Area Relief Officer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Taunton
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Security
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Security experience Door Supervisor (DS) Licence Full UK driving licence Patrolling Emergency response Customer service Incident reporting Flexibility to travel

FULL DESCRIPTION

Area Relief Officer

Location: Taunton area | Employment: Full time | Hourly Rate: £12.71 | Closing Date: 2 June 2026

Flexibility to travel as this role will cover various DWP sites within the region. Full UK driving licence required.

Job Overview

  • Ensure a safe and secure environment for the DWP staff, visitors, and property.
  • Patrol the premises regularly to identify potential security threats.
  • Respond effectively to emergencies or suspicious situations.
  • Liaise with local law enforcement and emergency services as needed.
  • Provide a high level of customer service and assist staff and visitors in any security-related matter.
  • Conduct routine security checks and submit incident reports as appropriate.
  • Adhere to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and DWP security policies, procedures, and regulations.

Security and Health & Safety

  • Look out for, and to immediately report, any Health & Safety hazards, or potential hazards, on site.
  • Stay alert to any threats or changes within the work environment to take the appropriate action to reduce the chance of disruption, loss or damage.
  • Use common sense and initiative by immediately involving others if a situation appears to become threatening.
  • To maintain professional conduct in the face of difficult situations and challenging customers.
  • Complete an accurate, detailed notebook entry as soon as possible after any incident, which can then be used as part of the Incident Report process.
  • Keep to schedules and demonstrate commitment to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and the Client.
  • To call emergency services and Communication Centre to report all incidents.

What we are looking for

  • Previous Security Experience
  • Licence required – DS Licence Preferred
  • Full UK driving licence required.

Benefits

  • Pension
  • Life Assurance
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Employee Shares Schemes
  • Salary Finance Options
  • Holiday

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]).

We award our employees with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

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