British American Tobacco is all about freedom of choice – whether it’s our people or our products. Combined with our entrepreneurial spirit, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success. We started trading tobacco over a hundred years ago. Today, we’re a multibillion dollar company with more than 200 brands in our portfolio. With robust positions in each of our regional markets, our future looks equally bright too.
Security Assistant
Job Number: 18608
Location: Nigeria
Function: Legal & External Affairs
Level: Non-management
Appointment Type: Permanent
Location: Nigeria
Function: Legal & External Affairs
Level: Non-management
Appointment Type: Permanent
Description
- British American Tobacco is looking for a Chief Security Officer to provide a World Class Professional Security Service aimed at creating a secure environment for the day to day business operations of British American Tobacco, within the Northern Area of Nigeria.
Accountabilities
Principal Accountabilities:
Principal Accountabilities:
- Collate and review information with fact-based situation analysis report for the Security Leadership Team for Lagos.
- Have a good understanding of the drivers of potential threats relevant to your geography thereby helping to understand the threat level of your coverage area.
- Implement all standard operating procedures through the service providers within your area control so they can remain effective, efficient and focused, delivering first class services, using regular quality control checks.
- Support and participate in internal capacity building training workshops for vendors as may be assigned by Security Leadership Team.
- Support and share inputs on SRM (Security Risk Management) program for Nigeria and WAM area in collaboration with other Security Managers.
- Support in the implementation of Business Continuity Management process to ensure timely preparation, response and recovery of business operations in the event of any significant disruptions.
- Conduct reconnaissance and security risk assessment of hotels, residencies and guest houses intended for use by the company in Lagos.
Secondary Accountabilities:
- To assess and evaluate threats to personnel, assess, information and business operations in Lagos.
- Monitor activities along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway, advising both Lagos and Ibadan security control room personnel accordingly.
- Collates RAAC (Regional Area Audit Committee) reports for WAM markets.
Requirements
Leadership Capabilities:
Leadership Capabilities:
- Provide direction and support to drive BAT best practices amongst the security personnel within area of coverage.
- Share knowledge and skills by contributing to functional policy, strategy and direction.
- Demonstrates empathy, emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
Functional Competencies:
- Good knowledge in understanding potential threats to BAT business in Lagos.
- Clear and compelling written and verbal communication skills including ability to write reports.
- Understand and analyze developing situations, drawing probable conclusions and making recommendations to sustain business while mitigating risks.
- Ability to multi task.
- Ability to have sound and clear understanding of security related issues to enable a balance recommendation.
- The role will require on-call availability outside the working hours and could involve short notice travel requirements.
How to apply
Interested and qualified? Go to British American Tobacco career website on careers.bat.com to apply
