Security Assistant Jobs - Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Security Assistant Jobs – Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Organisation: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda

Reports to: Assistant Security Officer

Ref: CAA/ADV/EXT/02/2019

About US:

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is a corporate body responsible tor regulation of civil aviation in Uganda. It manages Entebbe international Airport (EIA) and thirteen (13) other upcountry aerodromes. CAA carries out its work in conformity with international Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs).

Job Summary: The Security Assistant will ensure the protection and safety of passengers and crew, ground personnel, the general public, aircraft, airport facilities and navigational aids.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Access control

Ensures that only passengers whose ﬂights are open for check-in are allowed into the check-in counters by checking their travel documents.
Ensures that only authorized staff are allowed into the restricted areas of the airport according to the speciﬁcations on their passes
Allows only vehicles, which have a valid airside pass, to access the airside
Ensures that only authorised visitors are allowed to areas they have been cleared to go.
Accepts contractors who have been cleared to access restricted areas to pertomi their dunes.
Grants access to ﬂight crew after presenting and verifying their crew cards.
Ensures that only deserving persons are granted access to the Very Important Persons (VIP) lounges.
Ensures access control is carried out fast without compromising security and avoids undue loss of time to clients.

Screening

Examines bags entering airport restricted areas using the x-ray machine to detect prohibited items that may be concealed.
Refers bags with a possible threat for physical search
Holds bags with obvious threat in the x-ray tunnel before notifying the supervisor for an appropriate action and keep it away from the owner,
Clears all bags with no threat.
Examines bags physically in order to detect any concealed prohibited items
Refers bags to the checkpoint supervisor for appropriate action upon discovery of prohibited item.
Screens persons entering the airport restricted areas using the Walk Through Metal Detector(WT MD) to detect prohibited items that may be concealed on the body that may be used to commit acts of unlawful interference against civil aviation
Uses the Hand Held Metal Detector to screen persons to detect prohibited items
Physically searches persons who may not need the use of the WTMD or HHMD or when the security situation dictates.
Checks all vehicles entering the restricted areas for prohibited items.
Refers all detected prohibited items to the checkpoint supervisor for appropriate action
Ensures that all screening equipment works to the required speciﬁcations by carrying out the standard equipment tests and report any equipment which does not work according to the acceptable standards to the supervisor for corrective action
Ensures speedy, timely and accurate screening without compromising security
Ensures proper care and use of equipment and other accessories at the checkpoint.
Reports to the immediate supervisor any irregularities / incidents occurring at the area of deployment and enter record of the incidents in the logbook; writes incident reports where necessary.

Patrolling

Carries out toot patrols to discover items that maybe hidden in the airport facilities that may be used to commit acts of unlawful interference against civil aviation
Uses a vehicle to check / inspect the integrity of the perimeter fence.
Reports any areas of the fence that may have been broken to the supervisor who informs the relevant office for an appropriate action.
In case a prohibited item is discovered during patrols, follows the standard operating procedures in handling such items.
Apprehends intruders who are discovered to have climbed over the perimeter fence and hand them over to AVPOL for proper management

Facilitation

Ensures that visitors are issued with an authorization pass for them to perform their duties in restricted areas of the airport.
Staff that have been cleared, but have not been issued with an ofiicial airport pass, are granted one day passes to access them to restricted areas.
Ensures that Contractors of various agencies at the airport who have been cleared to be facilitated with the necessary passes to enable them carry out their functions.
issues temporary airside passes to vehicies that have been authorised to do so like ambulances, delivery vans, etc.
Ensures that any VIP who needs to receive guests at the apron is facilitated with a visitors pass for that purpose.
As a job holder, handles ALL visitors to the airport; it is important that a security assistant displays good customer care to portray the good image of CAA.
Maintains a high degree of professionalism, team work and discipline at all times.
Maintains good internal and external relations with all airport users.
Ensures quick and professional facilitation of passengers and other persons through security checkpoints without compromising security.

Profiling

Observes passengers’ behaviour to detect and identify any behaviour that is out of the normal.
Reports any such suspicion to the checkpoint supervisor for further investigation.
Subjects persons who show suspicious behaviour to further security measures such as screening.
Guarding
Safeguards CAA property from theft and other avoidable losses by ensuring that gate passes are presented before anything can be taken out of the premises.
Protects CAA clients‘ property from theft and pilferage.
Ensures that access to parked aircraft is regulated to allow only authorised persons.
Notiﬁes the electrical section about power failures in guarded areas so that it is restored.
Maintains alertness and an awareness of the security operational environment.

Document veriﬁcation

Checks all passengers’ travel documents and only grants those with genuine documents to the restricted areas.
Reports those with suspicious documents, through the checkpoint supervisor, to the airline, the immigration department and AVPOL for appropriate action.
Veriﬁes airport passes to detect forged passes and apprehends those with suspicious access permits for further investigation.
Checks all requests for passes and the subsequent authorization to detect any forgeries.

Escorting

Escorts CAA property such as fuel from the pump station to the areas of distribution.
Ensures all official visitors are escorted until such a time when they ﬁnish their ofﬁcial visits.
Accompanies all transit bags from screening area to the baggage sorting to prevent any unauthorized item from being introduced into the bags.
Escorts VIPs who are authorized to receive their dignitaries at the airside.
Handle basic intelligence information
Ensures all basic intelligence information that may be brought to his/her attention is reported to the supervisor for further investigation.
Gathers basic information that may relate to threats to civil aviation and passes that information to his/her supervisor for follow up action.

Emergency response

Be an active member in times of emergencies by providing a butler for the emergency response teams like ﬁre department.
Cordons off areas of incidents so that evidence is not tampered with for investigators
Restrict access to emergency scenes to only emergency teams.
Coordinates communication form the Emergency Operation centre (EOC).
Handle dangerous goods
Upon discovery of dangerous goods, reports to the concerned airline operator for proper handling.
Ensures that the airline property marks and labels the dangerous goods for safe transportation in the air.

VIP handling

Requests all VIPs entering the VIP lounge to register in the VIP register.
Screens all VIPs and their hand luggage before accessing them to the lounge.
Advises VIPs on items that may be in their hand luggage that should be transported as checked baggage.
Reports any VIP who refuses to comply with security measures to the VIP supervisor and to his/her supervisors

Handle valuables

Safeguards clients’ valuables that may be entrusted to his/her care.
Ensures an up to date record of valuables entrusted to his/her care is maintained.
Issue permits
Issues airport permits to all persons authorized to work at the airport according to their areas of operation.
Issues Airside Driving Permits to drivers who have been tested by the transport and airside safety ofﬁces.
Issues both permanent and temporary vehicle airside permits to vehicles that have been cleared to access the airside.
Keeps an inventory of all passes. both permanent and temporary, Issued

Carry out surveillance

Carries out CCTV surveillance of facilities to detect any acts of unlawful interference to civil aviation
Uses physical observation to monitor restricted areas of the airport as well as public areas to detect unlawful acts.
Reports any suspicious acts to his/her supervisor for appropriate action.
Carries out ‘sterilization’/check of the area of operation at the time of take-over of duties and as required by standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Processing permits

Mans the pass production room to process airport passes to be issued to authorised persons in a timely manner.
Ensures that the equipment needed in the production room is in good working condition and reports any malfunctions to the technical officer for prompt correction.
Keeps an inventory of the equipment used in the production room.
Ensures all permits processing equipment and materials are properly used, handled and maintained.

Basic vetting

Scrutinizes documents presented for access requests to ascertain their authenticity before facilitating anyone with an airport pass.
Uses basic interview questioning to establish the need to access before any visitor, staff or contractor is issued with an airport pass.

Staff meetings

Attends departmental and organizational meetings whenever they are convened.
Participates in the implementation of resolutions made in the meetings that fall under his/her jurisdiction.
Any other lawful assignment allocated by the supervisor And/or Management from time to time.
The Job holder is cooperative and readily responds to adhoc tasks assigned to him/her.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Corporation Secretary job placement must hold a Bachelor’s Degree from a reputable institution,
A background in security work from the disciplined forces will be an added advantage,
Must be physically and mentally fit;
Applicants should possess the following standards that will be veriﬁed by a CAA approved physician:
Eyesight: With or without spectacles or contact lenses, be able to read correctly a vehicle number plate or similar signage at 23 m distance and be able to read labels on bottles of spirits and aerosols at a distance selected by the candidate of between 30-50
Colour perception: Have colour perception sufficient to use coloured X-ray equipment and to check airport restricted area permits with colour codes.
Hearing: With or without an audio aid, be able to hear radio and telephone communications, audio signals emitted by security equipment, and an average conversational human voice at a distance ot2.5 m in a quiet room.
Sense of smell: Be able to sense odours.
Perception and awareness: Have powers of observation and concentration sufﬁcient to notice, identify and act on information, circumstances or images in an effective manner.
Chemical dependency: Be free from dependence on alcohol or illegal substances.
Applicants should have no speech impediments that would prevent communicating quickly and effectively,
Of added advantage: ability to read, speak and write a foreign language and computer literacy
Team spirit
Interpersonal skills and assertiveness
Ability to perform repetitive and sometimes tedious tasks
Ability to operate under pressure
Willingness and ability to work flexible work hours
Age: Between 22 to 35 years

NB: Should be a person of very high and unquestionable integrity and needless to emphasize any reported cases of questionable integrity both before and after interview, as well as post appointment, will lead to his/her cancellation from the process or termination of Employment.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their hand-written applications with detailed CV and copies of academic certificates and transcripts with the Job reference number clearly marked at the top left hand corner of the envelope should be sent to the address below, before close of business on. Please indicate your (day time) phone contact.

Address to:

The Director Human Resource and Administration,

Civil Aviation Authority (Head Office),

Entebbe International Airport,

P.O. Box 5536 Kampala. Uganda

Deadline: 8^th April 2019

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