Executive Protection Specialist

The role

The Protector will provide physical protection and logistical support at clients' homes and during travel. Duties include monitoring property, screening visitors, and executing security plans.

What you will do

• Monitor property while utilizing the tools and technology of a GDBA Command Center
• Screen visitors and vendors; control all access to protected site
• Coordinate and execute security plans and respond to medical emergencies
• Provide physical protection and logistical support at clients' homes and when they travel
• Provide secure transportation as needed
• Survey and prepare (advance) locations prior to arrival of client
• Prepare detailed documentation of suspicious activity
• Create and maintain readiness to meet any threat

Required qualifications

• Communicate effectively
• Physically fit
• Willing to learn
• Tell the truth
• Enjoy working in a team environment
• 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 able to swim
• Must be drug and nicotine free
• Background check required
• Must be able to obtain appropriate state firearm and security licensing

Benefits

• 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

About the company

Gavin de Becker & Associates (GDBA) protects the world’s most influential and at-risk public figures. Founded in 1978 by 3-time Presidential appointee, Gavin de Becker, the firm is committed to protecting human life through the assessment, prediction, and management of violence.