Festival Security Officer – Reading

About Us KSS NW LTD is a specialist security and loss prevention company supporting clients across retail, events and commercial environments throughout the UK. We provide professional security services, investigations, risk management and shrinkage reduction strategies, helping our clients protect people, assets and revenue. We pride ourselves on professionalism, integrity and delivering high standards through well-trained, customer-focused teams.

Join KSS NW LTD for the festival season and be part of a professional team delivering safe, secure and well-managed live events across the UK. We are recruiting Festival Security Officers for seasonal festival work in Reading and surrounding areas. This is an excellent opportunity for professional security staff looking for flexible event work across the festival season.

You will play a key role in keeping people safe, supporting event operations and delivering a high standard of customer service in busy, fast-paced environments.

Pay: £15.69 - £17.00 per hour depending on role, inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay. This is a flexible seasonal role and will include evenings, weekends and bank holidays in line with festival and event schedules.

Key Duties Include

• Assisting with safe ingress and egress
• Queue management and crowd control
• Access control, pass checks and ticket validation
• Conducting searches in line with event policy and assignment instructions
• Patrolling festival sites, arenas, bars, campsites and other event areas
• Identifying and reporting suspicious behaviour, hazards and welfare concerns
• Responding appropriately to incidents, emergencies and disorder
• Supporting emergency procedures and evacuations
• Enforcing site rules, licensing objectives and event policies
• Completing incident reports and communicating clearly with supervisors and control

This wording is aligned with the duties commonly listed in comparable event security adverts, including ingress/egress, searches, patrols, incident response, crowd safety and policy enforcement.

Requirements Essential requirements:

• Valid SIA Door Supervisor Licence
• Must be 18 or over
• Must have the right to work in the UK
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Confidence working in busy, loud and high-energy environments
• Ability to remain calm and professional under pressure
• Strong awareness of crowd safety and security risks
• Reliable, punctual and professional at all times
• Willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and festival dates as required

Desirable

• Previous experience in festival, event or venue security
• Experience of access control, searching and queue management
• Experience of conflict management and incident handling
• Good report writing and radio communication skills

These requirements are consistent with the competitor examples, which both require an in-date SIA Door Supervisor licence and emphasise communication, customer service, crowd safety, conflict handling, outdoor working and flexible availability.

Benefits

• Competitive pay of £15.69 - £17.00 per hour, depending on role
• 12.07% holiday pay included
• Flexible festival season work
• Opportunities to work at major live events and festivals
• Supportive management and operational structure
• Opportunities for further work across KSS NW LTD event and security operations
• Experience working in a professional live event environment