Close Protection Specialist - Travel Team (Women Strongly Encouraged to Apply)

The role

This person will provide executive protection coverage including domestic and international travel details, secure transportation, and close protection at public events. The role involves operating as a security driver and conducting physical and online advances.

What you will do

• Provide domestic and international travel details
• Provide secure transportation
• Provide close protection at public events
• Operate as a security driver in various locations and vehicle types
• Conduct route planning
• Conduct physical and online advances
• Write advance reports

Required qualifications

• Ready and able to travel up to 130 days per year
• Live within a daily commutable distance of downtown Washington, DC
• Pass physical readiness test (Pull-ups, Push-ups, Sit-ups, 800m run)
• Must be able to swim
• Must be drug and nicotine free
• Must be able to obtain appropriate state firearm and security licensing

Nice to have

• Extensive real-world experience working in a close protection role with UHNW individuals or other types of recognizable public/government figures during domestic and international travel
• High level of comfort operating as a security driver in various locations and vehicle types, including experience with route planning
• Experience independently conducting both physical and online advances, resulting in clear, well-written advance reports
• Strong familiarity with navigating FBOs, hotels, and a wide range of public venues

Benefits

• Benefits included
• Best in Class 401k Retirement Plan
• $15,000 employer contribution for First-Year Associates
• $3,000 employer contribution each year thereafter
• 10% no-limit matching for all Associates who choose to contribute to their retirement plan

Before you apply

• 12-Day Introductory Training Academy in San Antonio, TX
• Be able to pass physical readiness test (Pull-ups, Push-ups, Sit-ups, 800m run)
• Must be drug and nicotine free
• Background check required

About the company

Gavin de Becker & Associates (GDBA) protects the world’s most influential and at-risk public figures. The firm's Protectors, Analysts, and Investigators are committed to protecting human life through the assessment, prediction, and management of violence.