The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required have also been included. Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance
Salary: £52,151 - £58,059 (Inclusive of Inner London Weighting, 14.3% Contractual hours payment and 30.86% Unsocial hours payment)
Contractual Hours: 40 hours per week
Basis: Permanent
Workplace category: Workplace based
Attachments: Job Information Pack
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Market Sergeant (Security Team Supervisor)
Location: New Spitalfields Market (E10 5SQ)
About us
New Spitalfields Market is one of the three world-famous wholesale food markets owned and managed by the City of London Corporation. Which provides and maintains a site and infrastructure that supports over 120 tenant and associated businesses.
The role
This is an exciting and demanding supervisory role in a very unique workplace where creating a safe, secure and well-regulated trading environment 24 hours a day is a major challenge. As one of three Market Sergeant (Security Team Supervisors) you will help maintain order, prevent/detect crime, enforce site rules, assist with health and safety, manage on-site traffic, deal with enquiries/complaints, monitor CCTV/ANPR, respond to emergencies and deliver first aid. To do this it is critical that you build good relationships with staff, market tenants and customers. You will work 10-hour shifts, providing supervisory cover during the period 10pm Sunday to 8am Thursday.
About you
You will have:
- significant security/enforcement experience
- experience successfully leading and managing a small team or be able to show the ability to do the same
- a good knowledge and experience of managing complex health and safety issues, fire safety, CCTV/ANPR systems, administrative tasks and planning
- First Aid at Work certification (or be prepared to undergo this training)
- SIA accredited
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as part of the selection process the successful applicant will be required to obtain a Basic Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
In addition to a competitive salary and membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme, you can look forward to an all-round package of life-improving benefits and offers – from interest-free season ticket and bicycle loans to discounts on health and wellbeing, arts and culture.
For further information or for an informal chat about the role, please contact: Richard James, Email: Richard.James@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Closing date: 23:59pm on 17 April 2026
Interviews will be held on 8 May 2026