Security Officer

Mwananchi Communications Limited, publishers of the leading Tanzania newspapers,
Mwananchi, The Citizen and Mwanaspoti is looking for motivated and highly experienced individuals to fill the positions of:

Security Officer (1 POST)

Job Purpose:
To ensure a safe and secure environment for operations in the Company to enable MCL meet its business objectives.
Main Responsibilities:
A) Access Control
Control the times individuals have access to the facility'
Inspect vehicles required to enter or exit the facility
Develop a procedure to challenge unauthorized/unidentified persons
Deploy security guards to control access to the facility and keep records of all visitors, staff, contractors, employees and vendors
Deny access and trigger an alarm when visitors or strangers attempt to forcibly try to gain access to the facility
Post signage within the facility to indicate areas restricted to authorized personnel.
Ensure that all doors and windows are locked when not in use
B) Procedural Security
Record and verify goods being delivered to Mwananchi Communications Limited.
Record and verify goods being dispatched out of Mwananchi Communications'
Limited.
Protect against un-manifested material being introduced/removed from Mwananchi Communications Limited.
Put in a place a procedure for searching of persons and inspection of packages and ensure that statutory regulations are observed to avoid unnecessary litigation.
Develop procedures for random and unannounced security assessments.
Ensure that all products and equipment leaving Mwananchi Communications
Limited are properly marked, weighed, counted, documented and verified against manifest document

C) Physical Security
Clear identification of protected areas.
Appropriate lighting for key operational areas.
Gates or doors through which vehicles or personnel enter or exit should be manned or under the observation of security personnel.
Restrict access to cargo storage areas so as to safeguard against pilferage.
Access to employee parking areas must be controlled at all times.
Private passenger vehicles should be prohibited from parking in goods delivery/
dispatch areas or immediately adjacent to
cargo storage areas.

D) Personnel Security
Ensure that firearms, illegal drugs, knives and weapons of any sort, are prohibited in all MCL facilities.
Ensuring gate passes are issued to all .company drivers leaving the premises for any reason. The gate passes should be authorized and details of the journey indicated
Ensure that any contract employee on the premises wear appropriate distinctive clothing. These include security staff, cleaners, cooks etc.
Maintain a roster with current telephone numbers of key company personnel, union officials, law enforcement, hospitals and the fire department to minimize any delay in making emergency contacts.

E) Documentation Processing Security
Ensure that the security department maintains parallel records for all transactions as part of the internal control process
Ensure that signatures required for all process checkpoints ( e.g., document preparation for newspaper delivery, cargo receipt and delivery, returns, etc) are put in place
Keep and maintain the following records:
Occurrence Book
Visitors Register
Staff Register
Items in Register
Items out Register
Alarm activation register
Newspaper and Magazines dis-
patch register
Returns Register
Vehicle control register
Search Register
And others
Ensure that there proof of delivery for all consignments is maintained

Qualifications and Experience:
Academic: Basic University Degree.
Professional: Diploma in Security Management.

Experience: 3 to 5 years working experience.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Interested and suitably qualified individuals
should forward their applications enclosing a detailed CV and copies of professional certificates, and a day time telephone contact

Human Resources Manager,
Mwananchi Communications Ltd,
P. O. Box 19754, Dar es Salaam.

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted