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Relief Security Officer

Carlisle Support Services · Liverpool, Merseyside

Type
Full-time
Posted
19 days ago

Overview

Your incident command, conflict management and public-facing security patrol experience are directly transferable.

About this role

Job Introduction

The Benefits

A competitive hourly rate of pay – paid monthly

Access to Company Pension Scheme after qualifying period

Health and Wellbeing Plans

Stream - financial flexibility and instant access to earned and authorised wages

Full induction, ongoing training, and career development

Quality kit and uniform, everything you need to perform your role effectively

Funded SIA top up training

Employee Assistance Program

Refer a Friend Scheme

The role

Carlisle Support Services is looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and dedicated individuals to join our team, working with our prestigious clients. If this sounds like you, and you’re willing to learn new skills to develop your career, we promise to provide full training and all the support you’ll need to help you to succeed.

Hours: This will be cover holidays and sickness, let us know which shifts you can work from the ones we have available this will be 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am

Pay: £13.47 per hour

Your core role will include but not be limited to the following activities:

Ensure colleague safety, providing a sense of assurance for all

Provide a smart, visible, proactive, and engaging security presence and deterrent

Effective conflict management, always taking control of incidents

Control access and egress, conducting security patrols to deter crime

Able to proactively and professionally engage with the public

Be aware of hazards and incidents, and responding appropriately

Providing guidance, information and directing customers as a first point of contact

Managing and following safety and security processes and procedures

Working as part of a team, building strong working relationships

The ideal candidate

At least 18 years old – a legal requirement to work in a front-line licensable activity

SIA Guarding or Door Supervision licence

5 years checkable work and address history

Reliable, punctual, flexible, and smart in appearance

Friendly, approachable, and always professional

Enthusiastic and motivated to do a great job

Ideally some experience within a Security environment or a customer facing role

Able to interact with clients and customers in a positive manner

Some experience working within a Security environment and working as part of a team

Effective people skills, able to interact with clients and customers in a positive manner

Successful candidates will be required to provide original documentation for detailed screening and vetting processes.

This could include the following: passport / driving licence / utility bill dated in the last 3 months / HMRC letter / original bank statement / original payslip / birth certificate / a valid share code.

About Us

Join a growing market-leading brand of support services to work with the UK’s largest brands such as Jaguar Land Rover, Tesco, BBC StudioWorks, and many more.

Carlisle currently employees over 5,000 dedicated and enthusiastic staff members to deliver events, security cleaning, and retail facilities support services across the UK’s most renowned sites and critical infrastructure.

Apply today to find out more and embark on an exciting career journey filled with unrivalled recognition schemes and progression opportunities aimed at helping you achieve your true potential.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

At Carlisle, we are committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in all areas of employment, recruitment and selection, training, development, and promotion.

In all situations people will be judged solely on merit or ability.

About security roles for ex-police

Security management, operations and consultancy roles. Years of operational policing — command, incident response, public order — translate directly into corporate security, and employers in this sector actively rate police experience.

See all security jobs in Liverpool

Why this fits a police background — match score 85/100

  • Security operations
  • Conflict management & de-escalation

What security roles pay ex-police

Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026

Security officer (SIA)£24,000–£29,000
Security supervisor / team leader£28,000–£34,000
Site / security manager£38,000–£52,000
Regional / operations security manager£50,000–£65,000
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