Deputy Director Compliance and Inspections – private security

Deputy Director Compliance and Inspections – private security

Salary: £75,801 - £86,000. Sector leading benefits include a 28.97% pension contribution

Location: Remote or office based (Canary Wharf, London or Manchester), with regular UK travel

The SIA exists to protect the public through effective regulation of the private security industry. We are a high performing regulator, working collaboratively with industry, enforcement agencies, Government, and the devolved administrations to raise standards across the security industry sector. We have an important role, contributing to public protection through the effective regulation of certain private security activities across the UK, licensing over 450,000 security personnel and raising standards of private security.

As Deputy Director Compliance and Inspections – private security, you will be responsible for the SIA’s private security compliance and inspections capability, providing strategic leadership over the regulatory work and teams delivering this statutory function. This will mean providing a coherent strategy and effective supervision and compliance regime, providing regulatory advice on compliance, inspecting and investigating non-compliance, and ensuring robust enforcement interventions under the PSIA regime.

This is an externally visible role that will also require you to influence a broad range of stakeholders to improve compliance with the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (PSIA) and standards of private security generally, to ensure the SIA makes a positive difference to public protection, and the effectiveness of protective security across the UK.

With a track record of senior leadership and performance success in high-profile comparable organisations with national reach (government, private or public sectors), you will bring experience of leading inspections and/or investigation teams and proven success of using investigation powers in a regulatory environment to sanction, deter and disrupt non-compliance and drive positive changes in sector / industry behaviours.

An inspiring, visible leader, you will be able to elicit outstanding performance internally, whilst influencing a broad range of external stakeholders to inform and promote positive and effective organisational and industry change with grip and pace, working collaboratively and collegially with peers, senior colleagues and front-line teams alike.

This is an exceptional career opportunity and an exciting time to be part of the SIA, particularly as we prepare to become the independent regulator for Martyn’s Law. If you have the necessary skills, expertise, and experience, share our passion for making a real difference to public safety, and will embrace our values and culture, we look forward to hearing from you.

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For an informal discussion about the role, contact our recruitment partners, Gatenby Sanderson:
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Closing date: 12 noon, Wednesday 21 January 2026