Security Guard at GIZ Nigeria

Vacancy No: 039

Responsibilities & Tasks
The Security Guard is responsible for:

• Guarding, patrolling, or monitoring the premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules.

Tasks:
Office Services - The Security Guard:

• Patrol the premises, conduct safety inspections and perform checks on windows, doors, gates, fence and fence security wires and other areas that trespassers may use to gain illegal access, prevent and detect signs of intrusion.
• General access control and inform staff about visitors by telephone and guide visitors to respective staff offices.
• Ensure that those who should not be granted access into the premises are professionally and politely prevented from gaining access or escorted from the premises.
• Write reports of daily activities (daily handing and taking over notes or any other reports) keep daily register of visitors (names address and telephone numbers) in a legible manner for reference.
• Warn persons of rule infractions or violations and apprehend or evict violators from premises, using force if necessary and with the consent of management, contact the law enforcement agents.
• Inspect and adjust security systems if any, operate detecting devices if any, screen visitors and prevent passage of prohibited articles in and out of the premises.
• Protect persons and property on the premises, including employees and visitors, general office equipment, project vehicles and staff vehicles and report any threat to the safety of same to the management promptly.
• Answer alarms and investigate disturbances, detect crime or detect crimes in action and implement contingency plans, including the evacuation of building. If necessary, with the consent of the management, call the police or Fire department in cases of emergency.
• Detailed regulation on access to cars into the premises will be handed to the security guard separately
• Support Office Administration - The Security Guard:
• Open on daily basis the main entrance to the office and or any other entrance in the morning for the cleaners and close all opened doors at the close of work.
• Check water level on the ground tanks and pump water to the overhead tank on daily basis and report damage to water supply or pumping machine promptly.
• Check fluid level of generator supplies, switch on and off the generator as soon as power is cut and restored respectively.
• Daily record of generator usage
• Calculation and check of Diesel consumption of generator (Refill and fill generator)
• Ensures record of Monthly supplies of diesel for the MOVE Programme
• Documentation of report for generator check, service and repairs
• Collect on behalf of the office all mail and or courier and hand them over to the reception as soon as possible.
• Ensure all security lightings within the office are functional and report non-functional lighting points promptly for replacement to the office manager.
• Ensure that all climbing equipment (e.g. ladder) is always securely locked when not in use.
• Check regularly if there is any dangerous item lying around or situation on the premises and next to the entrance or other situations posing a health threat. Inform the persons responsible for the same to take it off.
• Prevent people especially children approaching such dangerous area. If the issue cannot be solved inform the management rapidly.

Other Duties / Additional Tasks - The Security Guards:

• Assist in making photocopies and scans documents as needed
• Support in loading and offloading of items delivered into the office.
• Carries out minor repairs as required keeping office equipment operational
• Support the waste disposal service in evacuating all solid waste within the office. ▪ Checks office supplies, invoices for goods, delivery note and record any complaints
• Check deliveries – assures quality and materially correctness of deliveries
• Accept goods and ensures that the receipt is documented, and goods received are checked appropriately
• Support in stock management of training materials and office supplies.
• Coordinate in an emergency situation the contact to security forces and/or doctor(hospital) to assure quick action of the same
• Any other duties/ instructions given in furtherance of MOVE operations as assigned by the management.

Required Qualifications, Competencies and Experience
Formal Education:

• Minimum of Secondary School Education.

Professional Experience:

• 1-3 years’ professional experience in a comparable position

Desired Additional Qualifications, Competencies and Experiences:

• A good knowledge of first aid.
• Good communication skills.
• Must be smart, intelligent, and energetic, sit or stand for extended period and able to lift up to 50 lbs and do regularly exercises
• Have a good understanding and practice of vigilance
• Must be able to remain calm in situations like high tension between him/her and another person
• Must be polite and courteous to both staff and visitors.
• Willingness to undertake a flexible shift pattern to include night shifts (except for female guards) in accordance with the security duty roaster.
• Reliability and good organisational skills, appropriate clean clothing or uniformed appearance.

Salary
According to GIZ salary scale for Band