Job Description

Science and Technology Facilities Council
Salary: £26,437 per annum | Open-ended | Full-time (12-hour shifts) | Closing date: 1st June 2026
Plus additional shift allowances:
SDA (Shift disturbance allowance) 25% percentage of basic salary
FSDA (Further shift disturbance allowance) 26.73% of basic salary
First Aid allowance (after training)
Shift Pattern: (2 x 12hr dayshifts followed by 2 x 12hr nightshifts, followed by 4 x rest days)
Location: Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4AD

Do you have what it takes to be part of a professional security team?

Are you able to provide a highly visible, proactive, and customer-focused security service?

Ensuring performance management tasks are completed to the required standard and able to adhere to standard operating procedures.

Working effectively using own initiative when unsupervised.

Liaising with site operational staff and local emergency services to solve problems.

Do you have a flexible approach to shifts and are willing to cover overtime, sometimes at short notice?

If so, we’d like you to join our team!

About the Role

Reporting to the Deputy Facilities Manager, you’ll be part of a Security Team delivering a 24/7 service to staff, tenants, contractors, and visitors from across the UK and internationally.

The role includes front-of-house duties such as processing visitors and contractors and liaising with site hosts. You will also carry out regular patrols of the site and external buildings, both on foot and using a site security vehicle.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a highly visible and professional 24-hour security service to all site users.
• Ensuring compliance with security procedures, policies and procedures and promote a strong culture of safety and compliance.
• Control access to the site, verifying personnel and vehicle credentials.
• Operate security control desk functions, including monitoring video surveillance systems, alarm systems, emergency phones, and internal safety alarms.
• Act as an onsite first-aid responder as required (training and/or re-training will be provided as necessary).

• Monitor incoming emails and responding accordingly.

• Manage visitor/contractor access, issuing passes and parking permits as required.
• Support reception duties, calls, and general enquiries as required.
• Manage site parking for events and erect barriers and cones as required.
• Conduct regular internal and external patrols of buildings and perimeters to deter/detect and report either on foot or using site vehicles.
• Respond to emergencies and incidents such as fire, first aid and intrusions in accordance with the site emergency plan, supporting emergency teams and external emergency services as required.
• Maintain accurate records and incident reports as required.
• Flexibility to cover shifts, including holidays and short-notice absences.

Essential shortlisting criteria

• Experience of working in professional security role (or police or military experience). (S&I)
• Experience working 12-hour shifts. (S&I)
• Full UK driving licence. (S)
• Strong customer service and communication skills. (S&I)
• Minimum of 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent). (S)
• NVQ/Level 2 Certificate in Public Services (Uniformed) or Security, or Level 2 Certificate in security services (eg. City & Guilds “Providing Security Services” Certificate). (S)
• Competent user of Microsoft Word and Outlook. (S&I)
• Excellent report writing skills. (S&I)
• Flexible and reliable approach to shift work. (S&I)
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role. (I)
• Awareness of health and safety practices. (S&I)

Please note: candidates who have applied within the last 12 months need not apply.

What we can offer you

We are offering a whole host of family-friendly benefits, including:

• 240 hours’ leave per year.
• 84 hours’ public/privileged holidays per year.
• An excellent pension scheme.
• Employee shopping/travel discounts.
• A salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme.

Plus many more benefits and wellbeing initiatives that enable our employees to have a great work-life balance.

We ask some of the biggest questions in the universe, to answer some of the biggest challenges in the world. Together, our scientists, technologists, engineers and business support team explore the unknown across every field you could think of. And they turn what they find into work that changes the world around us.

What could you achieve with the world-leading facilities and experts of one of Europe's largest research organisations by your side?

Join us and discover what’s possible by submitting your CV and covering letter which outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified, along with your motivation for STFC and the role.

As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status, we will be unable to apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK. You can check your eligibility here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y

UKRI - UK Research and Innovation

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

More information can be found at www.ukri.org

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI

How we support EDI in the workforce

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit ‘How we support EDI in the workforce’.

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, any candidate who opts into the scheme and best meets the essential criteria, will be shortlisted for interview. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

How to apply

Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered. Assessment will only be based upon the content of your submitted covering letter and CV and not the ‘experience’ section of the application.

UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion – a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be rejected and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

As part of the pre-employment checks there is a requirement to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Screening. BPSS is a pre-condition of employment and failure to achieve it may mean that the employment offer is rescinded. UKRI reserves the right to run, or re-run, security clearance as required during the course of employment.