View Vacancy - Security Officer, The Hague & Amsterdam (NLD18.211)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Security

The British Embassy in The Hague is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is looking for a Security Officer.

The main purpose of the job is to work with the Security team to ensure a safe and secure working environment for the staff and visitors to the British Embassy The Hague and British Consulate General in Amsterdam.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Supervise access to the building;                                                                                        
  • Supervise security and other work in and around the buildings and staff accommodation;
  • Monitor the CCTV system;
  • Deal with the public in a courteous and efficient manner;
  • Undertake security checks / patrols in and around the premises;
  • Liaise with local police, municipality and security staff in other Missions;
  • Check all incoming mail and deliveries;
  • Driving duties as required;
  • Perform other duties at the discretion of the Post Security Officer and Security Manager.
  • A good level of spoken and written English;
  • Strong interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to work effectively and flexibly with others;
  • Ability to understand customers’ needs;
  • Full, clean driving licence;
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft products such as Word and Outlook;
  • Professional driving skills combined with a security background.
  • Experience working in the field of Security;
  • Experience working under pressure, or in short term crisis scenarios;
  • A good level of spoken Dutch;
26 June 2018
S1
Full-time, Fixed term, with possibility of renewal
36
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Netherlands
The Hague
British Embassy
2
EUR
2,343.93
1 August 2018

The successful candidate will initially be offered an one year employment contract at S1 level. The base salary for this position is €2,343.93 gross per month, based on a working week of 36 hours. In addition, an 8% annual holiday allowance and a monthly travel allowance are payable. The Embassy currently applies a performance based bonus pay model for local staff.

Applicants must be legally entitled to work in The Netherlands. Please note that The Embassy is not a tax withholding employer. Consequently staff members are responsible for paying their own income tax and social security on the gross salary received.

The successful candidate will undergo a professional background check; any job offer is also provisional to a successful security clearance check.

The Embassy encourages a culture of continuous learning. All employees have access to the Civil Service Learning platform which gives access to training to improve job specific skills. Employees are entitled to a minimum number of annual training days.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please be advised that the British Diplomatic Missions will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.