Security employment contract

Head of Security Employment Contract UK

Name: Head of Security Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: security_head_of_security_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Define senior protective-security leadership across credible risk decisions, accountable resources and coordinated crisis and assurance work.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

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When to use this contract

Set security strategy and standards, lead teams suppliers and budgets, and oversee risk assurance and investigations.

Workplace context: Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the enterprise scope and risk ownership. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the executive and governance authority. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the team supplier and budget arrangements. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the crisis and investigation framework. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

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Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: A Head of Security owns or leads organisational security strategy across people, sites, information interfaces and major incidents. Terms should define executive reporting, risk authority, budgets, guard contracts, investigations, intelligence, crisis roles and regulator or police liaison. The role should not imply unlimited surveillance, unilateral acceptance of enterprise risk or power to override employment, privacy and operational governance. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

the enterprise scope and risk ownership
the executive and governance authority
the team supplier and budget arrangements
the crisis and investigation framework
the board legal HR and operational contacts

Day-to-day operating brief

What Head of Security work looks like in practice

A Head of Security owns or leads organisational security strategy across people, sites, information interfaces and major incidents. Terms should define executive reporting, risk authority, budgets, guard contracts, investigations, intelligence, crisis roles and regulator or police liaison. The role should not imply unlimited surveillance, unilateral acceptance of enterprise risk or power to override employment, privacy and operational governance. Head of Security is a security role focused on assignment instructions, access and patrol records, incident response, visitor or key control, evidence preservation, head, security, site assignment. The contract should describe the role's practical duties, reporting route, records, standards and compliance obligations without importing wording from another industry The Employee is employed as Head of Security in the Employer's Security business. The role requires reasonable skill, care, accuracy, cooperation with management instructions and attention to the records, risks and standards specific to head of security work The Employee must follow the security operational controls that apply to head of security work, including SIA escalation, assignment instructions, access control, incident logs, patrol records and public interaction, accurate record keeping, escalation and safe working requirements The Employee must protect site, incident, CCTV, access-control, assignment, visitor, patrol and investigation records, including any personal data, customer or client information, operational records, pricing, credentials, security information, business plans and role-specific records accessed while performing head of security duties Head of Security work in Security must follow SIA expectations where they apply, the Employer's policies, data protection controls, health and safety rules, role records, escalation routes and training requirements relevant to assignment instructions, access and patrol records, incident response. Family: security Head of Security Incident reporting Site awareness Public interaction Board reporting should separate threats, control performance, incidents and accepted exposure. Succession plans need delegated crisis authority when the security head is unavailable. Cross-border operations require locally validated legal and cultural controls.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Set security strategy and standards.
Lead teams suppliers and budgets.
Oversee risk assurance and investigations.
Coordinate major incident leadership.
Report threats performance and residual risk.

A realistic working scenario

Outputs to agree

set security strategy and standards
lead teams suppliers and budgets
oversee risk assurance and investigations

Records and evidence

The enterprise scope and risk ownership.
The executive and governance authority.
The team supplier and budget arrangements.
The crisis and investigation framework.
Work records.
Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Senior Manager, Director or Business Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

A Head of Security owns or leads organisational security strategy across people, sites, information interfaces and major incidents. Terms should define executive reporting, risk authority, budgets, guard contracts, investigations, intelligence, crisis roles and regulator or police liaison. The role should not imply unlimited surveillance, unilateral acceptance of enterprise risk or power to override employment, privacy and operational governance.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

Lead teams suppliers and budgets.
Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

HR 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

the enterprise scope and risk ownership
the executive and governance authority
the team supplier and budget arrangements
the crisis and investigation framework

Information the employer should prepare

the enterprise scope and risk ownership
the executive and governance authority
the team supplier and budget arrangements
the crisis and investigation framework
the board legal HR and operational contacts

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Head of Security contract is built around

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Work setting

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

Primary duties

Set security strategy and standards.
Lead teams suppliers and budgets.
Oversee risk assurance and investigations.
Coordinate major incident leadership.

Tools and training to confirm

HR systems.
Risk assessment records.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Governance focus

SIA context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the enterprise scope and risk ownership. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the executive and governance authority. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the team supplier and budget arrangements.

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Role wording

Head of Security duties

Set security strategy and standards, lead teams suppliers and budgets, and oversee risk assurance and investigations.

Set security strategy and standards. Lead teams suppliers and budgets. Oversee risk assurance and investigations. Coordinate major incident leadership. Report threats performance and residual risk.

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What is added to the finished contract

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the enterprise scope and risk ownership.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering the executive and governance authority.

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