Corporate Security Officer – Threadneedle Street, London

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What you’ll be doing

You’ll be responsible for maintaining a professional, visible presence in the building, managing and monitoring our access points and working alongside our other Property Services team colleagues to manage entry and security as appropriate. You’ll be welcoming colleagues and visitors and issuing visitor or access badges using the right security processes and security systems. You’ll need to monitor our surveillance equipment, report and record observations, undertake regular patrols and be a point of escalation to assist with any incidents. You’ll make sure that all colleagues adhere to our health, safety and security guidelines and report any issues to the relevant channels while being there to help colleagues and visitors who need support.

Hours of work

Working 4 on 4 off shift rotation, days and night shifts.

As a minimum you’ll need to have or be

  • Recent experience in a physical security based role
  • Surveillance, communication, and reporting experience
  • An understanding of the security requirements and processes within buildings
  • Attentive and friendly nature, customer focused with an ability to relate at all levels when communicating with employees and visitors
  • Punctual, reliable and trustworthy
  • Deals with uncertainty using judgment and objectivity
  • Basic computer knowledge
  • A valid front-line SIA Licence

The selection process is as below

  • Telephone Interview
  • Video (Microsoft Teams) call with area manager
  • 10 minute video (Microsoft Teams) call with the client and account manager

What we offer

  • Contribution towards Health Cash Plan with vouchers towards items such as dental and opticians
  • Access to Perkbox
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities

Our team need to be immaculately turned out, polite and proactive when engaging with customers to ensure a complete customer experience is provided, as we aim to maintain our outstanding reputation for excellence. SGS are proud to be a disability confident committed employer.

SGS Core Values - Integrity, Team Work, Professionalism, Respect

Job Types: Full-time, Temp to perm

Contract length: 3 months

Salary: £13.00 per hour

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