Relief Security Officer
| Posting date: | 11 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.27 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 December 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ISS Facilities Services |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 148593 |
Summary
Relief Security Officer
Contract: Security
Location: Reading
Hours of work: 36
Working Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends, and Bank holidays
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £12.27
Are you passionate about safety and delivering a great customer experience? We are seeking vigilant Relief Security Officers to join our team.
As a key member of our security operation, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding client sites and ensuring the safety of employees, visitors, and assets.
Job Description
Relief Security Officers are required to support and strengthen existing teams, providing cover for both core and ad hoc activities. This includes advance notification of shifts, filling vacancies within the team rota, covering absences for sickness and holidays, and undertaking additional tasking as required.
This role suits an outgoing, adaptable individual who thrives on variety and enjoys new challenges. You will receive training to work across a range of environments including corporate offices, manufacturing, retail, and transport sites.
If you are a reliable, flexible, and personable security professional seeking guaranteed hours across diverse assignments - we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
Ensure the physical security of client premises
Conduct regular patrols and inspections
Respond promptly to alarms and incidents, taking appropriate action
Enforce access control procedures and verify the identity of individuals on-site
Deliver excellent customer service by assisting and guiding visitors
Maintain accurate and detailed records of all security-related activities
Participate in induction and ongoing training as needed
Promote and maintain a safe and secure working environment at all times
Uphold high professional standards, reflecting the values and image of ISS
About You
Valid SIA licence
Proven experience in a security or related role
Strong observational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to remain calm under pressure and respond effectively to emergencies
Excellent customer service skills
Sound knowledge of security protocols and procedures
Flexibility to work various shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays
For vetting purposes: BS7858-compliant documentation covering 5 years of employment/education history in the UK and 6 years of address history
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
Contract: Security
Location: Reading
Hours of work: 36
Working Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends, and Bank holidays
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £12.27
Are you passionate about safety and delivering a great customer experience? We are seeking vigilant Relief Security Officers to join our team.
As a key member of our security operation, you will play a crucial role in safeguarding client sites and ensuring the safety of employees, visitors, and assets.
Job Description
Relief Security Officers are required to support and strengthen existing teams, providing cover for both core and ad hoc activities. This includes advance notification of shifts, filling vacancies within the team rota, covering absences for sickness and holidays, and undertaking additional tasking as required.
This role suits an outgoing, adaptable individual who thrives on variety and enjoys new challenges. You will receive training to work across a range of environments including corporate offices, manufacturing, retail, and transport sites.
If you are a reliable, flexible, and personable security professional seeking guaranteed hours across diverse assignments - we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
Ensure the physical security of client premises
Conduct regular patrols and inspections
Respond promptly to alarms and incidents, taking appropriate action
Enforce access control procedures and verify the identity of individuals on-site
Deliver excellent customer service by assisting and guiding visitors
Maintain accurate and detailed records of all security-related activities
Participate in induction and ongoing training as needed
Promote and maintain a safe and secure working environment at all times
Uphold high professional standards, reflecting the values and image of ISS
About You
Valid SIA licence
Proven experience in a security or related role
Strong observational, communication, and interpersonal skills
Ability to remain calm under pressure and respond effectively to emergencies
Excellent customer service skills
Sound knowledge of security protocols and procedures
Flexibility to work various shifts, including days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays
For vetting purposes: BS7858-compliant documentation covering 5 years of employment/education history in the UK and 6 years of address history
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.