A Safety and Security Assistant is required to join our team in Wembley.
This is a night-shift role with a shift pattern of 4 nights on and 4 nights off, the shifts are 12 hours long and fall between the hours of 8pm-8am. We do require some flexibility for overtime.
A full UK driving licence is an essential requirement for this role.
WHAT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ASSISTANT JOB INVOLVES:
The Safety and Security Assistant role is varied and challenging where no one day is the same. You`ll be working within a friendly and supportive team and playing a vital role in ensuring that students living in our properties have a great experience.
Your responsibilities will include:
Making regular patrols across multiple sites to provide safety and security support
Identifying, reacting, reporting and escalating emergency situations, providing handovers and debriefs to relevant departments
Handling any complaints, issues or incidents with the appropriate level of involvement from the emergency services
Completing Health and Safety Audits and Fire Safety checks
Identifying and resolving safety hazards and risks and responding to alarm activations
Following customer management protocols when dealing with behaviour and wellbeing issues
Undertaking administration duties including completing incident logs
Providing reception support and customer service
Maintaining positive community relationships with Neighbours, local communities and local authorities
So, if you`re looking for a career with great development potential, where you can be customer focused, results driven, work on your initiative and have fun doing it, you`ve come to the right place.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN YOU:
Demonstrable ability to take a calm, professional and objective approach when handling difficult situations
A full UK driving licence
A positive and collegiate attitude
Flexibility to work nights and weekends and to take part in a Rota
The ability to understand, empathise and deliver against customer needs
Computer literacy with the ability to use Microsoft Office
The ability to work at pace, whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy
Excellent personal time management and prioritisation skills
Self-motivation and the ability to work on your initiative
ABOUT UNITE STUDENTS:
Unite Students revolutionised student housing in 1991, opening the first private and large-scale accommodation, created specifically for students. From pioneering to leading a thriving sector in the UK, Unite is now a FTSE250 company. We offer safe, high quality and bills-inclusive homes for around 50,000 students in 140 properties, across 28 university cities, working with 60 Universities.
Our 1,250 employees are committed to listening to our students and growing our business to anticipate and nurture their needs. Investors in People (IiP) recently awarded us `Gold Status` an accolade which recognises that Unite Students offers a great place to work with a clear commitment to developing employees. We are also accredited as a Living Wage employer by The Living Wage Foundation. Through our charity, The Unite Foundation, we have awarded free student accommodation and generous scholarships to 116 young people.
Unite Students is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome people of all ages, ethnicities, disabilities, religions or sexual orientations. We`re only interested in your talent, your potential and your personality and in offering you an environment where all three can develop and grow - regardless of your background. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.