Security Officer (Shifts)

About the Role

We are seeking proactive and professional Security Officers to join the 24/7 Security Service at Queen Mary University of London.

As a front-line member of the team, you will play an important role in maintaining a safe, secure and welcoming environment for our students, staff, visitors and wider campus community.

You will provide a visible and responsive security presence across the University, including patrols, incident response, support to students and staff, and assistance during emergency situations.

The role is part of a 24/7 operational Security Service and requires shift working. This includes day shifts, night shifts, weekends, public holidays and occasional changes to shift patterns to meet operational requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a first responder to incidents, including fire alarms, intruder alarms and welfare concerns
• Carrying out patrols with strong awareness of safety risks and suspicious activity
• Supporting incident response procedures, including evacuation and lockdown arrangements
• Providing information, guidance and assistance to students, staff and visitors
• Monitoring CCTV and security systems where required
• Completing incident reports and maintaining accurate records

This is an excellent opportunity to join a service that directly supports student experience, wellbeing and safety.

About You

We are looking for individuals who are professional, approachable and able to remain calm under pressure.

You will have experience in a customer-facing, security, facilities or public-facing role, and be confident dealing with a wide range of situations, including vulnerable individuals, challenging behaviour and emergency incidents.

You must be able and willing to work a 24/7 shift pattern, including nights, weekends and public holidays.

About the Department

The Directorate is one of the largest within Queen Mary, University of London, and is committed to supporting and promoting student wellbeing. We provide the highest standards of estates and facilities across the university, preparing and sustaining a working and learning environment that is fit-for-purpose, safe, secure, and clean for students, staff, and stakeholders.    

Details about the Estates and Facilities Directorate can be found at: https://qmul.ac.uk/estates.  

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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