SNE/Security Specialist

About this position:

As a Security Specialist at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam, you'll join a team of highly skilled dedicated security professionals committed to safeguarding our headquarters. Your expertise will be significant in identifying, assessing, and mitigating corporate security risks. 

You'll ensure compliance with regulatory standards, internal policies and procedures and foster a robust security culture, and support emergency management efforts, making a significant impact on our organisation's safety and security. 

In this job you will:

• Identify, develop and maintain policies and procedures in relation to security matters in compliance with all applicable legislation, with Agency’s requirements and with any other adopted requirements ensuring their suitability, adequacy and effectiveness;  
• Assist in  the development of Agency’s security/crisis management and emergency response plans; 
• Gather and analyse information from a variety of sources related to security threats and risks linked to the Agency’s activities of an internal or external nature; 
• Contribute to the planning and implementation of a physical security risk assessment in line with Agency’s general risk assessment and with the updated level of security threats; 
• In line with the security risk assessment, maintain an annual programme of security tests and checks to identify further risks or weaknesses. Ensure that appropriate controls are put in place to mitigate those risks;    
• Plan and provide security awareness by offering suitable and sufficient security information, induction and training to enable all staff to carry out their jobs competently and in compliance with requirements of the physical security policies and procedures;
• Contribute to the day to day security management activities, tasks and responsibilities shared by the security team.  

Apply if you meet these eligibility criteria:

• Enjoy full rights as a citizen of a European Union Member State or Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway; 
• Have a thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1) and a satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the European Union;
• Are currently employed in the public sector (such as a public intergovernmental organisation (IGO) national / regional / local public administration) in a European Union (EU) Member State and are due to remain in such employment for the foreseen duration of the SNE position.
   

You will Need to Have:

Education: 

• A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma; 

Experience:  

• 3 years from the time when a university degree was awarded on completion of a minimum of three years of study; 
• In supporting security services on a 24/7 basis of a similar organisation with responsibility over emergency response in security situations that could endanger people, assets or information, and proven ability in dealing with emergency response services, such as Police;  
• In gathering, analysing and processing information related to security threats including the design and implementation security policies, procedures and workflows; 
• With access control, visitor management and CCTV systems.

These are Nice to Have:

Experience: 

• In the field of counterintelligence, counter terrorism or crisis management; 
• In the field of Security.