Senior Security Officer at Bandari Maritime Academy

BMA/26/CEO/SSO/13

• Basic Salary Scale: Kshs. 71,500 – Kshs. 141,500 p.m.
• House allowance: Ksh. 20,000
• Commuter allowance: Kshs. 14,000
• Leave allowance: Kshs. 6,000
• Terms of service: Permanent and Pensionable
• Reporting to: Principal Administrative Officer

Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities entail

• Overseeing the development and implementation of policies and procedures in security management;
• Providing security advisory to management and intelligence information services;
• Coordinating the preparation of security reports for decision making;
• Facilitating the identification of security risks within the organization and providing mitigation measures;
• Coordinate security efforts across the organization to cover all staff, students and visitors, properties, equipment, and machinery;
• Overseeing the implementation of sustainable security systems and monitoring the same to identify areas of improvement in the security of the organization;
• Spearheading the implementation of CCTV surveillance in the organization and liaising with the ICT team to ensure real-time collection of surveillance information;
• Facilitating security sensitization programs for staff and coordinating training for the same;
• Spearheading relationships with law enforcement and other related government agencies;
• Overseeing the patrol operations and managing the outsourced security guards;
• Investigating security breaches and closing all security cases within set time periods;
• Ensuring the establishment and maintenance of an up-to-date databank of security incidents and trends and reporting for management information and security action;
• Reviewing Security Intelligence and investigation Reports; and
• Maintaining and archiving security footage.

Required Qualification

For appointment to this grade, a staff must have: -

• Cumulative Service period of three (3) years of which should be in the grade of Security Officer I or in a comparable position;
• Bachelor degree in Criminology & Security Studies or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in basic security from a recognized institution;
• current Certificate of good conduct from the Kenya Police Service; and
• Proficiency in computer applications