Mobile Security Team Leader

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a Security professional to protect client property and assets and ensure compliance with site instructions. You will manage daily security operations, mentor the team, and support training and investigations as needed.

The role requires an SIA license, English proficiency, reliability, and the ability to work without supervision. A focus on data protection and high attendance is essential.

Qualifications

• Previous security experience is required.
• SIA license is required.
• SC clearance desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written English.
• Ability to use computer and software.
• Reliable, self-motivated and able to work without supervision.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to motivate staff and transfer self-motivation.
• Tact and diplomacy with people at all levels.
• Excellent attendance and timekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day security operations on site.
• Act as first point of contact for the Security team and ensure standards are met.
• Assist in ongoing training of resident security teams and induct new officers to site procedures (CCTV, access control, deliveries, alarms).
• Foster teamwork and high morale through effective motivation.
• Review Security Officers’ performance and development.
• Assist in security investigations (thefts, missing items, complaints).
• Provide liaison with customers/clients as required.
• Ensure Assignment Instructions are followed by security and shipping personnel.
• Communicate important messages in handovers and ensure records are up to date.
• Ensure compliance with data protection legislation.

Skills

Security Experience

SIA License

SC Clearance

English Skills

Computer literacy

Reliability

Initiative

Problem solving

Decision making

People skills

Self-development

Timekeeping

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

• To protect our customer's property, people and/or assets by providing security services in direct accordance with the sites published Assignment Instructions (AI's) and any subsequent changes.
• Delivering results that meet and / or exceed the Key performance indicators / Service Level Agreement for the customer through full responsibility and accountability, providing a service that aids in the retention of the contract.
• To undertake additional training to ensure continuous self-development.

Job Overview

• To protect our customer's property, people and/or assets by providing security services in direct accordance with the sites published Assignment Instructions (AI's) and any subsequent changes.
• Delivering results that meet and / or exceed the Key performance indicators / Service Level Agreement for the customer through full responsibility and accountability, providing a service that aids in the retention of the contract.
• To undertake additional training to ensure continuous self-development.

Main Duties

• To be responsible for the day-to-day operation of Security.
• Be the first point of contact for the Security team and deal with day-to-day matters such as standards of dress, discipline, and conduct are met and adhered to.
• Assist in on-going training to resident security teams and ensure all new security officers are fully trained and inducted to the site procedures and policies including CCTV, access control systems, deliveries and removals, fire alarms and intruder alarm.
• Develop teamwork within the workforce, ensuring high morale through effective motivational methods.
• Assist in review of Security Officers performance and development.
• To assist in any security / equipment investigations, i.e. thefts, missing items, complaints etc.
• Provide customer / client liaison as and when required.
• Ensure Assignment Instructions are adhered to at all times by security and shipping personnel.
• Ensure that any important messages are conveyed in the Security Handover and that all security personnel read and acknowledge them.
• Ensuring security records and logs are being kept up to date.
• Ensure the security team are compliant with all relevant legislation on data protection.

What We Are Looking For

• Previous Security Experience
• SIA License
• SC Clearance desirable
• Good literacy and communication skills and have excellent verbal and written English.
• Be computer and software literate.
• Reliability, self- motivation and ability to use own initiative and work without supervision.
• The ability to solve problems, make decisions and prioritise.
• The ability to transfer self-motivation to staff.
• The ability, tact and diplomacy to deal with people at all levels.
• Self-confidence and an interest in self-development.
• An interest in the continuous improvement of the Company's performance.
• The nature of the role is such that it is essential that the post holder has and will maintain an excellent record of attendance and timekeeping.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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