Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Reporting to the Security Manager, the primary function of this role is to ensure that the security of the school is run effectively. The security manager is accountable to the responsible Director for the school but since he cannot be there for (24) hours a day, he has to be supported.
The Security officer’s responsibility is to support the security manager in such a manner that when he is not present security officer covers him and works collaboratively with outsourced security guards.

Preferred Qualifications and Experience
• 5 years experience as the Security Officer preferably in a School set-up.
• Must have completed secondary education with relevant training in security management and child protection or related fields is required.

Professional Competencies:
• An active leadership style with high visibility both within the school and throughout the community
• Demonstrated leadership skills and an ability to engage with and inspire trust in faculty members, students, and members of the IST community
• Commitment to student-centered learning
• Ability to develop a shared vision and accountability in a community of diverse cultures
• Maintain high ethical standards and ensure appropriate levels of confidentiality
• Current with research in international education
• Ability to inspire faculty and staff to grow and challenge themselves individually, and as a group.
• Excellent communication skills in spoken and written form
• Ability to work effectively with the Board and strong knowledge of effective governance
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• Empathetic and compassionate, yet able to make difficult decisions in the best interests of students and the entire school community.
• Experience in developing and/or sustaining high performance teams
• Sound decision making, solutions focused, knowledge of child protection and health and safety
• Highly effective relationship developer with a variety of stakeholders
• Collaborative team player, empathetic listener
• Integrity and confidentiality
• Strategic thinker, able to convert vision into action
• Internationally minded, emotional intelligence
• Intercultural awareness, creative, persuasive
• Flexible and capable of managing growth and instilling high standards
• Adept in multilingual settings, spirited, pioneering, professional and nurturing

Responsibilities
• The primary responsibilities for Security Officer will be:
• Assist in checking the Inventory List with physical items and ensure that all working equipment are in good working order.
• Check that all outsourced security guards report on duty as per contractual agreement and report any breach of this to the security manager
• Check the occurrence book for any report made by the previous shift and discuss these with the outsourced security coordinator and make sure the security manager is well informed
• Check the email for any new instructions; if necessary clarify with the security manager.
• Give the security guards their specific instructions before deployment.
• Ensure that all outsourced guards are correctly equipped through liaising with site superintendent before taking up their assignments.
• Make sure that all security guards of the shift know exactly what is required of them in terms of the school instructions through liaising with their security team leaders.
• Check and monitor the outsourced security guards performance and correct any areas, which need improvement.
• Brief the outsourced security supervisors on changing situations as informed by principals, security manager or any relevant authority from the school
• Patrol around the school; this may be day or night patrol, gather information so that you are fully aware should the outsourced security team leaders not report as they should.
• Brief the outsourced security supervisors to make sure they send security guards out on patrol, encouraging them to check for information related to the prevention, detection and countering of any activity or actions that are visible or audible.
• To make sure outsourced security guards do check on the state of doors windows and gates after normal working hours.
• Conduct investigation of incident/accident as appropriate.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned to him by the security manager.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Applications and enquiries should be directed to staffrecruitment@istafrica.com 

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