Associate Consultant, Protective Services

We seek a highly motivated, detail-oriented, business-minded professional with creativity, initiative and project management skills to support our security services team. The team’s services include protection services, event security and a range of various other security-related business engagements.

This role will support project generation, management and administration for the delivery of protection services Control Risks’ clients around the world. The successful candidate will be a highly organized individual, initially taking on smaller day-to-day tasks before transitioning to direct fee-earning on more complex tasks, as well as resource management.

Tasks and responsibilities

Act as junior project manager responsible for entire project cycle in protective services including:

• Attend meetings with clients and prospects.
• Write proposals and reports for clients and prospects
• Remotely coordinate and executive services including executive protection, workplace violence response services, event security, technical countersurveillance measures and other protective services
• Manage administrative actions of the services business including contractor invoices, expenses and internal management systems.
• Maintain and nurture a vibrant network of partners/sub-contractors across the United States and Canada.
• Work closely with consultants in the Americas and globally on the delivery of Protective Services tasks
• Undertake domestic travel for client engagements, sometimes at short notice on a limited basis
• Participate on other department consulting projects on as needed basis

Requirements

Knowledge and experience

• Excellent English-language writing skills. Additional languages are a plus.
• Strong interpersonal communications and client facing skills
• Basic financial literacy and understanding of business processes
• Proven track record of administrative excellence
• 2-3 years of experience as a private security professional in some capacity. Previous consulting experience is desired but not required
• 2-3 years of previous experience in providing commercial executive protection management or similar services
• Security industry certification such as APP
• Executive protection training desired but not required

Qualifications and specialist skills

• Bachelor's degree
• Exceptional written and interpersonal communications skills
• Solid client relationship skills
• Creative and analytical problem-solving skills
• Able to multitask and balance competing requirements
• Travel as needed (less than 10% of the time)

Behaviors

• All employees are expected to display behaviors reflective of our company values: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence.

The base salary range for this position is $65,000-$75,000 per year. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.