Assistant Safety and Security Manager Full Time

About the job
Do you see yourself as an Assistant Safety and Security Manager for InterContinental Hotels Group® Dubai Festival City?

The InterContinental Hotels Group® properties in Dubai Festival City consist of four hotel brands. These include the luxury brand InterContinental, the superior upscale Crowne Plaza, the lavish long-stay InterContinental Residence Suites and the vibrant mid-scale Holiday Inn. In addition to over 1000+ bedrooms, the four properties boast a selection of high quality restaurants and bars, an impressive 3,800 square meter Event Centre across two levels, the 5,000 square meters Festival Arena by InterContinental, the luxurious Spa InterContinental, state-of-the-art gymnasium and swimming pool facilities. We are looking for people who are friendly, welcoming and full of life to people to join over 900 colleagues who are always finding ways to make every guests experience an enjoyable one. We value the passion and enthusiasm of our colleagues, and encourage you to share your passion when you work with us.

A little taste of your day-to-day

The Assistant Safety and Security Manager takes full responsibility in the implementation of all Safety, Security and Risk Management programs for the purpose of protecting all company assets, including guests, colleagues and visitors.
Interact with guests and colleagues as well as individuals outside the hotel including, but not limited to Law Enforcement Agencies, Government Officials, other Security Managers and members of the local community.
Develops and directs the implementation of emergency guidelines and evacuation procedures.
Carry out Security, Fire Life Safety Risk Assessments for all special events and functions as required within IHG standards.
Maintain the IHG Fire Life Safety Risk Management calendar, including compliance checks on all Heads of Departments.
Ensure Quality Evaluation Audits achieve and maintain 100% compliance.
Continuously monitor the IHG Threat Vulnerability Assessment to ensure compliance with recommendations.

What We Need From You

Excellent communication, both written and oral, in English.
SIRA Manager Certified candidate is preferred.
Ability to be self-motivated, organized, and demonstrate good teamwork.
Customer-driven, culturally adaptable, communicates effectively, and works well with people at all levels.
Good computer literacy (Microsoft applications).
Proactive approach and the ability to meet deadlines.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Security Supervisor role within a 5-star hotel or a similar industry.
Previous police or military service with an investigation background is an advantage but not essential.

What You Can Expect From Us

We’ll reward all your hard work with competitive salary and benefits.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG® family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve – visit www.careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.

So go on – show us how your passion and personality are the perfect fit to deliver memorable experiences to our guests.