Security Officer (DAC)

Job Purpose

Plan, implement, manage, and oversee aviation security arrangements for Emirates operations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, ensuring compliance with the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) regulations, the National Civil Aviation Security Programme (NCASP), the Emirates Aircraft Operator Security Programme (AOSP), and Emirates Group Security requirements. Act as the focal point for station security matters, ensuring the effective implementation of security procedures, management of security risks, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness. Maintain effective liaison with relevant regulatory authorities, airport operators, government agencies, and service providers to safeguard Emirates aircraft, passengers, crew, personnel, cargo, and company assets against security threats and acts of unlawful interference.

• Security Management, Regulatory Compliance and Government Liaison: Manage and oversee the implementation of aviation security policies, procedures, and controls in Dhaka, ensuring compliance with CAAB regulations, NCASP requirements, the Emirates AOSP, Corporate Security Standards, and applicable international aviation security requirements. Act as the primary station security focal point and liaison with CAAB, airport operator, designated airport security personnel, Customs, Immigration, local Police, Intelligence Agencies, and other relevant government authorities on regulatory compliance, security inspections, incidents, and operational security matters.

• Coordinate Security Inspections and Compliance Monitoring: coordinate station security inspections, audits, compliance reviews, vulnerability assessments, and quality control activities. Identify deficiencies, document findings, recommend corrective actions, and monitor their implementation and closure within agreed timelines.

• Security Risk and Threat Management: Support the Threat and Risk Unit (TRU) in monitoring and assessing security threats, terrorism-related developments, political and geopolitical situations, civil unrest, and other emerging risks that may affect Emirates operations in Bangladesh. Conduct station-level security risk assessments and coordinate with TRU to identify appropriate mitigation measures and recommendations to safeguard operations and maintain security resilience.

• Operational Security Oversight and Performance Monitoring: Oversee the implementation and effectiveness of passenger and baggage security, cargo and mail security, catering security, aircraft protection, access control, security screening, and other applicable aviation security measures, ensuring compliance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements. Monitor station security performance, compliance indicators, audit findings, incident trends, and corrective action plans, maintaining appropriate records and ensuring timely follow-up and closure of identified deficiencies to support continuous improvement and effective security governance.
• Service Provider and Stakeholder Management: Coordinate with ground handling agents, airport operator, contracted security providers, cargo operators, catering providers, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure the consistent implementation of security requirements. Monitor service provider performance, address security deficiencies, and escalate unresolved issues as appropriate.
• Security Incident Management and Investigation: Coordinate the response to security incidents, breaches, prohibited item detections, suspicious activities, security violations, and suspected acts of unlawful interference affecting Emirates' operations. Conduct or coordinate investigations, establish contributing factors, prepare incident reports, and recommend corrective and preventive measures.
• Security Incident Reporting and Escalation: Ensure the timely reporting, documentation, and escalation of all security incidents, breaches, suspicious activities, and potential threats affecting Emirates operations in Bangladesh, in accordance with Emirates Group Security reporting procedures. Immediately notify the Group Security Command Centre (GSCC) of significant security incidents, emerging threats, and situations requiring urgent security support or coordination. Liaise with GSCC and relevant internal and external stakeholders to facilitate incident response, provide updates, support investigations, and ensure appropriate follow-up and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Contingency Planning and Emergency Response: Maintain station preparedness for security alerts, bomb threats, hijacking threats, acts of unlawful interference, emergencies, and other security-related contingencies. Coordinate the implementation of approved contingency plans, participate in relevant exercises and drills, and ensure effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Special Security Arrangements: Assess and coordinate security arrangements for high-risk flights, deportees, inadmissible passengers, persons in custody, special-category passengers, and other security-sensitive operations, ensuring compliance with applicable procedures and appropriate coordination with relevant authorities and service providers.
• Training and Security Awareness: Coordinate and monitor aviation security training, briefings, awareness initiatives, exercises, and drills for relevant Emirates personnel and service providers. Verify that applicable training and competency requirements are met and promote a strong security culture across assigned stations.
• Security Systems and Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to strengthen security controls, procedures, technologies, and operational processes, ensuring that proposed improvements support regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and effective passenger facilitation.
• Reporting and Management Escalation: Prepare and submit timely security reports, threat assessments, incident summaries, audit findings, compliance updates, and management briefings. Escalate significant security risks, regulatory concerns, incidents, and unresolved deficiencies to Emirates Group Security Management.
• Operational Coordination and Business Continuity: Maintain effective coordination with station management and relevant Emirates departments to integrate security requirements into daily operations, support business continuity, and ensure that security measures remain effective during operational disruptions or heightened threat conditions.

Qualifications & Experience

Graduate

Hold a valid Aviation Security Course (BASIC AVSEC) certificate issued by appropriate authority of Bangladesh.

Security experience, including aviation security experience in a supervisory position within an airline, ground handling company, aviation services business or other large service-sector organisation; ideally in a law-enforcement environment.

Knowledge/ Skills

In-depth knowledge of aviation security e.g. Annex 17 of ICAO, IATA's security regulations, extra ordinary security procedures and measures in case of hijacks, accidents and bomb threats. Knowledge of the functioning of various departments working airside as well as landside.

Proven ability to work independently and strong written and spoken communication skills. Would be required to maintain close contacts with various departments, air carriers, aviation organisations/associations and government functionaries considering the sensitive nature of the job. Should be level headed, maintain a flexible approach and have rational thinking as recommendations provided in case of threat to aircraft could have grave consequences.

Candidate must have the rigft to live and work in Bangladesh.

Salary & benefits

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As per company standard