Facilities, Workplace Security Analyst

The Global WPE team is responsible for ensuring a productive and secure workspace that reflects Adevinta’s culture, is employee-focused and operates with efficiency across 16 countries supporting 8,000 employees. The team is responsible to provide strategic and operational oversight across all global offices.

The Global WPE team is part of a transition and integration of a global WPE organisation within Adevinta. An exciting and unique journey with lots of opportunities within a challenging and changing environment.

We are now looking for a Global Security Analyst to set up and oversee the security operations of the global portfolio and support the Global Head of WPE and team.

This role will support day-to-day physical security and systems and operations across all of Adevinta's workplace portfolio. This role will report into the Global Security Manager, and will play a critical role in creating and driving the necessary processes, procedures and standards to ensure that Adevintans feel safe and well-protected at work.

• Monitor security and surveillance systems and ensure they meet the required standard and that any issues are resolved per security guidelines.
• Assess any physical security alerts/incidents/notification, dispatch relevant teams and escalate as needed
• Collect, evaluate, and disseminate incoming data (incl. open-source) independently and under the direction of the Global Security Manager.
• Provide  security and incident reports to the Global Security Manager, WPE Leads in each market, and relevant business stakeholders as required
• Carry out workplace assessments to assess and test vendor´s building and security controls
• Collaborate with local WPE Leads regarding risk assessments 
• Review and audit security services (physical security systems)
• Manage on-site security for business as usual and any workplace events in the office locations, and respond to any such issues as needed
• Manage the accessibility of buildings and spaces, including all badge requests, access changes, visitors,  badge delivery, investigations

• Bachelors or Masters degree in a relevant field of work or an equivalent combination of education and work related experience
• 5+ years' progressively responsible experience in workplace/facilities management or other relevant discipline
• Advanced Excel skills
• Extensive leadership skills with the ability to inspire, lead, build and deliver through high performing teams 
• Persuasive and influential, with proven experience with CEO and Board level communications for a large international company
• Experience of managing multiple time-critical and sensitive projects, often on a global scale
• Superior oral and written communication skills and presentation ability. Presentation skills must include the ability to communicate to large crowds in an engaging way
• Experience of working across multiple geographies and cultures
• Strong commercial experience with the ability to see beyond the confines of the traditional workplace/facilities management area 
• Proven success in influencing strategic business decisions & supporting significant improvements to business performance
• Top-class written and verbal communication skills in English (with written Spanish and/or French being an added bonus)
• Experience in managing third party vendor relationships 
• Strong analytical skills

• Competitive compensation package
• Opportunity to shape the way we work. Your feedback and opinions are valued at all levels of the organisation
• Benefits including stock purchase plan and annual bonus plans
• Flexibility to work when and how you want - flexible hours, autonomy to set your own agenda, choice of phone and computer
• Smart Working Policy - work remotely some of the time, balanced with time in the office together with your team - between 5 and 45 days per quarter in the office depending on each team. 
• ‘Work from anywhere’ weeks - up to four weeks working from anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection!
• Career development, including language classes and Adevinta Academies: specialised content built by our experts on Machine Learning, Agile, Leadership and more
• 26 days of holidays
• Commuter allowance
• Subsidised gym membership + monthly massage 
• Life insurance, retirement plan and generous family leave

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. 

We’re Adevinta, a global leader in digital marketplaces that reaches hundreds of millions of people each month through our household name brands across 16 countries. We’re all about matchmaking, and our sites help people find whatever they’re looking for in their local communities – whether it’s a car, an apartment, a sofa or a new job. Every connection made or item found makes a difference by creating a world where people share more and waste less. As a global network of loved local brands, including Marktplaats in the Netherlands, Mobile.de in Germany and Leboncoin in France, our teams are there to make things better, safer and easier for the people who choose to visit and use our marketplaces every month.

We established our Global Headquarters in Barcelona when Adevinta was created in 2019. Here you’ll find most of our Central Functions teams, although we also have people based in our other main hubs in Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin as well as in our local offices across the globe. Our local brands are founded on the connections between people, and as an international group we create networks of talented Adevintans who work together towards a common purpose across geographies and disciplines. Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.