Retail Security Officer

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Cycle to work

Life cover

Salary Finance

Job summary

MITIE Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a vigilant security officer for Waitrose Wokingham, delivering protection and maintaining a safe shopping environment.

You will patrol, deter theft, manage incidents using SMART, and liaise with store management and police as required. SIA license and a stable five-year history are preferred.

Join a team that values reliability, clear communication, and professional conduct, with access to our flexible benefits and recognition schemes.

Qualifications

• 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
• Public Space Surveillance SIA licence is desirable but not essential

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Excellent communication

Customer service experience

Adaptable communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Five year checkable history

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Waitrose Wokingham

Full Time

Pay: £15.62

Permanent

S.I.A License Required

Main Duties

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

Benefits

• 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.

Join our Mitie Team.

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