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Job Title:  Commercial Security Officer

Organisation: Yalelo (U) Limited

Duty Station: Buikwe, Uganda

About the Company:

Yalelo (U) Limited is a tilapia fish farm that was established in Uganda in 2019. The farm is located in Butembe, Buikwe district on the shores of Lake Victoria. Yalelo Uganda is a subsidiary of First Wave Group B.V; a Dutch company with a portfolio of aquaculture related assets in Africa. First Wave Group owns and operates Yalelo Zambia, a pioneer of Aquaculture founded in 2011 that has grown quickly to become the leading fish farm in Zambia and among the largest aquaculture farms in Africa.

Job Summary:   Oversee all policies and operational programs intended for the mitigation and/or reduction of compliance, operational, strategic, financial, and reputational security risks relating to the protection of company assets.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all critical areas of security concern in regard to the Retail shops are adequately covered in the security plan and are effectively managed, monitored, and controlled.
• Develop security trend analysis for the Yalelo Uganda outlets.
• Develop and regularly update the geographical security profile of the shops (with regards to socio-economic, and criminality).
• Undertake regular audits, research, and investigations to continuously improve shop security management.
• Develop and review Security Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) adapted to the local context.
• Develop and regularly update crisis response, evacuation, and contingency plans in conjunction with the incident response team.
• Ensure preparedness to crisis scenarios, evacuation and contingencies that includes a schedule of scenario drills to ensure continuous improvement of company-wide reaction and response to a variety of incidents.
• Coordinate and monitor security activities to ensure that safety and security policies and procedures are implemented and strictly adhered to.
• Carry out conclusive investigations on incidents and accidents in order to create a safe environment and prevent recurrence.
• Ensure that security training needs are identified and processed promptly and are undertaken at the appropriate time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• At least ten (10) years of Security Services experience (police/military/intelligence services), and at least five (5) years at the supervisory or management level within the private security industry,
• A meticulously presented self-starter with a positive and professional attitude with the ability to operate at all levels of the business spectrum to achieve outcomes
• Strong management and leadership skills together with excellent communication, influencing, negotiating, and engagement skills
• Preferably working within multinational companies (FMCG, manufacturing desirable, or alternatively natural resources – mining/oil & gas).
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills, with a ‘hands-on’, problem-solving approach, able to remain calm under pressure and take control of incidents
• Ability to demonstrate confidentiality and sensitivity in dealing with security matters resilience and the ability to work independently and effectively under pressure.
• Leadership experience which must have extensive experience in managing teams of supervisors across large geographical expanses.
• Strong computer literacy with a working knowledge of the complete range of MS Office packages. Strong knowledge of next-generation electronic security and surveillance systems and how they can be installed and optimized to enhance an over-arching site security and surveillance strategy.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their applications, resumes, and certified academic documents as one pdf document to: careers@yalelo.ug, not later than 30th October 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 30th October 2024

Yalelo Uganda is an equal opportunities employer. All candidates who meet the requirements are highly encouraged to apply. Yalelo Uganda doesn’t solicit any monies at any stage of the recruitment process.

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