Global Security Officer - Remote

Salary: (UK): £30,170 plus benefits (Our pay philosophy ensures consistency across locations and salaries. The starting salary for this opportunity plus benefits depends on location of the candidate). 

The role:

We are delighted to recruiting for a Global Security Officer (GSO) to join our Governance and Risk team. In this fast paced and varied role, you will be supporting the Global Security Lead in strengthening security governance and operational risk management across our international programmes.

From monitoring threats and managing travel security to incident reporting, you’ll help shape and implement our Security Management System while working closely with in-country teams to ensure the safety of our people and operations worldwide.

You will:

• Support the rollout and improvement of Mary’s Meals Security Management System (MMSMS).
• Deliver security training and build capacity across global teams and security focal points.
• Conduct threat and risk assessments and produce timely intelligence reports.
• Monitor global security environments and support local teams in contextualising risks.
• Manage travel security planning, including pre-travel briefings, journey tracking, and incident response.
• Lead on security incident reporting, database management, and post-incident learning.
• Collaborate with the Risk and Assurance team to analyse trends and support investigations.
• Monitor and manage whistleblowing concerns with sensitivity and professionalism.
• Support investigations, maintain confidential records, and promote awareness of whistleblowing procedures.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in security risk management, threat assessment, and travel security in NGO or international settings.
• Skills in conducting risk assessments and delivering clear, actionable mitigation advice.
• Experience managing incident reporting, analysis, and post-incident learning.
• Familiarity with global security networks, NGO security forums, and intelligence sources
• Experience of delivering pre-travel briefings and supporting journey risk management
• Experience of delivering security training and building local capacity
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, with the ability to communicate insights clearly

About us:

We are happy for you to work remotely and flexibly, in a way that best supports your work life balance. We also have an office near Glasgow city centre for those who live nearby and would like to work from here occasionally or on a regular basis.

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We continue to change the lives of over 2.6 million children who today will receive Mary’s Meals.  

We believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding. Mary’s Meals is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work and we expect all the Mary's Meals family to share this commitment and work in the best interest of the communities we serve. Our safe recruitment practices ensure that only those that are committed to our high standards join our movement.

Additional Information:

You will be required to travel to countries where our programmes operate as part of your role, and you will be required to register with the Protected Vulnerable Group Scheme or local equivalent before undertaking your role.

Salary advertised is for UK based candidates, our salary philosophy ensures consistency across locations where Mary’s Meals operates (UK, Malawi, Zambia, Liberia, Kenya, Spain, Italy, Canada and Ireland), please reach out to jobs.mmi@marymsmeals.org for more information about salaries in other locations.

How to apply:

This is a fantastic role where your daily work has real impact. If you are looking for more from your role and our work and values resonate with you, please click Apply to send your CV and a short covering note telling us why you would like to work for Mary’s Meals and why your skills and experience are a good fit for this role.  

Closing date for applications is Sunday 27th April 2025.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

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