Vacancies: Security Officer, Security Supervisor
A well established Company in the Maritime sector, offering it’s services’ to global network of clientele is looking for vibrant, energetic and intelligent individuals to join their team as listed below:
Position: Security Officer
Reports to: Security Supervisor
Job Purpose:
Maintaining a safe and secure environment for customers and employees
Responsibilities:
- Preventing losses and damage by reporting irregularities; informing violators of policy and procedures; restraining trespassers.
- Actively maintaining the confidentiality of information to which officers will be privy, be this around individuals or security sensitive information.
- Completing relevant records and log books in a professional manner providing sufficient details.
- Maintaining all security related equipment and working areas to a high standard of cleanliness and safety and ensuring all defects are reported.
- Ensuring the effective control and maintenance of keys and security equipment including any equipment e.g. radios.
- Providing support in an emergency or evacuation situation, in a calm professional manner.
- Carrying out internal and external patrols, day and night to ensure a safe and secure environment, promptly reporting and escalating potential breaches of security or unusual occurrences
Knowledge/Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required:
- Knowledge of safety and emergency procedures
- Ability to work effectively and constructively within a team
- Ability to handle modern security gadgets
- Ability to assess a situation quickly, using appropriate actions to diffuse a situation and provide effective solutions, particularly with people demonstrating disruptive behaviors.
- Ability to control emotions and be objective
- Ability to exercise judgments and make decisions
- Effective interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to maintain a sense of calm and control in difficult situations, minimizing panic in others.
- Ability to use initiative and be adaptable.
Requirements
- A minimum of school certificate and relevant training on security.
- Must have good knowledge of the security situation in the Maritime Industry and country as a whole
- Must be proactive and forward thinking.
- Must be good at organizing and managing priorities
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment
- Must be reliable and trustworthy
- Must be committed and dedicated to duty
- Must have strong integrity and ethical values.
Position: Security Supervisor
Reports to: Chief Security Officer
Job Summary:
To have a full oversight of safety and security within and around the working environment
Job Purpose:
Supervise and coordinate the activities of personnel assigned to maintain security and safety of people and property.
Responsibilities:
- Supervising the activities of subordinates
- Conducting briefings at the start of shifts, giving security officers updates on safety/security matters.
- Scheduling security officers to cover designated facilities and shifts
- Conducting spot/mystery checks on various locations to ensure security officers are performing their duties and also look out for potential safety/fire hazards and unusual or suspicious activities/persons.
- Conducting routine inspections of all security equipment and making recommendations.
- Conducting periodic risk assessments on safety and security and making recommendations for reviews/improvements of existing procedures.
- Dealing appropriately with repress and incidences reported by security officers and staff in general and escalating it to CSO where appropriate.
- Ensuring full compliance with statutory security codes such as the ISO and ISPC codes.
Knowledge/Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required:
- Proven leadership skills with demonstrated ability to co-ordinate and delegate responsibilities.
- Ability to work effectively and constructively within a team
- Ability to assess a situation quickly, using appropriate actions to diffuse a situation and provide effective solutions, particularly with people demonstrating disruptive behaviors.
- Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles
- Knowledge of security and fire inspection procedures and practices.
- Skills in observing situations and decision making.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders including people of different cultures.
- Ability to maintain a sense of calm and control in difficult situations, minimizing panic in others.
- Ability to use initiative and be adaptable.
- Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups and/or board of directors.
Requirements
- A degree in Social Science and ether higher degrees is an added advantage.
- Certificate trainings on security and safety especially in the Maritime industry is key
- Experience in a management/supervisory role
- Must have strong integrity and ethical values
- Must have extensive knowledge of security situations in the industry and country as a whole.
- Must have strong negotiation skills
- Must be proactive and forward thinking.
- Must be good al organizing and managing priorities
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment
- Must be motivated and committed
- Must be reliable and trustworthy
- Ability to understand and solve complex problems
Remuneration: Remuneration attached to each position is attractive and competitive with the existing terms in the industry
Application Deadline:
Application must be received latest, 8th August 2013.
Mode of Application:
If you meet the requirements for the above positions, apply with copies of your curriculum Vitae (CV) –not more than two pages to the appropriate e-mail address as stated below: facilitiesmanager@hotmail.com (Applying for Facilities Manager) corpaffairsmgr@hotmail.com (Applying for Corporate Affairs Manager)
