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Temporary Security Officer x2 - Corporate Assets
Job Ref: Merseyside BL TCL 362985
Pay Rate: £15.92 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 36.50 Monday - Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: LIVERPOOL
NPPV Level 2 Vetting
NB: Police Vacancy - only for candidates with a minimum of 5 years continuous UK address history. Please note that this vacancy is subject to a strict security vetting procedure.
Provide a visible security services provision, initial visitor contact services and out-of-hours reception services to various force locations ensuring that unauthorised persons do not gain access to the site, whilst maintaining a helpful and welcoming service to all authorised persons and callers.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide high visibility security services for the site by means of access control equipment, checking the ID of all persons and vehicles entering the site and issuing the appropriate visitor passes when necessary, maintaining appropriate record keeping, thus ensuring that unauthorised vehicles and persons are denied access to the site.
Ensure that the appropriate security measures are in place in accordance with the response level requirements for the threat level identified. When required, conduct vehicle searches in accordance
with training and appropriate to the circumstances. Conduct hourly camera sweeps of the perimeter and undertake patrols of the perimeter and the building interiors at the agreed frequencies, using the Deister system (if any) and locking and unlocking the buildings as required.
Manage the CCTV system in accordance with protocols set out for its use under the Data Protection Act and use all equipment provided to assist in maintaining security in the correct manner, thus ensuring that all security precautions are effective.
Respond to all alarms in an appropriate manner, ensuring that the security of premises is maintained and the appropriate assistance is provided to anyone attending the site in response to an alarm. Fulfil the roles detailed in the Emergency Procedures for the post. Take responsibility for the Gatehouse safe and recording any issues and receipts of its contents to the nominated Authorised Departmental Officers, which may include specialist equipment store key, A.R.V. main armoury keys, matrix disruption taser keys, departmental (x 4) C.S. spray, tracker, airwave cabinets keys, vehicle fast tags, airwave radios, force training establishments keys, crime exhibits and lost and found property.
Provide consistent and co-ordinated visitor contact/reception services for all visitors to the site, ensuring that customers are dealt with appropriately and the requirements and procedures of the Force are adhered to.
Ensure that requests/bookings for visitors’ parking are handled appropriately and in a timely manner, ensuring no requests are mislaid or overlooked. In periods of operational requirements, ensure customers are informed as soon as possible if their requirements cannot be met. Carry out fuel dips / checks and ensure that fuel is issued and received in accordance with the relevant Health & Safety legislation so that no personnel are endangered during either delivery or issuing of fuel.
Undertake various associated duties, such as the issue of keys to authorised personnel and packages, upon receipt of a signature, and drop-off/collection, ensuring that customers are able to receive assistance in many formats from the service.
In periods of unexpected severe weather, undertake gritting in specified areas, ensuring adherence to the Force Gritting Policy and maintaining basic health and safety standards. If required, sort and distribute both internal and external mail ensuring effective service is provided.
Site specific requirement only - Arrange for the storage of impounded vehicles as requested and for various operational reasons by the FIM.
Ensure that all details are recorded in the Station file. Receive and complete all paperwork (F252) for Rota garage deliveries of unserviceable & broken down. Force vehicles. Arrange for the issue and receipt of the vehicle spares, oil, and bulbs. Carry out the daily fuel dips and updated records and arrange for replacement stores.
Undertake all responsibilities relating to information management, data quality, information sharing, intelligence and information security to ensure accordance with the Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Information Management issued by the College of Policing including Home Office Code of Practice om MoPI.
Qualifications:
Must hold or be working towards attaining an NVQ Level 2 in Providing Security Services.
Must be physically fit to undertake the required level of Personal Safety Programme (PSP) Training, Fire Procedure duties and patrol duties.
Knowledge:
Detailed knowledge of the organisation and its policies and the departmental policies and procedures
Knowledge of security measures, what constitutes a suspicious package and the procedures relating to the use of screening and scanning equipment
CCTV System: In order to use the system in a manner that meets both the stated purpose of the system and the requirements of the Data Protection legislation and good practice, the post-holder must understand the procedures set out for the use of the system and be able to put them into practice at any time. This will include appropriate responses to automatic alarms (see below), adhering to the procedures set out under the legislation for recording information and its distribution. The use of this system is entirely in the remit of the Security Officers and is not influenced by how much supervisory or management support is available at the time.
Alarm Systems: There are four types of alarm that the post-holder must have knowledge of; the fire alarm, the internal intruder alarm, the external intruder alarm and the “bomb” alert.
Fuel Procedures: Security Officers must have detailed knowledge of the recording procedures and Health & Safety legislation relating to the delivery and issue of fuel.
Visitor Procedures: Security Officers must have qualities of patience, understanding, tact and the ability to listen and empathise with distressed customers. They must be able to direct out-of-hours callers to appropriate facilities to obtain the assistance they require, deal with matters of lost and/or found property and enter it on the Force system, deal with distressed or drunken callers to the site and present a smart, professional image to visitors calling for meetings, functions and recruitment assessments.
Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Skills & Abilities:
Must be able to deal with lost and found property in accordance with Force Procedures thus ensuring an effective and efficient service.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Merseyside BL TCL 362985
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