Mums, graduates and bank workers are being sought for jobs as security guards at the BBC’s new northern home.
Bosses at MediaCityUK say they don’t want burly watchmen to work at the Salford Quays site.
Instead they are seeking ‘customer-focused’ candidates capable of ‘schmoozing’ celebrity presenters and VIP visitors.
Shows such as Blue Peter, Question of Sport and Match of the Day will bring a string of high-profile guests to the Salford studios. About 2,300 staff,
including top presenters Nicky Campbell and Gabby Logan, will also relocate.
Group 4 Security, which has been appointed to manage security at MediaCity, is recruiting 60 staff – preferably with ‘customer service’ backgrounds.
A site source said: "They will need to deal with high-profile visitors as well as helping members of the public with queries.
"We are looking at graduates and people who might have been working in banking or call centres and are looking for a change.
"We aren’t looking for big, burly guys.
" In fact, it would be an ideal opportunity for female candidates and mums. We want people who are able to communicate well."
Salaries are understood to be ‘competitive’.
Local fashion students are also being invited to design costumes for the security workers, along with ground staff, receptionists and others on site.
Five BBC departments – including sport, children’s programmes and Radio Five Live – will move to the waterside location by next year. Work on the studios is nearly finished and the first London-based staff will begin to arrive early next year.
The £600m site, owned by Peel Holdings, will also be home to 1,500 Salford University students and staff, plus dozens of businesses linked to film,TV and computing. There will also be a 200-bed hotel and a public square.
Adrian Sigsworth, of Group 4 Security, said: "We are encouraging people from all walks of life to apply and are particularly interested in candidates with previous experience in customer relations-focused roles.
"We believe that people who have not necessarily worked in security before will help us build a true customer -focused team."
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Can companies advertise for jobs and say what they are not looking for?
If so, I am going to advetise for a secretary......
''Must be really fit looking, nice figure that is pleasant on the eye. No mingers please.''
Where do we apply for these jobs and when will they be advertised :)
How ridiculous!! Why do they need a graduate to say 'hello' and 'good day'!?
Pathetic!
The BBC can do what it wants: it is fire-proof. Every one of us has to pay the poll tax called the licence, or else we will be thrown into jail. So it is ludicrously politically-correct as shown here and as shown in every "news" broadcast. The only way it will ever change is to scrap the licence and set the people free: by all means let them pay to watch the BBC if they want but stop threatening people with jail for not paying towards the BBC's nonsense.
" people who might have been working in banking or call centres and are looking for a change."
My goodness. It willl take a visitor three hours to reach their intended contact, having been sent round seventeen other departments en route by fifteen different people reading from their scripts in broken English!
Clearly Adrian knows nothing about Salford!
Blatant discrimination from the oh-so politically correct Bliar/Brown Broadcasting Corporation! I for one don't want to pay the BBC poll tax that encourages this discrimination by a bunch of lefty-liberal fools who think they are so intellectually superior to anyone else. About time this hot-bed of wasteful socialism was disbanded to save the taxpayer having to pay for these cockney parasites to look down their noses at everyone.
I do wish that the BBC would live in the real world for once.And what makes this man think that all big burly men are knuckle draggers? I'm big and burly, I've got a degree and can talk anyone to sleep who'll listen, I can also discourage the unwanted visitors. What discounts me? Pure discrimination.
"Bosses at MediaCityUK say they don’t want burly watchmen to work at the Salford Quays site"
Nothing like a bit of sexism to kick off a new project.
Graduates? are you for real? if G4S are running the security they will paying about £6 per hour. yes that is a competitive salary, only problem is the competition is Burger King.
Oh dear... ""We aren’t looking for big, burly guys. In fact, it would be an ideal opportunity for female candidates and mums. We want people who are able to communicate well."
I have never heard such blatant sexist drivel. Are big burly guys not able to communicate well? Why would this be an ideal opportunity for females and not males? What about fathers and male candidates.
And we are all paying for this socialist social engineering "right on" organisation through a stealth tax! Time to open it up to the world of the free market, advertising and make it compete with ITV on a level playing field.
This is illegal and discriminatory, shame you aunitie.
Adrian Sigsworth, of Group 4 Security, says: "We believe that people who have not necessarily worked in security before will help us build a true customer-focused team."
So, these candidates might be really nice to celebs, but how will they go on if there is a terrorist attack?
i will apply as an ex emergency services member, but doubt i will get a reply
discrimination! plain and simple. could you imagine if they'd said, no women please, no men please, no one under 5 ft need apply, no whites, no asians, there'd be a right kick off!!
Deport the BBC!! (bored today but like to give support to our right wing lunatics....)
they think they are in sunny Islington or chelsea . what a shock when they find that media city is really ordsall..if they expect the police to rush to their aid then a wait of an hour is usual and then when the dins died down...
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come on BBC have the dignity to respect that big burly guys and women have a talent and that they are necessary at times.and that they can be diplomatic and sensitive.. this is discriminatory and snobbish and they havent arrived yet....
Who do the BEEB think they are? That is discrimination in my book! I'm just glad i dont fork out for a t.v licence. Yes i've got several t.v's, but i choose not to but a licence. Who do the BEEB think they are? That is discrimination in my book! I'm just glad i dont fork out for a t.v licence.Yes i've got several t.v's, but i choose not to buy a licence. REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS!
Who do the BEEB think they are? That is discrimination in my book! I'm just glad i dont fork out for a t.v licence. Yes i've got several t.v's, but i choose not to but a licence. Who do the BEEB think they are? That is discrimination in my book! I'm just glad i dont fork out for a t.v licence.Yes i've got several t.v's, but i choose not to buy a licence. REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS!
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Who do the BEEB think they are? That is discrimination in my book! I'm just glad i dont fork out for a t.v licence. Yes i've got several t.v's, but i choose not to but a licence. Who do the BEEB think they are? That is discrimination in my book! I'm just glad i dont fork out for a t.v licence.Yes i've got several t.v's, but i choose not to buy a licence. REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS REPEATS!
Where do we apply? No helpful link. G4S.com is no help