Retail Security Officer

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Virtual GP

Salary Finance

Choices platform

MiDeals

Cycle-to-work

Life cover

Mitie Stars prizes

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a part-time Security Guard for Superdrug Kingston. The role operates on weekends (14 hours) with SIA licence required and benefits as part of Mitie’s flexible plan. Pays £13.45 per hour.

Responsibilities include patrolling the store, deterring theft, recording incidents via SMART, and coordinating with store management and local police to reduce crime in store. High standards of appearance and conduct are expected.

Qualifications

• SIA licence is required to work in security roles.
• Experience delivering customer service is essential.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are important.

Responsibilities

• Protect customers and colleagues from abuse and deter crime.
• Patrol the store and undertake checks per site instructions.
• Record incidents using the SMART system and inform store management.
• Wear full uniform with SIA badge and keep it valid.
• Liaise with store management and police to reduce crime in store.

Skills

SIA licence

Customer service

Excellent communication

Public safety

Education

SIA training

Tools

SMART system

Job description

Requirements To deliver results for their identified area that meets or exceeds the budget and service delivery requirements through full responsibility and accountability for:

• To protect customers and colleagues from physical and verbal abuse
• To deter violence and public order offences
• To patrol the store and other areas and to undertake checks in accordance with the site assignment instructions
• To deter till snatchers, trolley push outs and other bulk thefts
• To record any suspicious activity on to an incident report ensuring the correct information is captured using the SMART system and store management are informed
• Dealing with any difficult situations that arise in a safe and professional manner
• To be conversant with the Electronic Article Surveillance tagging system and complete regular checks of tagging standards
• Monitoring the store CCTV where appropriate
• Complete retrospective CCTV reviews focusing on shrinkage
• To be clean, tidy and properly dressed wearing full uniform, Sainsbury's name badge. This should also include an SIA licence (s), identity badge, which all must be valid.
• To understand and always implement the 'Ways of Working'
• Liaise with the store management teams giving clear and concise feedback
• Liaise with the Police and crime partnerships where required to foster a great working relationship to support the reduction of crime in store
• Completing reports by recording observations, information, occurrences and surveillance activities using SMART
• Utilise all equipment and technology to their fullest potential to maximise the impact upon security and stores losses
• To report all incidents fully by the end of the shift using the SMART system
• To wear and activate BWCCTV in accordance with company procedures
• Ensuring behaviours and situations that endanger the health and safety and well being of colleagues, customers and fellow officers are identified and rectified in a timely manner in line with company policies.

Better places, thriving communities.

Superdrug Kingston

Pay: £13.45

Permanent

Part Time: 14 Hours (Weekend)

S.I.A License Required

Main Duties

Requirements

To deliver results for their identified area that meets or exceeds the budget and service delivery requirements through full responsibility and accountability for:

• To protect customers and colleagues from physical and verbal abuse
• To deter violence and public order offences
• To patrol the store and other areas and to undertake checks in accordance with the site assignment instructions
• To deter till snatchers, trolley push outs and other bulk thefts
• To record any suspicious activity on to an incident report ensuring the correct information is captured using the SMART system and store management are informed
• Dealing with any difficult situations that arise in a safe and professional manner
• To be conversant with the Electronic Article Surveillance tagging system and complete regular checks of tagging standards
• Monitoring the store CCTV where appropriate
• Complete retrospective CCTV reviews focusing on shrinkage
• To be clean, tidy and properly dressed wearing full uniform, Sainsbury's name badge. This should also include an SIA licence (s), identity badge, which all must be valid.
• To understand and always implement the 'Ways of Working'
• Liaise with the store management teams giving clear and concise feedback
• Liaise with the Police and crime partnerships where required to foster a great working relationship to support the reduction of crime in store
• Completing reports by recording observations, information, occurrences and surveillance activities using SMART
• Utilise all equipment and technology to their fullest potential to maximise the impact upon security and stores losses
• To report all incidents fully by the end of the shift using the SMART system
• To wear and activate BWCCTV in accordance with company procedures
• Ensuring behaviours and situations that endanger the health and safety and well being of colleagues, customers and fellow officers are identified and rectified in a timely manner in line with company policies.

What We Are Looking For

• Frontline Security Guarding, Door Supervision or Close Protection SIA licence (or have passed the relevant SIA training and hold valid certificates)
• A full five year check-able employment / education history
• Experience of delivering Customer Service
• Excellent communication skills are required both written and verbal
• Adaptable communication style to meet the needs of different people groups
• Ability to work in a fast moving services business
• Capability in the use of technology
• Good attention to detail
• High level of enthusiasm and passion
• Previous experience in a similar role is desirable but not essential
• Public Space Surveillance SIA licence is desirable but not essential

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 .

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