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- ️ Eligibility Notice: Successful candidates must be available to work regular Wednesday and Saturday evenings/nights
The Role
Are you confident, disciplined, trustworthy, approachable, and a great team player? Join our dedicated team providing a safe, welcoming, and high-quality security presence across our popular bars, vibrant late-night student events, and live music concerts.
Successful candidates must hold a valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence and ideally have at least 1 year of experience working in a Door Supervisor or venue security role.
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We would particularly welcome applications from women and current students at the University of Sheffield, who are currently under-represented in this department.
The number of hours available for our flexible workforce team varies throughout the academic year. Our key busy periods run from the last 2 weeks of September through to the start of November, February through March, and from April through to July.
- Please be aware that ALL staff are required to make themselves available up to, and including, the very last day of each academic term.
Key Duties Include:
You'll be working as part of a small team providing a friendly but vigilant security presence in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of our customers and staff, enhancing their experience of our venues by promoting a crime and trouble-free environment. Your tasks will include:
- Managing the entry and exit's into the premises
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Checking membership cards of guests
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Conduct safety checks and searches as needed
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Provide security for front-of-house, stage areas during events, artists or bands, and to monitor and control any guest list on the doors
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Attend training sessions as and when required
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Be able to apply Security Industry Authority approved physical intervention techniques
We are looking for people with can-do attitudes who are great team players.
Application process
Submit your application by clicking apply and completing our application form outlining and relevant skills, experience and why you are interested in the role
Following the closing date stated on our job adverts, applications will be shortlisted against the criteria outlined in the person specification and job description.
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We will contact you by email to let you know whether or not you have been shortlisted to participate in the next stage of the selection process.
If you have any questions about the role, application process or working for Students' Union then please don't hesitate to get touch [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected])Use of AI in applications
At the Students’ Union we recognise the potential benefits of AI during the recruitment process, however we encourage candidates to consider how they use AI to support them, should they choose to do so. The recruitment process is designed for both parties to assess whether the role is a good fit. It is therefore important that candidates are providing personalised applications based on their own knowledge, skills and experiences rather than copying and pasting answers generated by AI tools or relying on automated personalisation. AI tools can help to structure your thoughts, improve clarity in responses and may help you to do some generic preparation in terms of things like types of interview questions that you may be asked. Over-reliance on AI tools, however, may lead to additional challenges during the recruitment process or being hired into a role that you don’t enjoy and/or feel that you can’t perform your best in
Location: Sheffield Students' Union
Contract Type: Flexible (zero-hour)
Salary: £14.83 (plus holiday pay)
Specific Hours: Flexible
(an average of 5-20hrs per week)
Closing Date: Monday 7th September 2026
In-person Interviews/Assessment Date:
Tuesday 15th September 2026
Start Date: Monday 21st September 2026
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