Executive Protection

Join Barclays Executive Protection Team, where you’ll be responsible for developing and implementing protection plans and strategies for high-profile individuals within the bank, together with Travel and event security.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience in :

• Development and implementation of executive protection strategies and contingency plans for high profile individuals, conducting threat assessments, developing security plans and coordinating with security providers.
• Development and implementation of travel security strategies for international and domestic travelling colleagues by conducting risk assessments, developing security plans, route planning, and providing travel security training.
• Development and implementation of event security strategies for bank-sponsored events such as shareholder meetings, conferences, and other events through collaboration with colleagues in corporate access and event delivery fields.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• The management of a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• Managing, coordinating and enabling resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Negotiating with and influencing stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally and the ability to act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role is based in London.

Purpose of the role

To develop and implement protection plans and strategies for high profile individuals within the bank. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of executive protection strategies and contingency plans for high profile individuals within the bank by conducting threat assessments, developing security plans and coordinating with security providers.
• Development and implementation of travel security strategies for international and domestic travelling colleagues by conducting risk assessments, developing security plans, route planning, and providing travel security training.
• Development and implementation of event security strategies for bank-sponsored events such as shareholder meetings, conferences, and other events through collaboration with colleagues in corporate access and event delivery fields.
• Management of security operations for the bank's facilities using various control systems, CCTV and security personnel to ensure the onsite safety and protection high profile individuals.
• Management of stakeholder relationship including senior executives, colleagues, and vendors to algin security operations with the bank’s objectives.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.