Security Guard
Job Reference: SG/06.2026
Salary: This is a part time role with an actual salary of up to £20,998.18 per annum, and a full-time equivalent salary of up to £23,098 per annum dependent on skills and experience.
Working Hours: 30 hours per week over 4 days, 52 weeks per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Security Guard to join our Estates department.
The purpose of the role is to unlock and secure the premises, provide a visible presence and maintain a safe working environment for both students and staff and the porterage of materials and furniture around the College.
The successful applicant must have:
- Basic knowledge in use of Intruder and Fire Alarms
- Experience with Security and fire alarms
- Previous experience of Key holding responsibility
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with staff at all levels
- Computer skills (Basic understanding of Microsoft Office Word & Excel as well as Outlook email)
- Full clean driving licence
- Physical fitness to undertake general porterage and moving of furniture
- A flexible in approach to work with the ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues across all departments and external organisations
- The ability to deal with pressurised situations and confidently challenge those not adhering to the College Code of Conduct
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
- Positive customer service skills and good organisational skills
The roles main duties include:
- Provide a safe working environment for students, staff and the public.
- Unlocking and securing the college premise.
- Providing a visible security guard presence.
- Being on call to respond to alarm call outs as required – training will be provided.
- Being a trained first aider
- Receiving incoming goods from suppliers and distributing or arranging storage
- Driving college vehicles for deliveries and collection when necessary
- Assisting with the moving of furniture and general items associated with the college Summer Works, exam furniture set up and for events as required.
- Working flexibly and pro-actively within the Estates team
This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.
Fancy a 4-day working week*?
Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month.
Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.
What we offer you in return:
- An excellent pension scheme :
- Local Government: Employer Contribution 24.5%
- A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
- In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
- 5 Weeks for Support employees, this will increase to 5.8 weeks, after 5 years’ service
- Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
- Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
- Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave
The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 28 June 2026.
Job Description and Person Specification.
Application Form.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Form.
Guidance Notes for the Application Form.
Policy Statement for Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.
Safeguarding Policy
Privacy Notice.
Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to [email protected]
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Share!