Security Officer (Facilities Operative) - 9 Month FTC

Nationwide Building Society; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Facilities Operative to join their busy team in Swindon. This on-site role involves ensuring safety and security, maintaining high standards, and providing support to colleagues. The position requires a valid SIA Licence and offers various employee benefits.

Benefits

Personal pension with company top-up

Paid volunteering days

Life assurance

Salary sacrifice scheme benefits

Health and wellness options

Performance-related bonus

Training access for career development

25 days holiday

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement: Valid SIA Licence.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Previous experience within a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety and security by patrolling and monitoring.
• Control access and respond to incidents.
• Be an ambassador for the facilities team.

Skills

Communication

Calmness in emergencies

Computer skills

Education

Valid SIA Licence

Job description

The Security Officer (Facilities Operative) position will join the busy Facilities Team at Swindon, Nationwide House, with a variety of tasks to be fulfilled each day.

This role is within the Property Team on site. The team are responsible for the safe opening and occupation of the site, with duties ranging from cleaning and ensuring the site is presented to a high standard, to engineering, keeping all the mechanical and electrical assets running.

The Role of Facilities Operative is a vital link between all activities, to ensure all services to our colleagues on site run smoothly and on time.

This is an onsite role at Swindon, Nationwide House. You'll be working a 4 days on 4 days off rotating shift pattern. 4 days 7am to 7pm and 4 days off across a 7 day rota.

We have one opportunity, working 40 hours.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

To ensure the safety and security of people, premises and property by patrolling, monitoring surveillance equipment, controlling access and responding to incidents. You’ll be an ambassador for our facilities team, working as one team to provide the most efficient resolution to any challenges they may face.

About you

As a minimum requirement, you will:

• Valid SIA Licence
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to remain calm and act quickly in emergencies
• Good computer skills for report writing, surveillance monitoring and access control management
• Previous experience within a similar role
• Have a flexible approach to working, you'll need to be able to commit to working the 4 on, 4 off shift pattern

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are Purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly Customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

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