We are looking for a Security Manager who can lead from the front and has proven experience working in a large public facing building or similar environment. You will be working with a fantastic, well established team and will have overall responsibility for their training and performance in the Royal Academy to ensure that safety and security issues are being appropriately managed.

You will need to maintain the efficient and effective provision for the security and safety of all visitors, staff, and artworks by ensuring that policies, practices, systems, and organisational capability in relation to security are compliant with legislation and appropriate to meet operational and business needs. A thorough working knowledge of robust incident reporting & investigation is key along with the ability to identify operational risk issues and to respond to them in an appropriate manner.

You will to assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining a cohesive Security Strategy alongside our Head of Estates Operations Manager and our Director of Corporate Services where your operational skills and knowledge will be key.

If you have any requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this in your application.

The RA dates way back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George lll to help them to ‘establish a society for promoting the Art of Design'. The original academy, in Pall Mall, was less than 10 meters long. Since then, there have been many changes, though the RA’s core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists still holds true.

Today we are a contemporary art organisation hosting internationally acclaimed exhibitions and through investment in employee training and development, with courses such as Unconscious Bias, LGBTQ+ Awareness, Bystander, and Mental Health First Aid training, we are striving to foster a safe space for everyone through positive action. We also have Employee Network Groups, Ways In Groups, and an Employee Council so every employee has a voice and a way to feel heard by colleagues through the CEO.

The RA is truly a unique place, both as an attraction to our visitors, but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do, and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from exhibitions, curators, art handlers, researchers, publishers, and digital to schools and education, visitor welcome, fundraisers, and corporate support.