM) to join our team. As an SVM at Buro Happold, you will play a vital role in being the Single Point of Contact in managing and co-ordinating the security vetting processes required for our personnel to work on UK projects requiring a clearance.
The role can be based in either London, Bath, Manchester, Leeds, or Edinburgh, with a hybrid working model.
Key Responsibilities
As the primary security coordinator, your role encompasses a broad range of responsibilities to ensure compliance and maintain security standards across UK-based programs. You act as the central point of contact for all project security-related matters, handling personal data with the utmost confidentiality in adherence to data protection laws. Additionally, you oversee the end-to-end vetting process, including onboarding new personnel, conducting background checks, and ensuring renewals are completed on time. Regular reporting to the Lead of Buro Happold Security Vetting Team/Data Controller is also part of your duties. Collaboration with stakeholders and maintaining updated trackers daily are essential aspects of the role.
Some specific responsibilities include:
- Coordinating security awareness training for project teams and sub-contractors.
- Monitoring and recording security non-conformances to provide auditable evidence for reviews.
- Briefing and updating security requirements during induction sessions.
- Collating documentation for security vetting packs and liaising with client security teams.
Essential Criteria
- Hold or able to attain minimum of S/C security clearance
- Previous experience in a service delivery and coordination role.
- Experience providing high-quality proactive support to multiple stakeholders.
- Proven reporting and administrative experience.
- Risk management working practices
- Good working/operating experience of SharePoint
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to handle sensitive information and manage various stakeholders
Desirable Criteria
- Prior security vetting / screening experience
- Prior experience of working within a security cleared environment
What we offer you
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. #LI-TG1 #LI-Hybrid