Personnel Security Consultant – IR35 Contractor

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Personnel Security Consultant to provide operational and advisory guidance on people safety and security for a large UK organisation with a nationally significant, geographically dispersed estate. The role operates under IR35, is remote‑first with occasional travel to London or Birmingham, and starts on a nine‑month initial contract.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver the insider risk programme in practice, including indicator identification, triage, case management, disruption and post‑case learning.
• Plan, conduct and conclude people‑related security investigations end‑to‑end, from evidence handling to findings, recommendations and follow‑through.
• Lead operational response to people‑security incidents, coordinating with HR, Counter Fraud, the Security Division and law enforcement as required.
• Advise the business on personnel risk, insider threat, aggression toward staff and protection of individuals at heightened risk.
• Deliver people‑security risk assessments across the estate and supply chain, translating findings into proportionate mitigations.

Required profile

• Proven experience as a personnel security practitioner fluent in UK Government vetting standards.
• Demonstrated investigative capability with evidence handling and defensible findings on personnel cases.
• Practical insider‑risk experience, including indicator identification, case management and coordinated disruption.
• Ability to advise and influence at all organisational levels and negotiate security requirements against competing priorities.
• Experience of physical security and risk‑assessment surveys, integrating personnel and physical protocols.
• Applied knowledge of UK Government and National Technical Authority security principles.