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Join the prestigious British Museum team to protect a world-renowned cultural institution as a Control Room Officer.
Overview
Salary
£31061
Location
Bloomsbury
Expires
Expires at anytime
The British Museum, a leader in cultural preservation and education, attracts over 6 million visitors yearly. As a Control Room Officer, you'll join a dynamic team during an exciting period of development, contributing to a world-class service at the heart of the UK's leading visitor attraction.
- Monitor security feeds and coordinate responses to safety and security incidents.
- Operate and maintain state-of-the-art control room technology.
- Ensure the protection of the museum's collections, staff, and visitors.
- Experience in control room operations within crowded venues.
- Strong attention to detail and vigilance.
- Proficiency in security principles and effective communication during emergencies.
- Capability to coordinate responses and manage radio communications.
- Composure under pressure and ability to write concise incident reports.
To apply, review the job description and submit your application. Please notify [email removed - click apply for more details] of any support required during the application process. Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing December 2nd.
The British Museum is the UK’s leading visitor attraction and welcomes over 6 million visitors a year. This is an exciting time to join a dynamic and developing Department where you will play your part in delivering a world class service.
The role: As a Control Room Officer, you will play a key role in ensuring the safety and security of the UK’s number one visitor attraction, protecting the Museum, its visitors, staff and collection by providing a professional and proactive security control room operation service. You will undertake tasks such as monitoring live security feeds and security, safety, building and fire responses, coordinating the Museum’s response to incidents and alarm activations, and maintaining the Museums Control Room technology.
Job requirements: The ideal candidate will have experience in Control Room technology and functions in crowded spaces and venues, and the following skills and experiences: excellent attention to detail and able to remain vigilant over long periods of time, able to apply security principles and procedures to different situations, a confident communicator able to provide clear information in emergency situations, able to coordinate responses and control radio traffic, able to remain calm and composed when responding to emergencies, able to write accurate incident reports.
Benefits: We offer a competitive benefits package including: Membership of the civil service pension scheme, Generous annual leave allowance, Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions, Interest-free season ticket loan, Professional and personal development opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme, Discounts on food and gift shop purchases.
Applications details: For more information about this role, please see the job description. Interviews are expected to take place w/c 2 December. If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to [email removed - click apply for more details].
