Listing Description

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Role Overview 
We are seeking a Senior Security Controller, your main responsibility will be monitoring of our 24hr Gyms, but you will also assist the Controller with the alarms and CCTV monitoring of all sites owned by JD Sports Fashion PLC. You must ensure that all alarms are dealt with expeditiously and key stakeholders are informed of incidents.

Key responsibilities:

• Deal with alarm activations efficiently and update the relevant stakeholders 


• Ensure that all procedures in relation to the ARC are followed and escalated where necessary 


• Liaise with the Police/fire in relation to alarm activations 


• Use Technical Knowledge to assist with intruder alarm setting and activations 


• Update Key holders and ensure checks are made to confirm identity 


• Monitor CCTV in stores and report issues to the relevant manager 


• Prepare and send nightly reports on issues


• Identify faults and escalate to Security Tech recording the incident number 


• Adhere to all company policies and ensure you are working within health and safety guidelines 


• Carry out weekly checks as per the schedule 


• Be professional and courteous at all times 


• Undertake any other reasonable activities in line with the needs of the business 


• Produce footage for the group as requested and ensure compliance with GDPR


• Assist with training of new employees  


• Oversee the management a team of Assistant Security Controllers 

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:

• Experience of working to health and safety requirements


• Excellent computer literacy skills as all information is recorded on databases


• Able to work under pressure in a busy environment.


• Works well as part of a team; supportive of others and to supplement the Duty Controller


• Communicates effectively both written and oral


• Respond to issues quickly, positively in a fast paced and changing environment


• Experience of working in the security industry / Alarm Receiving Centre is essential


• Pass the exam to the required standard once training completed

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Free parking


• Incremental Holiday Allowance


• Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation


• Pension Scheme


• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.