Supervisor - Safety and Security, Kharadar Hospital

Supervisor - Safety and Security, Kharadar Hospital

Department: Safety and Security

Entity: Aga Khan Hospital, Kharadar

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction:

The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is a not-for-profit healthcare institute that offers all medical services to their patients under one roof. In addition to the tertiary care hospital in Karachi, AKUH has a network of 4 Off-Campus Hospitals, 30+ Medical Centres, and over 290+ Clinical Laboratories, 30+ Pharmacies in over 120+ cities across Pakistan. It also offers Home Healthcare Services and home deliveries of medicines. The hospital provides zakat for those patients who are eligible, and the health systems offers generous patient welfare to support those in financial need. In recognition of its high quality and patient safety, the AKUH is accredited by the Joint Commission International (JCI) as an Academic Medical Centre and its Clinical Laboratories are accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for fast and accurate testing.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the supervisor, you will be responsible to protect life and property by providing safety and security cover and assistance to all the patients, visitors and employees of the hospital within your assigned areas of duty. You will also perform duty as a key man and initiate and assist in carrying out minor investigations, as and when required. Specifically, you will be responsible to:

• supervise all guards in your area of responsibility and ensure that the staff effectively carry out their duties
• carry out periodic checks of the security guards on duty to ensure alertness and vigilance
• assess security needs and control employee and visitor access to premises and ensure authorized entry only
• provide security assistance to the staff, students, visitors and patients etc.
• assist and escort police and law enforcement personnel within AKU Outreach premises when needed by the department
• perform any security duty assigned by the supervisor
• carry out investigation of incidents which take place as per needs and conduct CCTV monitoring, security surveillance, and recording of the premisesas required
• handle relevant correspondence over emails and calls, and operate various type of road blockers / barriers.

Requirements:

You should have:

• at least Matriculation, while having completed Intermediate or Bachelor’s degree will be preferred
• at least two years of relevant experience, preferably in Armed Forces
• strong security management skills and intelligence, while having experience and service with SSG & Intelligence units will be a definite advantage
• strong supervisory skills and ability to handle security investigations
• excellent interpersonal skills, particularly communication skills
• willingness to work in shifts

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.