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Job Details  \nJob title: Chief Security Officer C/E&B/080  \nDepartment: Estates & Buildings  \nUnit: Support Services Division  \nLine Manager: Assistant Director of Estates & Buildings,(Support Services)  \n2. Job Purpose  \nTo manage and be accountable for the provision of security policies, codes of practice, strategy and operational activity for the University and provide professional advice to ensure that strategies adopted meet all external and internal Estates Strategy and Corporate Services delivery requirements – using available resources to the maximum and providing value for money.  \n3. Main Responsibilities Approx. % of time  \n1. Carry out risk assessments and make recommendations to senior management, assessing level 15% of risk in terms of wider issues such as international/national terrorism and animal rights issues.  \n2. Encourage university community to report all incidents and ensure that reports are analysed in 5% terms of trends emerging to inform decisions on cost effective deployment of staff, CCTV etc.  \n3. To be accountable for the security budget and efficient and effective provision of operational 30% security services to College and Support Groups.  \n4. Work with the Assistant Director, College Support Teams and Premises Managers in order to 15% facilitate an integrated estates service.  \n5. Work with the Development Project Managers, Architects and Consulting Engineers to ensure 15% that crime reduction strategies are in place on all refurbishment and new build projects. Ensure‘Security by Design’ principles are in place thus reducing the opportunity for crime on campus.  \n6. Work with the Head of Protocol and others during the planning stage and during actual events to 10% ensure that Royal and other important visits to the University are safe and secure.  \n7. Advise Senior Management on confidential or sensitive matters and act as a conduit between the 5% University and the police at all levels in order to expedite solutions to difficult situations.  \n8. Receive and deal with any information that has a security dimension and deal with this in a 5% confidential manner.  \n4. Planning and Organising  \n􀁸 The post holder is responsible for the development and implementation of security strategies and plans for the University, which support the Estates, Corporate Services and University strategy.  \n􀁸 Participate in support services management team in delivering an effective integrated estates service.  \n􀁸 Contribute to development of strategies and planning of capital and major maintenance work which will have a significant impact upon University business planning, strategy and resources.  \n􀁸 Ensure reports relating to area of responsibility are prepared for University committees / advisory groups.  \n􀁸 Review services provided and report results and recommendations to Assistant Director of Estates.  \n􀁸 Plan for the continual development of the security service and ensure that appropriate arrangements are in place for recruiting, directing, supervising, appraising, counselling and training staff.  \n5. Problem Solving  \n􀁸 As the lead professional for security services the post holder is expected to be proactive in relation to identifying and solving problems so that consistent and appropriate services are available and delivered. The post holder is expected to develop policies and procedures and ensure that they are communicated to and interpreted appropriately by staffing order to minimise risk of crime.  \n􀁸 The range of activity managed by the post holder requires wide experience in resolving complex security risk issues and operational matters as well as in interpreting new legislation and anticipating issues in relation to policy setting.  \n􀁸 Analyse, coordinate and lead recovery/mitigating activities in response to security-related emergency situations – coordinating activities with other relevant senior managers and estate users.  \n6","cbCaiuI80Y8Bmhvs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuI80Y8Bmhvs","pdf",21528,"English","# Job Details\n## Job Purpose\n## Main Responsibilities\n## Planning and Organising\n## Problem Solving\n## Decision Making\n## Key Contacts / Relationships\n## Knowledge, Skills and Experience Needed for the Job","[{\"question\":\"What is the Chief Security Officer responsible for at the University of Edinburgh?\",\"answer\":\"The role manages and is accountable for security policies, codes of practice, security strategy, and operational security activity, providing professional advice to ensure alignment with Estates Strategy and corporate service delivery requirements.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the role use risk and incident information to improve security?\",\"answer\":\"The post holder carries out risk assessments and recommends actions to senior management, while encouraging incident reporting and analyzing trends to inform cost-effective deployment of staff and security measures.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Chief Security Officer do in planning and emergencies?\",\"answer\":\"The role develops and implements security strategies and plans, ensures continual development of the security service and staff arrangements, and leads recovery or mitigating activities during security-related emergency situations with coordination across relevant senior managers.\"}]","Chief Security Officer Job Description - University of Edinburgh | PDF",1789363451]