Counter-Terrorism Security Adviser Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Assess assigned protective-security concerns.
• Advise sites on proportionate mitigation.
• Coordinate authorised public and private partners.
• Support exercises briefings and response plans.
• Protect sensitive threat and vulnerability information.

A realistic working scenario

A CTSA is deployed to a higher-risk client site. On arrival they review assignment instructions in the client portal, confirm patrol routes in the access-control system, complete a handover log with the outgoing security contact, and run a site-specific risk assessment record. During a public-facing patrol they encounter a suspicious package: they secure the scene, preserve CCTV and access-control records, record the incident in the incident and occurrence records, and notify the store manager or area manager and agreed external adviser if escalation is required.

Outputs to agree

• Completed assignment instruction acknowledgement in the client portal and handover log.
• Patrol reports and timestamped access-control extracts entered to the patrol or access-control system.
• Incident and occurrence record with preserved CCTV and key-control evidence flagged for review.
• Site-specific risk assessment updates and recommended control notes for the store manager or area manager.

Records and evidence

• Incident and occurrence records with timestamps and evidence tags from CCTV or access-control.
• Patrol or access-control system logs showing route, times and access events.
• Handover logs capturing outgoing and incoming assignment details and incomplete tasks.
• Key-control and visitor registers documenting issue, return and chain-of-custody.
• Risk assessment records and client portal assignment instructions.
• Work records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The CTSA executes assignment instructions, secures scenes and preserves CCTV, visitor and key-control records but must escalate safeguarding disclosures, suspected evidence loss, licence or training gaps, or any requirement to involve external emergency services to the store manager or area manager. Approval to release or copy CCTV or access-control exports requires the store manager or area manager and any authorised external adviser named in the client portal.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Client portals.
• Case management systems.
• Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

• Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• Keep incident, CCTV, access-control and patrol records accurate, timestamped and evidence-tagged.
• Preserve chain-of-custody for visitor, key-control and physical evidence until approved release.
• Escalate safeguarding disclosures, missed handovers, evidence-loss or licence/training gaps to the store manager or area manager immediately.
• Use client portals, case management systems and patrol systems only for authorised assignment work.
• Complete handovers, checks and incident entries before leaving an assigned location.

Information the employer should prepare

• the employer body remit and locations
• the clearance vetting and specialist competence
• the advisory versus enforcement authority
• the partner information and disclosure controls
• the travel emergency and exercise commitments