Store Detective

Location

Colchester, Essex | United Kingdom

Job description

About the role

Title – Store Detective

Pay Rate – £13.23ph

Location – Colchester area, Chelmsford Ipswich and Bury St Edmonds

Shift Timings – 45 hrs. Tuesday to Saturday 

You will be working in a well-known retail store, which holds various stock ranging from food/drink, homeware and clothing. The role as a store detective is to work undercover as additional support to the security officers on site. You will be required to work in plain clothes, blending in as part of the general public, ensuring you are vigilant for shoplifters/suspicious activity. As you are plain clothed, you will be undetectable to shoplifters, making this role a vital aspect of the business. To ensure you remain undetected, this role requires you to work in multiple stores, and so the right candidate must be willing to travel (expenses will be discussed upon interview stage).

What will you get in return?

Please note all our roles require transfer to our client on a permanent basis after 12 weeks, with the following amazing benefits being offered upon transfer.

• Company-funded SIA License renewal.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Smart tech – allowing employees to buy the latest tech, deducted from their salaries monthly at no additional interest.
• Salary finance loans and monthly advances.
• Vouchers across various retailers such as Sainsbury’s, Argos, and ASDA, as well as holidays, leisure, fashion, pets, and many more.
• Save as you earn.
• Life cover.
• Private medical cover.
• Childcare vouchers.
• Private pensions.
• Fantastic opportunity to join an evolving family.

Your main responsibilities may include:

• Work in ‘plain clothes’ to ensure shoplifting is kept to a minimum
• Support the security officers on site
• Follow ASCONE
• Investigating Disturbances, as well as monitoring the entry and exit points of the retail store.
• Confidently calling for help in emergency situations and operating theft-detecting devices.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following:

• 6 months experience as a store detective or loss prevention officer is essential.
• Be confident in working independently.
• SIA License.
• 5-year checkable work/career history.
• Physically fit to undertake given tasks.
• Possess the ability to work under pressure.

About our company

At BardWood Support Services we are recruitment specialists, supporting the facilities industry in the UK since 2015. We recognise that PEOPLE are our most valued resource and as such we aim to ensure our workers are matched within the right role that suits them, with a view to help them progress.

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Salary

£13.23 per hour