Security Officer

Job description

Key tasks

To provide a safe, secured, courteous, professional, efficient and flexible service at all times, following Hotel Standards of Performance.
•To have a thorough understanding and knowledge of all hotel related service and products have the ability to make recommendations to hotel guests.
•To ensure all aspects of key distribution is done according to policies and procedures of the hotel and to report any discrepancy immediately to his / her direct superior.
•To maintain legible and accurate records of all control center documents to include General Security Log, Key Control, Lost and Found and Visitor Passes.
•To continuously maintain and service all equipment related, or assigned, to the department, as specified in equipment manuals.
•To ensure that all hotel vehicles are properly maintained. To control the car log books, distribution of car keys, damages and kilometers driven per day.
•To be aware of scheduled functions, group, or VIP arrivals and special events.
•To be flexible with work hours, regardless of time, during day, or night, in order to personally facilitate security arrangements of cases that require special treatment and handling.
•To project at all times a positive and motivated attitude and exercise self control.
•To undertake any reasonable tasks and secondary duties as assigned by direct superiors.
•To report guest complaints or problems to supervisors if no immediate solution can be found and assure follow up with guests.
•To respond to any changes in the Security Department function as dictated by the hotel.
•Be in the look out to identify activities that may affect the operation of the hotel such as seasonal events, current community crime trends, political activism and other, and to share any such concerns with superiors.
•To handle all tasks with diplomacy, tact, appropriate discretion and efficiency.
•To restrict access to crime/natural disaster scenes in order to preserve evidence while awaiting the arrival of authorities.
•To assist, in the absence of direct superiors, the intervention of all guest room safes and to maintain a logbook where all occurrences are recorded.
•To be fully involved in the fire safety protection program
•To be fully conversant with every detail of the hotel layout and the location and
functions of:

-Sprinkler system and smoke detectors

-Fire fighting equipment and emergency exits

-Fire control room and fire indicator panels

-Emergency evacuation / public address systems

-Emergency assembly area outside hotel

-Fire / bomb threat and security procedures

-Lifts - emergency phone numbers

-First aid equipment

Sofitel and its Ambassadors

The Sofitel brand is based on three core values guaranteed by each employee every day:
A Passion for Excellence, an Essence of Pleasure and a Spirit of Openness.

Through their actions and know-how, the Men and Women that are the creators of Sofitel’s luxury, offer clients a highly personalised service. By transforming every detail into a unique moment of pure comfort and elegance , they create and nurture a relationship with their guests.
The Sofitel values are also at the heart of the communication between employees. It is the legacy received and transmitted by all those involved in the brand to guarantee the continuity of the Sofitel spirit in the hotels and headquarters.

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Desired profile

Skills

Level of Education Secondary professional education
Areas of study General Studies
Professional experiences 1 to 2 years
Languages essential English

Essential and optional requirements

·  Excel
·  Power Point
·  Word