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Security Officer

Job details
Posting date: 12 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £13.15 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 12 May 2024
Location: London
Company: Guarding UK
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 631

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Job Title: Security Officer

Location: Holborn

Salary: £13.15 per hour

Contract hours available: 54 hours per average per week, Monday, Tuesday and every other Wednesday Nights(1900-0700), Saturday and
Sunday day shift (0700-1900)

Job ID: 631

Closing Date: 26/04/2024



"Secure today, shape tomorrow. Join us as a Security Officer and safeguard our future. Apply now to be the guardian of safety"



Who we are

We are GUK, and together we are proud to be at the forefront of protection management across multiple sectors. We offer the
ultimate in business security solutions and deliver the highest quality of professional service.



GUK has been assessed as being in the top 1% of companies providing manned guarding services in the UK.





About the role

In this security officer role, you will be working in a building that is modern and in pristine condition (internally &
externally). Your key role is to maintain the look and feel of the building get to know the people within the community and
suggest ways in which the team could provide the best support to the people who work and visit the building. You will need to
maintain the building security procedure at night, reporting any findings to the client and security supervisor. This role is also
an opportunity for you to develop your knowledge and potentially be available to assist during the day to work FOH with the client
from time to time.



You will continuously monitor the building and report any faults as well. You will be flexible and willing to help and act as a
key part of the team and part of the building community. During your working hours you will focused on customer service and
monitoring the building security, working with the clients FOH team.



We are also looking for an individual who can cover other duties during the day if needed. These are delivering post, monitoring
CCTV, supervising the security team, and various other security duties. Understand and strictly adhere to GUK’s procedures and
protocols of the building with regards Health & Safety, Security measures and building access control

You will receive full training and we are looking for motivated individuals who will make a measurable contribution to the
continued success of GUK.



Core Responsibilities:



* Carry out walk arounds in the building (internally & externally) to identify any faults ensuring the building is maintained,
well presented and clean at all times
* Reporting faults to the Building Manager
* Your attitude should always focus on ‘how can we help’ in all situations to the team and to the residents and client
* Provide information, directions/escort Residents, Guests to their desired locations
* Deal with any queries from Residents/Guests and offer assistance with a sense of urgency
* Provide Residents/Guests with acts of kindness to make them feel welcomed and create a rapport maintain excellent professional
relationships
* Understand and strictly adhere to GUK’s procedures and protocols of the building with regards Health & Safety, Security
measures and building access control



Must have:



* SIA licence
* Right to work in the UK
* Excellent customer service skills
* Basic report writing and IT skills and able to compose emails and preparing incident reports. 
* Proactively uses initiative to recognise priorities within own workload
* Problem solving
* A good level of spoken and written English
* Dealing with difficult people and finding solutions



Employee Benefits



GUK pride ourselves in offering benefits that promote health and wellbeing.



* Ride to Work Scheme
* 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* 3% pension contribution
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Credit Union -
* Long Service Rewards
* Employee of the Month/Year





GUK / RUK  is an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from a diverse range of individuals. We believe that a
diverse talented workforce nurtures excellence and makes us a great place to work, where individuality and inclusivity are
celebrated.



We reserve the right to stop taking applications when we have had a suitable amount of responses.


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