Senior Security Governance & Integration Advisor

BAE Systems; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company is seeking a Senior Security Governance & Integration Advisor to enhance governance frameworks and support project delivery. Location in Warton, this hybrid role involves driving senior leadership actions and coordinating improvement initiatives. Ideal candidates will have experience in governance support, good organizational skills, and be able to collaborate effectively. Competitive benefits include health plans, employee share options, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting governance and maintaining governance mechanisms.
• Strong ability to work collaboratively with teams.
• Proven ability to manage or support projects.

Responsibilities

• Support and enhance the governance framework.
• Drive actions from leadership meetings to measurable outcomes.
• Maintain the Business Management System ensuring documents are current.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Team building

Collaboration

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Senior Security Governance & Integration Advisor

Location: Warton

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting and enhancing the functions governance framework and peoples capability agenda, ensuring alignment with Function strategy
• Driving actions from senior leadership meetings through to delivery and measurable outcomes
• Coordinating functional improvement initiatives working closely with Heads of Security to ensure objectives are tracked and achieved
• Analysing training needs across the function and developing comprehensive training matrix, helping shape learning pathways
• Supporting the execution of the function’s communications strategy, creating communication bulletins for cross functional awareness
• Coordinating and maintaining the Business Management System (BMS) ensuring documentation are current and auditable
• Supporting the Head of Function and the central team, and the wider Security teams GRA PoC

Your skills and experiences:

• Good organisational and communication skills, able to prioritise tasks
• Experience supporting governance, and supporting and maintaining governance mechanisms, including associated plans, processes, procedures, and policies
• Team building, ability to work with immediate and wider security teams
• Ability to work collaboratively, to contribute to team projects and to deliver against timeframes with limited supervision

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• Proven experience in either project management or business management
• Have an awareness of how the Security Function supports the Air Sector
• Working in Confluence or Jira desirable but not essential, must be prepared to undertake training

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Security Project Integration & Governance Team

The Security Project Integration & Governance team sits in the heart of the Function, enabling effective leadership, strong governance and a highly capable workforce. Working closely with the Senior Leaders, the team turns strategic direction into actions and drives continuous improvement, strengthening our capabilities. By coordinating governance, BMS and people development, the team plays a key role in supporting high performing security operations.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 18th February 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.