Senior Consultant - Security Risk Consulting at Control Risks

Type of Engagement: Permanent, full time
Department: Security and Risk Consulting
Manager: Director, Security and Risk Consulting

Employer Vision

• People should come to work with us because we provide real benefit to many of the world’s leading organisations. In doing so we give our people direct responsibility, career development and the opportunity to work on some fascinating projects in a rewarding, diverse and enjoyable environment.

Job Purpose

• This is a high profile role that requires commercial and technical gravitas and the credibility to lead complex, multi-disciplined risk consulting projects.
• This role will deliver, project manage and oversee security risk consulting engagements across Africa.
• The focus of the role will be on delivering and managing complex client consulting tasks from scoping through project initiation, delivery and conclusion.
• The individual will be responsible for the delivery of a regional strategy that supports business goals through the positioning of the security risk consulting business as the preferred provider of these services in Africa.
• It will also help drive growth of other Control Risks services in the region.

Tasks and Responsibilities
Consulting:

• The consultant will be expected to deliver security and risk consulting tasks, with particular emphasis on application of security management techniques in an African context.
• Across Africa the consultant will lead the delivery of:
  • Corporate security and resilience consulting tasks
  • Operational security consulting tasks
• Service multiple consultancy assignments concurrently utilizing regional resources
• Act as Engagement Manager and lead on assignments when more junior team members are engaged
• Support the development of innovative products and services that address client need, and that help maintain the Company at the forefront of the sector.

Business Development:

• Support delivery of competitive business strategies and well-crafted business plans designed to expand the Company’s standing with its clients.
• Consistently develop the company’s positioning with its clients to enhance business development and secure higher feeearning engagements
• Pro-actively seek opportunities to develop projects and business
• Increase business generated from clients across the practice region
• Ensure that revenue targets are met and/ or exceeded.

Task Delivery:

• Delivery of tasks for clients on time, on budget, to the highest standards
• The role will involve significant travel to client sites and Control Risks offices (particularly in Africa)
• The incumbent may also be required to undertake crisis management related activities and wider crisis and security consulting tasks as directed.

Practice Development:

• Develop and mentor junior staff, maximize utilization of resources
• Support performance management and provide specialist training in order to develop practice team.
• Act as regional SME for SRC.

Knowledge and Experience
Essential:

• This is a senior appointment that requires a minimum of 10 years commercial risk consulting experience gained in a top tier consulting firm. You will be recognised as an expert in your field with a formidable theoretical and practical grasp of the fundamentals of risk management
• Demonstrable depth and breadth of understanding of security risk management, business resilience, and the dynamics of a consultancy practice within the sector
• Proven and demonstrable track record of successful security risk and resilience consultancy projects, preferably within
• Africa, and coupled with an understanding of the requirements for delivering services in a hostile environments
• Extensive and demonstrable experience of operating within a commercial consulting environment
• Proven experience of successfully driving teams to reach the strategic and operational goals
• Commercially astute when planning and pricing project in terms of time, resource and outcomes
• Proven experience of effectively managing a consulting team to perform highly and meet / exceed given targets
• Relevant role of having successfully built effective and strong client relationships, being the preferred partner of choice.

Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential:

• Educated to degree level
• Professional qualification in a relevant discipline
• Project management skills within a commercial/consulting environment
• Strong commercial focus (financial management skills, legal and contractual skills) and leadership
• Good client (both internal & external) management and consulting skills
• Effective decision making & judgment
• Assertiveness and drive with strong influencing skills
• People leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and drive the performance of a team of security and risk professionals
• Strong interpersonal skills - building trust & rapport
• Excellent communication skills - written & oral (informal and presentation to board level)

Preferred:

• Post graduate qualification in a related area. extensive experience in commercial management within the sector;
• Second language (French or Portuguese preferable)

Competencies
Solution Focused:

• Analyses situations and looks at broader picture, Innovates to create and deliver value to meet the needs of the organisation, its market and clients
• Makes decisions which drive high performance and meet client needs
• Balances risks with decision making, being prepared to mitigate risk
• Acts decisively and makes tough decisions even when under pressure
• Leads by example - sets and generates commitment to goals, managing team to meet / exceed targets.

Behaviours
One Firm:

• Understands and translates key drivers and capabilities for business and team performance

Commercial Acumen:

• Ensures sound commercial awareness applied to all solutions, harnessing margin improvement.
• Encourages a commercial approach and understanding in our teams

Personal Effectiveness:

• Sets and communicates clear direction for team to deliver work in line with global / departmental goals and objectives
• All employees are expected to display behaviours reflective of our company values that of: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and
• Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence.