Speculative Application – Embedded Travel Risk Specialist Full Time

The role will focus on delivering consistent, high-quality pre‑travel risk assessments and traveller guidance, supporting employees travelling to higher-risk and complex destinations, primarily across the EMEA region, including Pakistan, central Asia and the Caucasus. This position is delivery‑focused and advisory in nature.

The successful candidate will operate within an established security framework, supporting a high volume of travel requests and acting as a dependable extension of the regional security function.

Requirements

Travel Risk Assessment & Advisory

• Conduct pre‑travel risk assessments for travel to higher‑risk and complex destinations, including parts of the EMEA region, central Asia and the Caucasus along with selected international locations.
• Provide clear, practical, and proportionate risk advice to the organisations travellers based on destination risk, traveller profile, and purpose of travel.
• Support the organisation’s formal travel approval and review process by providing timely risk input and recommendations
• Contribute to destination risk summaries and traveller briefing materials

Operational Support

• Support the regional GSR function with day‑to‑day travel security activities
• Help manage a high volume of travel risk requests in a structured and efficient manner.
• Ensure travel advice is delivered in line with existing policies, standards, and frameworks.
• Monitor travel patterns and flag emerging issues or trends to senior team members.

Intelligence & Information Use

• Leverage internal reporting and external intelligence sources to inform travel risk assessments.
• Consume and synthesise geopolitical, security, and health intelligence into traveller‑friendly guidance
• Escalate significant incidents, concerns, or intelligence developments through agreed channels.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Act as a point of contact for travellers seeking guidance on higher‑risk travel.
• Coordinate with internal security and travel management teams as required.
• Liaise with approved external providers (e.g. medical and security assistance companies) to support traveller safety.

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Support ongoing refinement of travel risk processes, templates, and guidance.
• Identify practical improvements to enhance efficiency and consistency of travel risk delivery.
• Contribute to lessons‑learned discussions following incidents or disrupted travel.

Benefits

Control Risks offers a competetive salary commensurate with the role and experience