WHO WE ARE
Commissionaires Nova Scotia is the province’s not-for-profit provider of security, safety, training, and identification services. We are an independent member of Commissionaires Canada, our parent federation employing over 22,000 nationwide. We exist to provide meaningful employment for veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP, their families, and anyone else who wants to contribute to the security and well-being of Nova Scotians.

We are recognized with global certifications for our exceptional customer service, management standards, and environmental stewardship.

WHAT WE OFFER
A sought-after employer and community partner, we can help you achieve your goals through challenging work, professional development, and career advancement opportunities. We strive to continually improve and leverage technology to support our growing customer base across Nova Scotia.

The Benefits:

• Higher-than-industry pay rates
• Health, drug, and dental benefits
• Life and accident insurance
• Two weeks of vacation pay, plus five days of personal time off
• Free uniforms and equipment
• High-quality, formal, and on-job training
• Annual paid loyalty award
• Education assistance funds and family scholarship programs
• Advancement opportunities within a large, national organization

THE ROLE

Position: Security Guard (multiple full-time positions)
Competition Number: CNS 2022-09-15B
Location: Halifax Regional Police Headquarters
Reports to: Site Supervisor

Rate of Pay: $16.50 per hour. Please note, this is a unionized work environment.
Working Hours: Rotating shifts, various hours/days of the week.

Duties and Responsibilities:

While duties vary by assignment, the responsibilities of this role may include, but are not limited to:

• Protecting property, and sensitive information. Absolute discretion and confidentiality are required.
• Operating HRP phone systems. Fielding and transferring calls professionally, while interacting with both members of the public, and internal HRP employees.
• Comfort in learning/utilizing CPIC (Canadian Police Information Centre), at the direction/request of HRP site work instructions.
• Responding to/working to provide Officers with requests for information.
• Providing exceptional face-to-face customer service in a public interfacing setting.
• Ensuring the health and safety of self and others in the workplace.
• Adhering to CNS’ Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality policies, systems, and practices (and those of the Clients we serve).
• Respecting CNS policies, Site Work Instructions, and Site Supervisor’s direction
• Other functions may include further reception/administration, reporting, the release of property, and access control.

WHO WE’RE SEEKING

Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must:

• Be aged 19 or older;
• Be a Permanent Resident of Canada or a Canadian Citizen;
• Not have a criminal record for which a pardon has not been granted;
• Be able to provide fingerprints and complete a criminal record check;
• Be eligible to apply for Government of Canada personnel security screening;
• Be able to communicate effectively in English (the ability to work in both official languages would be considered an asset).

Qualifications and Skills
The selected candidate will be a professional and detail-driven individual with a strong work ethic and a “Can Do” attitude.

Key qualifications and skills to be successful include, but are not limited to:

• Mental alertness with an ability to:
  
  • react calmly, quickly, and appropriately in any situation
  • concentrate and remain alert for up to 12 hours
  • communicate observed characteristics/behaviour (good memory)
  • demonstrate problem-solving and sound judgement
• Physical fitness with an ability to:
  
  • climb multiple flights of stairs with ease

• remain seated for long periods
• remain standing for long periods

• Superior attention to detail with excellent verbal communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Computer literacy is required, while an aptitude for continued learning is an asset
• Achievement of First Aid certification
• Successful completion of the Commissionaires Security Officer Course (online and in-class)

Although not required to apply, the following attributes are considered assets:

• Use of Force Certified
• Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces or RCMP
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention trained
• Bilingualism (French/English) is an asset

READY TO JOIN US?
This position is open to external and internal applicants (commissionaires should include their Corps #). We encourage veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP to apply.

Commissionaires Nova Scotia is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from equity-seeking communities to self-identify.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

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