# Target Security Specialist

**Company**: Target
**Salary**: $19.25 per hour
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture.

As a Target Security Specialist, you will play a crucial role in keeping our guests, team, and brand secure and leading through crisis events. Your responsibilities will include:

- Creating an easy, inspiring, and friendly guest experience by greeting guests, helping them find what they need, and resolving issues

- Promoting a physical security culture by assessing and maintaining safe and secure standards throughout the store

- Responding to and accurately documenting security incidents in a timely manner

- Using de-escalation tactics and resources when responding to security incidents

- Conducting merchandise theft recoveries and providing theft apprehension support as needed

- Preventing theft and shortage at the front of store by performing merchandise receipt checks

- Submitting appropriate documentation in the case management system for all incidents

- Understanding and appropriately using Target's video surveillance system

- Demonstrating a culture of ethical conduct, safety, and compliance

To be successful in this role, you should have:

- A welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members

- Effective communication skills

- Ability to work both independently and with a team

- Capability to remain focused and composed in a fast-paced environment

- Physical ability to climb up and down ladders, scan, handle and move merchandise efficiently and safely, and lift or move merchandise up to 40 pounds

- Flexible work schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays

We offer competitive benefits, including financial, education, and well-being benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- de-escalation tactics
- video surveillance system
- case management system
- physical security controls

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