Jobs in South Africa

Requirements:

• Tertiary (Degree/Diploma) qualification in Security Risk Management
• Recommended additional qualification in business and finance management
• 5 years’ experience in security, of which a minimum of 3 years should have been in depth focus and knowledge on security operational planning, organizing and controlling
• 2 years supervisory/leadership experience

Essential Skills:

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills (written and oral)
• Administrative skills
• Leadership abilities
• Influencing skills
• Coordinator &and planning skills
• Decision making
• Security assessment skills

Key Performance Areas:

• Analyse daily incident reports, formulate and implement appropriate actions in order to provide a pro-active security service aimed at reducing the risk of loss to the Company and the well-being of employee
• Liaise/inform supervision and management on security issues related to the Company in order to ensure the safety and well-being of all employees and Company property
• Ensure the upkeep of departmental equipment and facilities (two-way radio’s, torches, cloakrooms, security cabins, etc.) in order to provide security personnel with necessary equipment and facilities to perform their tasks efficiently
• Co-ordinate and approve manpower allocation of security officers as required in order to ensure the safety and well-being of all employees and Company property
• Prepare and present training for contract security personnel, to ensure a competent, informed and motivated workforce to apply their skills to minimize the risk of loss to the Company and ensure the safety of employees
• Coordinate audits and ensure that administrative duties (requisition, accounts, registers, information book, etc) related to the function are timeously and efficiently carried out by the senior security officers (functional) in order to ensure an excellent service to all customers and the Company
• Participate in Duty Officer Duties to ensure maximum control during any emergency which may arise during non-working hours
• Audit and control the ID card operation (photo development, etc) which includes updated employee contracts to assist in assuring maximum control of access
• Co-ordinate, audit and control the Company public transport services as per production requirements to provide an excellent transport service to employees
• Coordinate with the security service provider regarding the recruitment and training of security personnel to act as a pool to deploy on site at short notice ensuring the guaranteed availability of security staff
• Assess group security work instructions and security service provider site instructions on a monthly basis (amendments) and accurately update in order to ensure the quality of the security operations processes
• Evaluate the deployment of contractually required security staff nationally and in the event of short postings identified, request credit notes from the service provider in order to optimize and recover cost
• Coordinate and ensure, together with internal and service provider management that national key security operational requirements are measured as KPI’s
• Bi-annually or as required, assess the security measures for the operation and ensure that adequate security measures are in place to provide a safe and secure environment for the company visitors (local and international) to ensure the quality of and competence of the security operation