SECURITY ASSISTANT – POOL (30 POSITIONS) Jobs
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
Attractive
Job Deadline: 10 April 2026
Number of Jobs: 30
Hiring Entity: BANK OF UGANDA
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| BANK OF UGANDA |
Location: In Uganda
Job Details:
DEPARTMENT: SECURITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
JOB REF: SEC9.01
JOB TITLE: SECURITY ASSISTANT – POOL (30 POSITIONS)
RANK: SECURITY ASSISTANT VI
SUPERVISOR: TEAM LEADER SECURITY OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
SUPERVISES: NONE
JOB PURPOSE:
To ensure security and safety of Bank staff, clients, property, premises, operations and activities by carrying out the established security and safety procedures at duty zones and points.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Protect the people, operations and assets on Bank premises.
- Carry out searching for persons accessing and exiting Bank premises to prevent unauthorized items from entering or leaving the Bank
- Process access for authorized visitors, clients and contractors.
- Patrol and surveil the duty bank premises both physically and electronically using CCTV and Access control systems.
- Issue and receive keys for various offices, gates, and bank vehicles to authorised staff
- Monitor all maintenance activities that take place in the duty area of responsibility.
- Respond to and report immediately to all security and safety
emergencies in the BOU premises in accordance with BOU Emergency Response Plan. - Report all security and safety hazards, threats and incidents in the BOU premises to the supervisor.
- Report faulty security and safety equipment, systems, and tools in the duty area to the supervisor.
- Coordinate effective evacuation of staff and visitors in the duty area to the Emergency Assembly Point
- Carry out emergency rescue for persons during emergencies like lift failure, fire and security incidents.
- Cooperate with and oversee the activities of the outsourced security personnel deployed in the duty area.
- Cooperate with and oversee the activities of the Police security personnel deployed in the duty area.
- Prepare and submit daily, weekly, and monthly security situation reports to the supervisors.
- Man, the Control room whenever always deployed during the shift.
- Review and make Play back of CCTV surveillance systems at Bank premises.
- Retrieve CCTV footage and images of events from the system. Perform any other duties.
EXPECTED OUTPUTS
- All staff and clients are received and attended to professionally.
- Staff, clients and customers are professionally guided during
emergencies - Daily security and safety situation reports (comprised of CCTV footage review results, incidents, risk, maintenance activities).
- Monthly duty area performance report (comprised of personnel incidents, equipment & systems, maintenance activities and visitors).
- Well maintained records of all items existing the bank and incidents in the duty area
- Timely response to and resolution of fire and security emergencies
Timely incident reports submitted to the supervisor. - Daily CCTV surveillance system review reports submitted to the supervisor.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
A.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- A diploma in any field of study from a recognized institution.
- Training in Security Services from a National Security Agency or a Recognized/ Licensed Private Security Institution
B. EXPERIENCE
- Must possess Security services working experience of at least three years in a reputable organization
- Experience in operation of electronic security systems and equipment like access control, intrusion detection and CCTV surveillance systems will be an added advantage
- Working experience in the National Security Agencies or Licensed
Private Security Agencies shall be an added advantage.
AGE
Applicants must be 26.0 to 39.0 years as at close of the advert.
COMPETENCIES
i. Technical skills
- Security observation and monitoring skills
- First responder security incident response and handling
- Security risk identification
- Basic electronic security systems operation skills : Basic timers handingi
Basic emergency handling equipment operation skills - Basic computer applications skills
- Good report writing skills in English.
ii. Behavioral skills
- A good command of English
- High Integrity and ethics
- Medium communication
- Polite and courteous
- commitment to duty
- customer orientation
- Good interpersonal skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB:
Should be able to work for long hours, under pressure and with minimal supervision
Working conditions
shift work, including weekends, public holidays and night duty
Salary and benefits for the position are generous and attractive.
Please ensure that all required documents are duly attached and must be scanned as a clearly named single document
APPLICATION SUBMISSION
Applications should be submitted through the online application link:
https://forms.office.com/r/bWHcwdqdEj
Accessible through the careers section of the BOU website:
https://www.bou.or.ug/bouwebsite/careers/
Applicants are advised to follow instructions on the link carefully.
NOTES:
- Applicants MUST use the standard BoU Curriculum Vitae form as their CV format. Candidates that use a CV Format other than prescribed shall be disqualified. The BOU curriculum vitae form is available on the BOU Website under the careers section.
- Applicants MUST append scanned certified copies of academic credentials and professional training certificates to their applications to support their candidature.
- Management reserves the right to disqualify any applicant found to have concealed or falsified information. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application procedure
Applications should be submitted not later than 5:00 PM Friday, April 10, 2026.
Required Documents (to be scanned as one single document):
1) A copy of the National Identity Card (front and back).
2) A copy of academic documents as required in the job description.
3) Evidence of membership of the relevant professional bodies (where applicable).
4) A Detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV)
5) A duly registered statutory declaration for applicants with differing dates of birth or names across any of the required documents.
6) A letter of equivalence from the Uganda National Examinations Board and (or) National Council of Higher Education for applicants whose qualifications were obtained from a foreign institution.
Posting Date: 2026-03-26
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