Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001800

Date posted

19/09/2025

Apply by

03/10/2025

Salary

13.26 per hour

Contractual hours

0

Basis

Casual

Job category/type

Other

Casual Mobile Guard

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

Casual Mobile Security Guard

Ty Elai Williamstown Tonypandy

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The Security section of the CCTV unit provides alarm/key holder response service for various service areas throughout RCT. As a mobile security officer your role will include attending and patrolling buildings, schools and leisure facilities depots and council offices.



You will be required to use a tag monitored reporting system and liaise with the CCTV control Centre Staff/Police and other Agencies when necessary. Working as required, including shift work, Bank Holidays and weekends you will form part of a small team in a closed and confidential environment.



Capable of working on your own initiative with the ability to prioritise, you should demonstrate excellent communication skills.



You must be able to work and concentrate under pressure with the ability to cope with incidents calmly. Effective observation skills and attention to detail are vital. You need to be computer literate and able to operate the surveillance system following a period of training. You must hold a valid UK driving license.



For an informal discussion please contact Wayne Bluck

wayne.bluck@rctcbc.gov.uk



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.





In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.