Protection Officer

As our Protection Officer of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Consistently apply safety principles in all interactions and take personal responsibility for the safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities.
• Provide specialised close protection services to senior managers, executives, and VIP visitors by ensuring their safety and security.
• Respond tactically to security incidents, criminal activity, or alarm activations to prevent harm to the organisation or its people.
• Conduct preliminary crime scene investigations to ensure proper scene preservation, interview witnesses, take statements, open investigation dockets, and maintain case books and exhibit registers according to the best industry practices.
• Manage high-risk crowds and control riots during labour or civil unrest incidents to protect company assets, employees, and reputation.
• Prevent criminal activities by performing vehicle-based patrols of high-risk areas, observing duties, setting up roadblocks, assisting security officers during peak hours by searching people and vehicles, and conducting prohibited substance testing.
• Conduct security audits and surveys to identify potential security threats and compile detailed reports to mitigate those risks.
• Represent protection services management after hours or when directed, ensuring that all security-related issues are managed efficiently and effectively.
• Outputs:
  • All executives, VIP Visitors, and senior managers are secured per the Protection Services Operational Plan.
  • Response time, number of thefts prevented, and arrests made.
  • Quality of investigation dockets and investigation administration.
  • Number of resolved cases.
  • Damage and loss of company property and employees were minimised during the unrest.
  • Frequency of inspections and irregularities detected.
  • Adherence to the inspection schedule.
  • All inquiries were resolved satisfactorily.

This role is in SHEPS & Contractor Management (SHEPS&CM) department on a band 8.7 level reporting to the Security Operations Supervisor