Campus Security Officer - Internal Only

Brighton; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Generous holiday entitlement

Personal development

Sports facilities

Job summary

Brighton University is seeking a Campus Security Officer to join its Estates & Facilities Management Team in Brighton. You will contribute to a safe, welcoming campus community by monitoring the CCTV network, maintaining a high-visibility presence, and responding quickly across multiple campuses day and night.

The role emphasizes customer service, resilience in challenging environments, and working as part of a diverse team.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with a diverse range of students, staff and stakeholders.
• Resilience and commitment to delivering a high standard of service in challenging environments.
• Team player who embraces diversity and inclusion and goes the extra mile to help others.
• Security experience or willingness to pursue SIA training with university support.

Responsibilities

• Work in the security control room and monitor the CCTV network across campuses.
• Provide a visible presence and mobile response across all campuses, day and night.
• Deliver proactive and responsive security services with a focus on customer service.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Diversity & inclusion

Customer service

Team player

Resilience

Engage stakeholders

Security awareness

Tools

SIA training

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving university and enhance its Estates & Facilities Management Team (EFM)

Location: Brighton - City Campus, Moulsecoomb and Falmer

Salary: £27,865 to £29,354per annum

ClosingDate: Wednesday 18 November 2026

Reference: ES8384-26-248

As part of the EFM Team you will be supporting a community of over 18,000 students and 2,300 staff based on campuses in Brighton.

The Campus Security Team is committed to building a diverse team of professionals whose role it is to create a safe and secure environment for students, staff and visitors, a place where everyone feels safe and welcome.

In the role of Campus Security Officer, you will be part of a wider team that provides a security service across multiple campuses 24-hours a day, 365-days a year to meet the needs of a modern University community. We provide a friendly and high visibility presence across the estate to help keep all our community and assets safe and secure. We regularly contribute at events to promote our team, encourage personal safety and to create an environment where everyone feels safe.

The responsibilities of the role will include working in the security control room and monitoring the CCTV network, providing a visible presence and a mobile response across all campuses. You will use proactive and responsive security methods to ensure the delivery of a comprehensive service, which goes beyond the traditional security standards and focuses on customer service.

In order to succeed in this role, you will have:

• Excellent communication skills and be a problem solver who is professionally curious and has the ability to engage with a diverse range of students, staff and stakeholders to grow a culture of safety and wellbeing
• A professional resilience and a desire to deliver an excellent service in challenging and often complex circumstances and environments
• The ability to be a team player who embraces diversity and inclusivity, a person who will be willing to go the extra mile to make a difference and help someone in need of support
• Security experience or qualifications is preferred but not essential, the University will support you with completing SIA (Security Industry Authority) training

In return we offer excellent benefits as well as this being a good career development opportunity. We have excellent rewards including a local government pension scheme (LGPS), generous holiday entitlement and personal development as well as sports facilities and activities.

We particularly encourage applicants and all those from Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The university is underrepresented by these groups for this position.

The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage male applicants and all those from Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The university is underrepresented by these groups at this job grade.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.