Security Officer

Mid Kent College; Brompton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

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Job summary

MidKent College is seeking a Security Officer to provide front-of-house services across its Gillingham Campus. The role involves ensuring a safe and orderly environment, supporting staff and students, and working within the Facilities team to enforce a caring, disciplined setting.

You will work 37 hours per week across the year, reporting to the Security department and the Facilities team. This permanent post offers a yearly salary of £24,242 to £28,586 and requires a commitment to safeguarding

Qualifications

• Full employment history from time you left full-time education, with gaps explained.
• Information on all relevant education and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Work a shift pattern across the college opening hours, supporting events including door supervision and crowd control, maintaining access control and ID checks.
• Maintain high visibility and patrols to deter crime, respond to security incidents, assist with alarm, fire and evacuations, and escort duties for cash handlers.
• Direct and support students, including vulnerable students, to foster a safe, respectful environment influencing behaviour, engagement and attendance.
• Assist staff to ensure compliance with student discipline and manage incidents with Duty Managers and Heads of Facilities; contact external services when needed.
• Assist with investigations, interviews, searches, CCTV monitoring and data capture; report faulty cameras.
• Assist with traffic management, parking monitoring and keeping carparks secure, including adverse weather handling.
• Complete regular building checks, report repairs, maintain records of service activity and participate in handovers with detailed reports.
• Assist with training of new employees and agency security personnel; support health and safety requirements.

Job description

Security Officer

Application Deadline: 27 August 2026

Department: Security

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Gillingham Campus

Reporting To: Kevin Diprose

Compensation: £24,242 - £28,586 / year

Description

Assist with the provision of a front of house service and presence for the College, acting as a liaison point for staff and students and working as part of the Facilities team to enforce a safe, orderly culture within a caring, disciplined and supportive environment.

This role is 37 hours a week and 52 weeks a year.

Main Responsibilities and Duties:

• 1. Work a shift pattern across the college opening hours, supporting college events including door supervision and crowd control, assisting with locking / unlocking of the site, providing a welcoming and friendly front line service to students, staff and visitors whilst maintaining access control, checking and ensuring ID’s are worn at all times by everyone. This will include providing cover for reception/ goods in areas out of hours and during the core hours as required and to the wider facilities team as required, particularly during non-term time.
• 2. Maintain high visibility and vigilance, carrying out internal and external patrols to deter and detect crime, vandalism and acts of violence against college users and assets, responding to all security related incidents, providing backup and assistance when required to other staff and assisting with College / Campus alarm, fire and emergency procedures and evacuations. This will include undertaking escort duties for cash handlers and other college users as required.
• 3. Direct, encourage, motivate and support students, including vulnerable students, who may present challenging behaviour, to ensure a responsive, focussed and respectful environment, which has a positive effect on student behaviour, engagement and attendance.
• 4. Assist all staff to ensure compliance with the student disciplinary process and manage all incidents which occur on College premises, in conjunction with the Duty Managers, Facilities Managers and Head of Facilities; contacting external services for support if deemed a requirement e.g. Police, Ambulance, Fire.
• 5. Assist with the investigation of incidents, including interviews, personnel or property searches and securing confiscated items, utilising CCTV monitoring, and data capture as directed by management, including reporting any faulty cameras as necessary.
• 6. Assist with traffic management including the monitoring of parking, access to parking and security of carparks including assisting with maintaining access during adverse weather.
• 7. Complete regular building checks as instructed including visual inspections of equipment, furnishings, external doors, all access points and CCTV. Reporting any repairs required to maintain the condition of the building, maintaining factual and accurate records of service activity, logging incidents on relevant IT systems and participate in handover meetings with detailed reports.
• 8. Assist with the training of new employees and support for agency security personnel, including security patrolling and health and safety requirements.

In addition all post holders will be required to be trained to act as Fire Marshals and First Aiders.

Application Requirements

To ensure compliance with safeguarding guidelines, all applicants must complete the application form in full. This includes providing:

• A full employment history from the time you left full-time education, with details of any gaps in employment explained.
• Information on all relevant education and qualifications.

Please note, incomplete applications will not be considered. Your co-operation helps us maintain the highest standards of safety and care for children and young people.

Benefits

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