Security Officer

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid breaks

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a Relief Retail Security Officer to cover Yeovil and surrounding areas. The role requires a valid SIA licence, retail security experience, and a full UK driving licence with a vehicle for travel within roughly 30 miles each way.

Shifts vary Monday to Saturday 08:00–22:00 and Sunday 10:00–17:00; a minimum 8-hour contract is offered for a weekly shift in Yeovil. You will protect property, people and assets, while delivering excellent service to staff

Qualifications

• Retail experience is essential.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of ASCONE.
• Must have full UK driving licence and own vehicle as travel includes circa 30 miles radius each way.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Report writing skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Use ASCONE to maintain the security of the site.
• Conduct regular patrols of the site.
• Deliver customer service to staff and visitors.
• Support staff with reasonable requests.
• Ensure the relevant reports are completed for accurate information.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Report writing

Store team relations

Education

Valid Door Supervisor SIA Licence

Tools

ASCONE

Job description

Retail experience is essential

Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of ASCONE

Must have full UK driving licence and own vehicle as travel includes circa 30 miles radius each way

Various shifts times (between Monday - Saturday 08:00 and 22:00, Sunday 10:00-17:00) - must be flexible to work any day/ time

Better places, thriving communities.

RELIEF Retail Security Officer

Yeovil and surrounding areas

£14.67 per hour

Paid breaks

Minimum One Years Security Experience

Retail experience is essential

Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of ASCONE

Must have full UK driving licence and own vehicle as travel includes circa 30 miles radius each way

Various shifts times (between Monday - Saturday 08:00 and 22:00, Sunday 10:00-17:00) - must be flexible to work any day/ time

Minimum 8-hour contract (permanent weekly shift Friday 12:00-22:00 in Yeovil)

Job Overview

You are required to provide safety and security to our customer's property, people and/ or assets in line with the published Assignment Instructions, delivering results that meet and / or exceed the Key Performance Indicators. Provide exceptional customer service to both staff and visitors alike, as well as undertake additional training to ensure continuous self-development, all whilst upholding both Mitie and our client's reputation.

As this is a relief role covering both sickness and holiday absences, you must be flexible in terms of what days you work and able to pick up shifts at short notice.

Main Duties

• Use ASCONE to maintain the security of the site
• Conduct regular patrols of the site
• Deliver customer service to both staff and visitors.
• Support the staff with any reasonable request
• Ensure the relevant reports are completed in order for accurate information to be recorded

Training

For this role, you will be required to fully and satisfactorily complete all required competency training, as well as undertake additional training to ensure continuous self-development as directed by the Operations Manager. You are required to ensure you renew your licence 16 weeks before expiry.

Security and Health & Safety

• Look out for, and to immediately report, any Health & Safety hazards, or potential hazards, on site
• Stay alert to any threats or changes within the work environment in order to take the appropriate action to reduce the chance of disruption, loss or damage, whilst using common sense and initiative to ensure the situation does not become threatening
• Being both proactive and reactive when delivering customer service to diffuse situations to avoid escalation
• To maintain professional conduct in the face of difficult situations and challenging customers
• Complete an accurate and detailed entry of any incidents that occur on the system provided on site
• To call emergency services and Control Room to report all serious incidents

What We Are Looking For

• Valid Door Supervisor SIA Licence
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to make instant, positive connections with store teams
• Self-starter, can act without direction
• Report writing skills essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work well under pressure

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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