Coordinator, Security (2 Positions) Jobs

Posting Period

August 24, 2023 – September 6, 2023

Who We Are

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the southwestern Ontario city of London. Just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit, London features a beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. As one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC delivers world-class care and experiences, built on our commitment to excellence in research, innovation, and learning. In partnership with our communities, we design and advance healthcare to support the wellness of the populations we serve. LHSC delivers both local and regional services, including the Children’s Hospital, within a large geographic area. LHSC is known for its great people and great care, with a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while partnering with communities to transform health, one life at a time.

The security department ensures the safety of all staff, patients, and visitors at LHSC including safety planning, investigations, and fire safety.

What the Role Is

Reporting to the Manager, Security, the Coordinator, Security is accountable to ensure the safety and security of patients, visitors, hospital staff, building facilities and property. This is accomplished through the provision of consistent guidance to Security Guards and contract Guards, liaising with leadership representatives and front-line staff corporate-wide, preventative security, coordination of emergency response, public relations, investigation, and report writing. In emergency or incident situations, the Coordinator assumes the ‘Incident Manager’ role, directing the Security Guards in the performance of front-line activities. The Coordinator participates an in on-call rotation with the Manager, Security, acting as the primary Security leadership contact during non-business hours.

The Coordinator, Security is accountable for day-to-day department activities, including the management of human and material resources, day-to-day staffing and scheduling, development and support of a healthy workplace, risk and utilization measurements, and facilitation of improvement initiatives and change management, while operating within approved operational budgets and financial guidelines and controls. A major focus of the role is fostering effective working relationships and networks within the team/unit and with other teams across the organization.

The shifts include days, evenings, and weekends on occasion.

NOTE: this role is required to be on-call, evenings and weekends on a rotational basis of 1 week out of every 5-6 weeks.

Who You Are

• You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
• You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
• You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence
• You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
• You create connections, build partnerships and networks
• You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
• You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
• You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making
• You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
• You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills

What Skills Are Needed

• Values-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven culture
• Develop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processes
• Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making
• Planning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellence
• Lead and drive system transformation
• Strong business acumen

What You Will Bring with You

• Licensing as a Security Guard in the Province of Ontario is an asset
• Successful completion of a recognized baccalaureate degree program in Criminology, Sociology, or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis
• Valid Ontario Driver’s License, minimum class “G”
• Successful completion of a recognized program in Law and Security Administration or Police Foundations at the community college diploma level preferred
• Fluent and computer literate with computer systems such as email and Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience in security services preferred
• Related post-graduate education preferred
• Able to produce criminal and driver’s abstract suitable to Security Services
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles in a healthcare environment, preferably in an acute care academic teaching hospital

Other Information

London Health Sciences Centre fosters a culture of patient and staff safety whereby all employees are guided by LHSC's Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Conduct.

LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards of goods and services, and are also fully compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), as applicable.

Submission Requirements (please submit in one MS Word document)

• Cover Letter, Resume and Listing of Education, Credentials, Certifications and References.

As part of the assessment process applicants may be required to complete a written profile, presentations, etc. Please be advised that reference checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a health review which includes providing vaccination records or proof of immunity against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Tetanus/Diphtheria/Polio; Meningitis. In addition, candidates will need to provide documentation of Tuberculosis Skin testing and a completed COVID vaccine series (two vaccines).

Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months.