We are Wales Millennium Centre - Fire for the Imagination
Role Title: Security Commissionaire (Security Guard)
Salary Bracket: £26,652 per annum
Closing Date: 03 April 2025
About WMC/Our Department:
- The security team are on site 24/7 365 days a year keeping our 7.5 acre site, staff, resident organisations and visitors safe and secure
- The Security team sits as a core part of the Business Operations department delivering a fast-paced operation in a Wales’ National Arts Centre.
- Our security team were finalists for the 2022 Fire and Security industry excellence awards in the Diversity and inclusivity category for our partnership with Tiger Bay security, a local Security agency.
About the Role and Responsibilities:
- The role of a Commissionaire is to act as a security guard for the site providing a manned guarding function all the while embodying the Values and Pillars of Wales Millennium Centre.
- Commissionaires provide a high visibility, reassuring security presence as well as working behind the scenes to monitor CCTV, and our Life safety systems as well as access control.
- You will join a team providing 24/7 security to the site.
- You will combine the role of a patrolling security guard with that of a Control room operator.
- Answering to the Security Operations Manager you will support in driving our security practices and systems towards continuous improvement.
Key Requirements:
- At least 2 years previous security experience.
- Be self-motivated and able to work well in a team environment.
- Ability to work a 4 days on 4 days off shift pattern, including over-night, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
- The ability to conduct regular patrols and the operating of CCTV systems to monitor security of site, customers, visitors and staff is essential.
- Demonstratable knowledge and understanding of deployment on site for an incident or accident and to take the appropriate steps to achieve resolution.
- Good interpersonal skills are essential and the ability to read, write and communicate in Welsh will be an advantage.
- Strong administrative skills to ensure the recording of relevant activities, patrols, checks and incidents in the appropriate logs.
- It would be advantageous to have First Aid as well as an IOSH qualification.
Your role may be subject to a DBS check
What’s in it for you?
- 25 days of annual leave plus bank holiday, based on a 35-hour week, pro rata for part time.
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave (subject to length of service)
- Health cash plan: receive money towards dental and optical care, complimentary treatments such as chiropractic, osteopathic and acupuncture treatments.
- Medical Assistance membership which includes remote access to GP, counselling, and physiotherapy sessions
- Employee assistance programmes which include access to support services for legal, financial, and family concerns
- Life assurance of 4x annual salary.
- Opportunity to apply for tickets to productions
- CLWB – Our employee social group
- NEWID – our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion networking group who meet monthly to discuss new ideas and training opportunities to improve all aspects of employment at WMC.
- Free access to learn Welsh online
- £5 all-day parking available on working and non-working days.
At Wales Millennium Centre, our commitment to diversity and inclusion goes beyond words; it is a fundamental aspect that guides our actions. Adhering to the principles outlined in Section 158 of the Equality Act 2010, we actively embrace positive action in our recruitment and selection processes. Recognising the underrepresentation of specific groups, particularly individuals with disabilities, and those from Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse backgrounds, within our workforce, we have implemented proactive measures to address this disparity.
Through our positive action approach, applicants of our advertised roles from these underrepresented groups, meeting the minimum criteria detailed in the role profile, will be shortlisted for interview selection. Our commitment extends beyond meeting legal obligations; we aspire to cultivate a workplace that authentically embraces the rich diversity of our global society.
