Security Porter

The Security Porter will often provide the first impression of the school, it is therefore

important that they are always professional, diplomatic, authoritative, and dress

appropriately for the role. The Security Porter role covers a wide range of responsibilities

including implementing and acting upon emergency procedures, working across the

grounds of the college, patrolling, providing reassurance, and safeguarding the College's

assets.

We are looking for a candidate that will demonstrate strong customer service and

communication skills and the ability to be resilient and remain calm under pressure. The

successful candidate will have a professional, warm and friendly manner, good levels of

computer literacy, ability to work on their own without direction and enjoy working as part of a team.

Key responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour point of contact for all security related matters.
• Proactively carry out regular patrols of campus on foot and by security vehicle and deal with incidents as they arise, ensuring records of all incidents reported are maintained. Reporting trends, patterns and threats.
• Act as principle point of contact for fire alarm monitoring when on duty.
• Respond promptly to any College alarm, recording any actions taken.
• Monitoring of visitors to the college liaising with local law and emergency services where required to enhance the provision of a safe and secure college environment.
• Ensure buildings and windows are secured and locked down.
• Ensure competent knowledge and working procedures of security systems including intruder and fire alarms, CCTV, computerised access control, security radio systems and emergency response.
• Monitor CCTV and fire alarm manager modules to respond effectively where and when required.
• Meet and Greet visitors to the college in a professional and welcoming manner.
• Build relationships with various departments to provide a safe and secure environment.
• Maintain the College’s Traffic and Car Parking Policy.
• Identify areas of risk.
• Report key incidents.
• Log non-emergency faults.

Commercial Lettings:

• During your working hours, be the first point of contact for external lettings during the
• school holidays.
• Dealing with issues arising (contacting the maintenance team if required).

Hours of work

There are three shift patterns available: 7 pm to 3 am, 9 pm to 5 am and 11 pm to 7 am. The period between 9 pm and 5 am will be covered by two security porters, the remaining time will be lone working,

We envisage a six-day shift, which including holiday cover for other members of the team, makes a total of 197 working days per annum (excluding own holiday).

How to apply

Applications can be submitted via the link on the school website

www.radley.org.uk/employment.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon, Friday 30 August 2024 but we reserve the right to consider applications as they arrive.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the vacancy please contact the HR department - hr@radley.org.uk.