Security Night Ranger
Listed on 2026-09-16
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Security
Security Officer, Site Security
We are looking for candidates who can clearly demonstrate their suitability for this role.
The Role:Waddesdon is an historic French Renaissance-style château, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, was built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in 1874 and is now managed by the Rothschild Foundation. Welcoming around 350,000 visitors annually, Waddesdon Manor houses the Rothschild Collection and hosts a diverse range of exhibitions, public events, and educational programs. The Rothschild Foundation has a trading company, RWL, which runs catering and retail on-site, a private events business and a hotel, (the Five Arrows) and pub (the Bow) in Waddesdon village.
What you will do:The Security Night Ranger (SNR) will be responsible for ensuring Waddesdon property, staff, and residents remain safe from any possible risk to property or person.
You will work closely with the Deputy Head of Security (DHOS) and the Security Manager (SM) to maintain the Security of Waddesdon Manor, The Rothschild Foundation, Rothschild Foundation Properties, and the Waddesdon Estate to resolve issues in an efficient manner and ensure high professional standards are upheld throughout the Wider Estate and Manor Grounds. Also ensuring members of the public stick to rights of way and no trespass takes place.
The SNR will also on occasion when necessary to support the wider Security team, carry out duties within the Control Room including locking and unlocking buildings as required.
As the SNR, you will patrol the estate and buildings on a constant basis throughout your shift. The SNR will maintain an accurate log of all activity, communicate all relevant information quickly and concisely to the appropriate parties, identify potential issues and escalation an appropriate response.
Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Security
- To be a point of contact for security related matters whilst on shift externally around the estate
- To take ownership and appropriately respond to all security related issues, matters, and incidents
- To identify any potential issues or threats and report these to the DHOS
- To help enable Waddesdon Estate control access and maintain its perimeter security
- To patrol buildings and grounds, providing a high level of security presence
- To lock and unlock buildings physically, if required
- To liaise with external contractors in the event of an emergency callout
- To effectively communicate all relevant information to the Waddesdon Control Room
- Control Room duties as scheduled to include monitoring Alarms and CCTV as a relief support
- To control and appropriately elevate a response to any incidents across the site
- To account for all security equipment and keys daily
- To ensure all required documentation is completed to a high standard and passed on to the DHOS
- To undertake any training and continued professional development deemed necessary by the DHOS
- To report any maintenance issues to the Head of Facilities, copying in the DHOS, SM and Security Control room
- Liaise with other departments as required to effectively manage the movement of visitors and contractors around the site.
- Provide a high visual presence in a vehicle at all key entrance points sporadically throughout the night
- To assist guests arriving out of hours at the Five Arrows Hotel or returning from an event
- Be a presence at events as support as and when required
- To ensure that all required fire checks are conducted over the period of their shift
- To check the systems for faults daily and report any issues to the DHOS and SM
- To coordinate an appropriate response to any first aid incidents across the site
- To remedy and report any situation that represents a hazard, and ensure all incidents and accidents plus unsafe conditions are dealt…
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