Hours: 40 Hours – over four-night shift pattern
Work pattern: on a four night on, four night off basis
Duration: Permanent Salaried
West Midlands Safari Park are currently recruiting for the position of Night Security Officer to deliver an overnight security service across the site.
This exciting role will deliver a security focused service ensuring a safe environment, patrolling throughout the night, monitoring and maintaining the protection of the premises, responding to any irregularities, communicating any key information to team leaders and management, monitoring and analysing CCTV footage and completion of nightly security logs. As part of your role, you will assist our Guest Service Host function with the delivery of an end-to-end accommodation support service for all of our onsite guests to achieve a consistent delivery of outstanding service at all times.
About you
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated and enthusiastic, possessing excellent concentration skills whilst remaining alert and aware of surroundings. You will maintain a professional attitude at all times positively building guest relationships through exception interaction and communication skills.
You will have previous experience working in a customer facing security position, ideally within the hospitality, events or leisure and tourism industry and will hold a current SIA Licence. This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, this disclosure will need to be satisfactory to the Company for employment to commence.
Due to the role accessing all areas across the business, the successful candidate will need to hold a full, valid Driving Licence. You will hold a current First Aid at Work qualification or be willing to undertake a First Aid at Work qualification through the business.
You will need to be flexible in your approach to work outside of standard hours, adjustment to standard hours may be required to provide additional support to Safari events and business needs.
As well as benefiting from working in a unique and beautiful setting, you’ll also receive a range of additional perks to employment including:
What we are
West Midlands Safari Park is an award-winning visitor attraction, located in Worcestershire in the heart of England. It is home to some of the world’s most beautiful and critically endangered species, with a four-mile Safari Drive, Safari Walk with a Discovery Trail, African Village and Lemur Woods, allowing guests to experience up close encounters with hundreds of amazing animals. Guests can also choose from a wide range of catering and retail outlets, as well as enjoying a large amusement area with over 21 rides and attractions providing the ideal venue for family days out.
In 2021, the Park introduced Safari Lodges – luxury accommodation allowing guests to stay overnight for the first time. Guests can wake up to incredible sights of elephants, giraffe, rhinos, hippos and red pandas, or sleep just a ‘whisker’ away from lions, tigers and cheetahs.
In addition, the Park is home to three incredible venues – Spring Grove House, Treetops Pavillion and Cellarz, which play host to weddings, corporate events and social celebrations.
What we do
Our mission is to bring people together to create unique wildlife experiences that exhilarate, educate and leave memories to last a lifetime.
Our 200-acre site allows us to do just that, whether you’re a day guest, wedding guest or overnight guest! We create experiences unlike no other, attracting visitors from across the Midlands and beyond.
Our brand and our team members live by our core values. We’re passionate and work with a sense of togetherness, always striving to be progressive, with preservation at the heart of everything we do, all while creating unforgettable experiences.
Through these principles we aspire to achieve our vision: to be the number one UK wildlife attraction through the creation of immersive animal habitats and unique visitor experiences.
West Midlands Safari Park is home to some of the world's most beautiful and critically endangered species, with a 4-mile Safari Drive, walk-through Discovery Trail, African Village and Lemur Woods exhibiting hundreds of exotic animal species with close encounters. The 200-acre site includes a wide range of catering and retail outlets and a large amusement area with over 25 rides and attractions providing the ideal venue for family days out.
West Midlands Safari Park is a leading business in the UK Leisure Industry providing over 500 jobs within a range of fields including catering, ride operation, retail, education, wildlife management, conservation, guest services, events, HR, Management, Health and Safety, Construction, Art, Design and Marketing.
There are three fantastic venues within the grounds, which host a variety of events including meetings, conferences, awards shows, banqueting dinners, weddings, public events and more!
