About this role
We are looking for a collaborative, forward thinking Protective Security Compliance Delivery Manager to join our Student and Campus Life service. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape how the University meets its commitments under the Terrorism Protection and Premises Act 2025 (Martyn’s Law), while championing safe, inclusive and welcoming campuses for our whole community.
About you
In this senior professional post, you will lead strategic security and compliance projects that enhance the safety, resilience, and consistency of our campus operations. Working in partnership with colleagues across the University, you will support the Head of Campus Support to deliver high impact, institution wide improvements aligned to our strategic priorities and statutory duties.
This role is rooted in collaboration and influence. You will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders — including Estates & Commercial Services, Governance & Legal Services, Finance, Health & Safety, Safeguarding, and the Vice-Chancellor’s Executive — to shape policy, strengthen compliance, and embed new approaches and processes across teams.
Your work will ensure that UWE Bristol remains proactive, well prepared, and informed as external requirements continue to evolve.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading strategic compliance and safety projects, ensuring delivery within agreed timeframes.
- Acting as the University’s subject matter expert on the Terrorism Protection and Premises Act 2025, including influencing senior leaders by providing expert updates, insights and analysis.
- Working with colleagues across Colleges and Services to develop and implement requirements, including policies, risk assessments, emergency planning and compliance measures.
- Supporting the development and delivery of training to enable teams to operate confidently within compliance frameworks.
- Contributing to governance forums and wider institutional projects, representing Campus Support with professionalism and credibility.
- Maintaining an externally focused and proactive outlook, actively horizon‑scanning across the HE and protective security sector to identify emerging risks, regulatory expectations, and best‑practice insights, translating these into actionable improvements for organisational compliance and resilience.
What we’re looking for
- Brings experience from a complex organisation and has strong knowledge of security, protective risk, compliance or counter‑terrorism contexts.
- Has exceptional communication skills, with the confidence to engage, influence and collaborate with stakeholders both internally and externally at all levels.
- Thrives in a matrix environment and enjoys working across teams to achieve shared goals.
- Can translate regulation into practical implementation plans and help others understand what this means for their work.
- Values inclusive practice and contributes to a culture where colleagues and students feel safe, respected and able to succeed.
Where you will be working
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, with vibrant campus communities that are central to student life.
In this role, you’ll be required to work across all of our campuses, this is primarily a campus-based role with some flexibility for hybrid working. Some evening work will be required to support both our Day and Night Teams.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We welcome applicants from a range of professional backgrounds — including security, policing, defence, emergency management, regulatory compliance, or similar fields — and we recognise that expertise can be gained through many different routes. If you can demonstrate the knowledge and experience needed for this role, we would love to hear from you.
We’re part of a vibrant, multicultural city and welcome talented people from all backgrounds. Diversity is our strength, enhancing creativity, decision‑making, and problem‑solving. Join our supportive community and thrive.
As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from disabled or neurodivergent candidates.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role, please contact Sharon Evans on 0117 328 2439 or email: [email protected]
Interviews are scheduled to take place at our Frenachy Campus on XX XXXXXX XXXX
Shortlisting is expected to be completed within 2 weeks of the closing date depending on application volumes. We aim to give candidates at least a week's notice to attend interview.
This is a full -time, 3 year fixed term, working 37 hours per week.
This post is not available on a job share basis
This post requires DBS clearance.
Right to Work in the UK
If offered a role, you will need to provide valid documentation confirming your right to work in the UK before employment begins. Guidance on acceptable documents is available via the Home Office Right to Work Checklist. This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.
Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
Next Steps
We’d love to hear from you - if this role excites you, please complete our application form as soon as possible and tell us how your skills and experience meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification, using clear and relevant examples wherever possible.
We’ll keep you informed of the outcome by email once shortlisting is complete.
