- Professional
- Bureau à Glasgow
The Security Coordinator will support planning and delivery of Games-wide security operations, covering safety management, risk and emergency planning, and stakeholder coordination. Responsibilities include liaison with venues and venue contractors, other Games Functional Areas and wider partners and stakeholders. The role holder will assist in the development of security resource mapping, recruitment, deployment, and training, and will ensure effective communication and consistency of approach amongst all contributing parties.
Working arrangements
Working arrangements
The role will commence in the Organising Company’s Glasgow city centre office, with visits required to competition venues to fully deliver the responsibilities of the role. The location for the role will transition to be based at a competition venue as we approach the Games.
The role will be contracted for 40 hours per week, with requirements to be in the office aligned to the Organising Company's planned working pattern. All travel to your place of work will be at your own cost. During the Games operational period, shift patterns are likely to be required which could include weekends.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to detailed planning for Games-wide Security Operations including but not limited to:
- Security & Safety Management Plan
- Crowd Management Plan and Emergency Management Plan
- Risk Management plans
- Service Level Agreements
- Contingency Plans and Security Policies & Procedures. Planning will be in alignment with the Organising Company security principles, threat levels, legislative requirements (including the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill) and coordinated stakeholder integrated planning principles.
- Collation of venue-specific standards, policies and procedures to assure consistency of approach and alignment with Commonwealth Games Standards.
- Collation of venue Risk Assessments, monitoring risk mitigation strategies in accordance with Risk Management Plans, assuring consistency across venues and compliance with minimum standards.
- Coordination with internal departments on integration of security processes including but not limited to health & safety, transport and logistics, access control, overlay and scheduling teams.
- Coordinate procurement of security infrastructure and equipment as required and in alignment with venue plans, Games-wide security strategy and service level agreements.
- Coordinate venue security resource mapping, headcount planning, recruitment, training and deployment, scheduling, including related supplier contracting and management.
- Contribute to complex stakeholder matrices, prioritising establishment of effective communication channels, reporting structures, and collaborative, integrated planning.
- Contribute to working groups / committees established to promote integrated operational design and planning of venue security operations with internal and external stakeholders.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Experience
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience in supporting and implementing security operational planning for large-scale, multi-venue international sporting events (such as Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games, World Cups, or Expos)
- Experience collaborating directly across a range of functional areas, to manage multiple and varied security requests and to collate integrated venue security and emergency management plans.
- Experience in collating and managing large datasets such as workforce schedules.
- Experience in coordinating holistic planning items such as registration, welfare, shift-management, asset distribution and reclaim, and briefing materials to support optimum delivery standards across safety and security work-streams including external contractors.
- Experience in supporting security teams and contractors during live event phases, including facilitating daily briefings, incident management, and coordination with event control rooms.
Competencies
- Strong team-working and team-integration skills to achieve optimum collaboration across varied functional areas and competition venues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to drive collaboration across EDP teams, OC Functional Areas and external stakeholders.
- Ability to proactively identify, assess, and prioritise multiple inputs and to collate varied responses to demonstrate consistency of approach and / or identify differences / shortfalls.
- Demonstrated ability to respond rapidly and effectively to incidents, adapting plans as required under pressure.
- Strong planning, scheduling skills to enable the efficient and effective delivery of security operations in alignment with overall event timelines and milestones
Behaviours
- Exceptional attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
- Fosters a “One Team” approach, working seamlessly with overlay, venue, and functional area leads to deliver integrated solutions.
- Demonstrates resilience and composure in high-pressure, dynamic event environments, supporting individuals and teams through uncertainty and change
- Embraces feedback, lessons learned, and best practices to enhance security planning and delivery throughout the event lifecycle
Register your interest for future opportunities
In addition to this role, we'll have a number of new roles coming up. Register your interest for future Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Trivandi opportunities here.
