Physical Security Advisor
BT Group · United Kingdom
Job Req ID: 63467
Posting Date: 14th Oct 2026
Closing Date: 28th Oct 2026
Location: Regular travel within Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Somerset and South Wales.
About the role
Act as a trusted Physical Security Advisor across Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Somerset and South Wales, with the flexibility to support other areas when required. The role supports the physical security uplift programme and helps protect BT’s sites, people and services from threats that could affect business operations or customer service.
- Carry out physical security assessments across sites
- Provide clear advice and guidance on security standards and specifications
- Support delivery of physical security programmes
- Help ensure compliance with security policies and requirements
This role requires a full UK drivers licence & includes regular travel across Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Somerset and South Wales.
What you will be doing (Role Accountabilities)
- Support the physical security uplift programme by taking part in site surveys and design reviews, and providing clear, professional advice based on our Physical Security Standards. .
- Recommend proportionate physical security measures and present them for approval, ensuring cost-effective solutions.
- Support the development and improvement of physical security policies, standards, and procedures.
- Work with Physical Security Operations Centre, Physical Identity & Access Management and BT Property teams to reduce the physical security risks on the BT Group estate.
•Stay up to date with current and emerging security technologies and practices.
What you’ll need to succeed (Skills & Experience)
Essential
- Strong understanding of physical security principles and risk management.
- Great communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to drive and willingness to travel regularly on planned business journeys across Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and
- South Wales. A business-use vehicle will be provided.
- Ability to turn complex information into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Ability to work in a team to deliver outcomes.
Desirable
- Knowledge of large, complex operational estate, including offices, technical facilities, and business-critical infrastructure.
Benefits
Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:
- Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family
- Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off
- Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
- Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
- Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
- Holiday purchase scheme
You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.
BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.
BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.
Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.
We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.