Event Security Officer (Driving Licence Required) Leicester, England
Job description
We are looking for SIA Event/Festival Security to join our expanding team at major events & festivals across the Midlands and UK wide for our summer season 2023.
Benefits of working for us:
- Plenty of shifts available at some of the UKs biggest Events & Festivals
- Flexibility to choose your own shifts and work around your existing commitments
- 24/7 access to our online scheduling system to plan your shifts
- A fantastic team/ company culture
- Company provided transport
Midlands Protection Services work on some of the UKs largest events/festivals. As a company we pride ourselves on delivering excellence in this field and do this by ensuring those that work for us give our customers and their customers the best possible experience.
People are at the heart of everything we do and that starts with those that work for us.
Duties whilst on shift:
- Checking a person’s suitability to enter an event/festival and refusing those that don’t meet the entry criteria
- Ticket validation, physical body and bag searches
- Controlling access points/ exit gates and site perimeter patrolling
- Responding & reporting to incidents as they occur, on occasion ejecting unsuitable individuals
- Supporting customers by utilising effective customer service skills
- Crowd control – directing foot traffic, queue management, maintaining order, reporting anti-social behaviour.
- Maintaining security by guarding property and/ or equipment
About you, what we require:
- A valid in-date SIA Door Supervisor licence
- Have strong verbal communication skills
- Excellent timekeeping
- An approachable manner with superb customer facing skills
- The ability to handle confrontational situations whilst remaining calm & professional at all times
- Smart & Presentable
- Confident
- Team Player
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Freelance, Zero hours contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 40 per week
Salary: £11.00-£13.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Performance bonus
Experience:
- security: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- SIA Door Supervisor Licence (required)
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
