# Target Security Specialist

**Company**: Target
**Salary**: $18.50 per hour
**Category**: Physical 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 delivering on commitments such as greeting guests, helping them find what they need, and resolving issues

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

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

- Leveraging 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

- Working in a safe manner at all times and complying with all safety policies, best practices, and training

To be successful in this role, you should:

- Enjoy interacting and helping others, including guests and fellow team members

- Thrive in a fast-moving, highly active, and physically demanding role

- Be open to working a flexible work schedule with varying hours, days, or shifts

- Have a welcoming and helpful attitude toward all guests and other team members

- Be able to communicate on multiple frequency devices and operate handheld scanners and other technology equipment

- Have effective communication skills and be able to work both independently and with a team

- Be able to manage workload and prioritize tasks independently

- Be capable of remaining focused and composed in a fast-paced environment and accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes

We offer competitive benefits, including financial, education, and well-being benefits. You can learn more about our benefits eligibility for this role by visiting our website.

**Requirements:**

- Must be at least 18 years of age or older

- High school diploma or equivalent

- Meet any state or local licensure and/or other legal requirements related to the position

**Physical demands:**

- Climb up and down ladders

- Apprehend subjects in accordance with company policy

- Scan, handle, and move merchandise efficiently and safely, including frequently lifting or moving merchandise up to 40 pounds

- Flexible work schedule (e.g., nights, weekends, and holidays)

- Capable of working in and exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and other elements

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- teamwork
- problem-solving
- physical security
- video surveillance

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