Retail Security Officer

  • Ref:
    105205
  • Location:
    Harlow
  • Employment:
    Full time
  • Closing Date:
    23 October 2026

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RETAIL SECURITY OFFICER

Full-Time Position • 45 Hours Per Week • £13.70 Per Hour

Estimated Annual Salary: £32,058 per year before tax, based on 45 hours per week at £13.70 per hour.

Benefits & Opportunities

  • 20% staff discount
  • Access to additional discounts through the Mitie employee platform
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Opportunities for career progression
  • Overtime available when required
  • Company-issued mobile phone
  • Company-issued body-worn camera

About the Role

We are looking for a well-spoken, professional and reliable Retail Security Officer to join our team. The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills, a professional manner and the ability to communicate confidently with customers, colleagues and management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Providing a visible and professional security presence
  • Preventing and detecting theft and loss
  • Monitoring the store and responding appropriately to incidents
  • Assisting customers and staff when required
  • Maintaining a safe and secure environment
  • Following company security procedures and policies
  • Completing incident reports accurately when required
  • Using company-issued security equipment, including a mobile phone and body-worn camera
  • Maintaining professional standards and good communication at all times

Training & Progression

Full training and development opportunities are available, with the potential to progress within the organisation. We encourage staff who demonstrate commitment and the right attitude to develop their skills and take advantage of future career opportunities.

Pay & Hours

Hourly Rate: £13.70 per hour

Hours: 45 hours per week

Estimated Annual Salary: £32,058 per year before tax

Overtime: Available when required

Staff Benefits

In addition to your salary, employees receive a 20% staff discount as well as access to further employee discounts through the Mitie platform.

 

If you are professional, well presented, confident speaking with people and looking for a role with training, progression and additional benefits, we would like to hear from you.

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 Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie 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!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.

 

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Location
B&Q - Harlow - The Oaks Retail Park
B&Q, The Oaks Retail Park, Howards Way, Harlow, Essex, England, CM20 2AB
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