Campus Safety and Security Officer

The University of Roehampton is recruiting to the role of Campus Safety and Security Duty Officer to join our central campus safety and security team. Overseeing a 54-acre site across 3 different campuses, this is an excellent role for someone who likes a role where no two days are the same. 

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in providing first class customer service and works collaboratively. The successful candidate will be part of a team providing vital campus wide support where they will be maintaining the physical safety and security of our grounds and students, staff, and guests, through dealing with issues ranging from anti-social behaviour to supporting the work of the emergency services. 

Key responsibilities will include providing a compassionate and customer focussed first point of contact service to our student and staff population, act as a first responder to incidents on campus, undertake patrolling, fire assessments, address anti-social behaviour and be an active member of the University community. 

The successful candidate will have skills and experience in providing high levels of customer service, prior security or related experience, and handling conflict as well as good computer literacy. Security Officers work across different sites and are expected to drive one of the company vehicles. Therefore the successful candidate must hold a clean UK full manual driving licence. 

We are London’s Campus University, based on a beautiful 54-acre parkland campus. This short video will give you a taste of life at our wonderful campus and its excellent facilities. 

This role operates on 12-hour shifts, 2 on/2 off/3 on/2 off/2 on/3 off, alternating day shift to night shift every two weeks, averaging 42 hours per week, with every alternate weekend off. The salary advertised reflects a 42-hour week and is inclusive of an additional security payment for unsocial working. Professional Services on Grade RU7 and above, have access to the University’s Retirement Savings Group Pension Plan, a defined contribution scheme.  Our full range of benefits are available here. 

Further information can be found on the job description. If you would like to apply for this excellent opportunity, please click on ‘apply now’ or visit the working at Roehampton pages of our website and search ‘Security’. 

The University is committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity and aims to create a culture and environment where students and staff are treated fairly. The University is an equal opportunities and ‘disability confident’ employer.  

There is no closing date for completed applications, as we will be reviewing applications upon receipt so, please don’t hesitate to get your application completed. 

To enable us to respond to the market, Interviews may be conducted as and when suitable candidates are found.

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