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Security Officer
We are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
A vacancy has arisen within the Security Section for the post of Security Officer.
The hours of work are an average of 37 hours per week, based on an annualised hours shift rota covering 24/7, 365 days per year.
An allowance for shift and weekend working is added to the basic pay scale.
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Making A Difference as a Security Officer
- Duties include mobile patrols of council establishments, responding to intruder / fire / panic alarm activations, keyholding duties, open / close council establishments for contractors etc., courier duties for all council departments, static duties at St Helens Crematorium and Newton Cemetery. Initial contact and response for any major emergency plan activation on behalf of the council.
- Ensuring client service level agreements are adhered to in relation to Security Industry standards.
As part of this role, you will be expected to cover the Security Co-ordinator position when required to by management. This is considered an essential responsibility. An uplift payment will be provided for the duration of this cover. For full details of the duties involved, please refer to the Security Co-ordinator job description.
Essential Requirements:
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Must have a flexible approach to working hours / shifts.
- Category B Driving Licence is essential.
- Knowledge of alarm systems would be an advantage.
Making a Difference
Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities. Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on people's lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce. There are so many reasons to choose to work at St Helens Council including the fantastic range of employee benefits and rewards on offer.
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Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.
We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications.
Equality & Diversity
We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation.
The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles
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ST HELENS COUNCIL
St Helens, Saint Helens, UK
Permanent
Published on 20 Aug 2026
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