• Work with all levels of staff in SOAS from senior stakeholders to operational staff in the Estates and Facilities Directorate; • Work with senior academics, college registrars and administrators, school superintendents, and anyone who witnesses or becomes the victim of crime or has a problem to discuss with security connotations; • Work with insurance advisers when dealing with high value theft or any other relevant security risk; • Maintaining public order on campus and ensuring that any organised protests or gatherings are managed effectively but sensitively; • Liaising with the Police, Fire Service and other agencies in an emergency and on all issues affecting security, including high profile visits and events of all types which have a potential to create security concerns; • Being a member of SOAS’s emergency management team taking an operational role on security arrangements associated with the University’s incident handling plans and emergency planning procedures. • Providing routine investigations and reports which are compiled in a timely manner and to a consistent standard. • Ensure all necessary property inspections have been carried out and security equipment is in serviceable condition. • Ensure that sufficient staffs are on duty at all times and for ensuring cover and overtime payments for your shift team. Check details of staffing levels, advise of any rota cover shortfalls, plan annual leave for his or her team and ensure continuing cover of departmental tasks across SOAS by maximising use of resources. Call in additional resources as appropriate. • Ensure that all records relating to leave, sickness and pay are correctly managed and preserved for audit purposes for the appropriate length of time. • Act as the investigating officer on disciplinary matters for staff you are responsible for. • Responsible for ensuring procedures are in place for the secure control of all master keys. • Responsible for ensuring health and safety is adhered to so far as is reasonably practicable, ensuring a safe working environment for all employees. Complete and monitor risk assessments to meet the needs of the department; • Instigate police response and alarm engineer to intruder alarms/activities; • Ensure all fire alarm activations are responded to appropriately in accordance with SOAS procedures; • Provide weekly team brief to members of the team; • Ensure safe release of passengers stuck in a lift due to break down, through call out of the Lift Engineer; • Attendance at monthly team meetings; • Act in the role of First Aider and Fire Warden; • Ensure surveillance and monitoring of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system; • Ensure procedures are in place for the control and issue of keys; • Ensure reporting of site faults to SOAS’s maintenance team and helpdesk; • Instigate call-out procedure in the event of a major incident; • Ensure all incidents are accurately logged onto a database; • Input and report all reported crimes and deal with appropriately; • Ensure the satisfactory, prompt and accurate completion of any associated paperwork as required; • To comply with SOAS policies, management plans and procedures.
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