Posted 16 days ago
Security Lead
@ Kith Toronto ULC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Kith Toronto ULC is hiring a full-time Security Lead for its Vancouver store, reporting to the Head of Security and General Manager. The role covers monitoring the entrance and sales floor, managing lines and crowds, and supervising in-house and third-party guards. Pay is $34 per hour, with open availability including evenings, overnights, weekends and holidays.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor store entrances and sales floor for theft and fraud
- Manage lines and crowds inside and outside the store
- Check employee coats and bags on entry and exit
- Supervise in-house and third-party security guards
- Support guests and staff in safety and crisis situations
Requirements summary:
- Valid security guard licence or guard card
- 2-3 years of security experience
- 1+ years in retail or apparel
- 1-3 years in a customer-facing environment
- Open availability including evenings, overnights, weekends and holidays
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-21
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-22
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Administrative |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening, holidays, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · lift 25 lb · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Guard Card |
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Kith Toronto ULC
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ABOUT THE ROLE
Location: Vancouver
Status: Full-time
Compensation: $34:00/ hr
Position Summary:
The Kith Security Lead acts in partnership with the Head of Security and/or the General Manager on overall security responsibilities. The Security Lead is imperative in the daily functions of the store’s retail operations. The individual is professional, aware, and detail oriented within the retail space. Ensuring the safety of store staff and customers through diligent monitoring of the sales floor and entrance(s). Continuously contributes to the seamless operations of the store by managing any lines that form outside the store and helping in the execution of any product releases.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary Responsibilities:
- Monitor entrance(s) of store, while managing traffic in and out of the store
- Check employee coats and bags upon entry & exit
- Handles undesired conduct, violations of building policy and civil laws as warranted for the security and safety of guests, employees, patrons, and property
- Observe sales floor for potential theft and fraud
- Provides supervisory level support to Head of Security and/or General Manager, in overall management of both in-house and third-party security guards
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Manage any lines/crowds that form outside of the store
- Provide support to both guests and team members in any safety, crowd management or crisis response situations
- Ensure the store is compliant with any building/city/state or federal ordinance regarding crowds inside and outside of the store
- Assist store management team with housekeeping responsibilities including but not limited to, dusting, sweeping, collection of trash, and other tasks traditionally associated with standard retail operations.
Special Projects/Tasks:
- Assist in the execution of any in-store product releases, by managing and monitoring of crowds/lines formed prior and during regular store operating hours
- Follow the direction of Head of Security or General Manager in any emergency situations
REQUIREMENTS
Availability:
- Open & flexible availability, including but not limited to evenings, overnights, and weekends as well as Holidays.
- Availability to consistently work weekends, special projects, drops/releases or as the business’ needs require.
Licenses/Certificates:
- Valid State Security Guard License/Certificate, or Guard Card is required
Experience:
- 2-3 years as Security
- 2-3 years in Loss Prevention preferred but not required
- 1-3 years in a customer facing environment
- 1+ years in a Retail/Apparel environment
Skills/Abilities:
- Effective communication with both internal and external customers
- Crowd management
- Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time
- Ability to de-escalate conflicts
- Ability to lift and move 25lbs.
- Ability to perform standard tasks that are related to retail operations including but not limited to, bending, twisting, and climbing ladders/step stools.
- Ability to stand and walk for prolonged periods of time.
WHO YOU ARE
Professional Characteristics:
- Open to feedback
- Comfortable addressing individuals and crowds
- Comfortable with giving direction in a respectful manner
Personal Characteristics:
- Calm demeanor
- Intuitive
- Observant
WHO WE ARE
Established in 2011 in New York City, Kith is a lifestyle brand and specialty retailer that offers seasonal collections of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and footwear through a distinct lens of personal storytelling. Kith embodies a multi-faceted lifestyle, with uncompromising detail to fabrication and design. Led by Founder, CEO and Creative Director Ronnie Fieg, the brand is known globally for evoking nostalgia from a dynamic point of view, and working closely with a carefully selected set of best-in-class collaborators.
Kith operates 16 standalone boutiques around the world, and 3 shop-in-shops. Kith Treats, conceived from Fieg’s childhood love for cereal, operates in 10 locations, as well as Sadelle’s at Kith restaurants in Paris, Miami Design District, Toronto and Seoul.
The Kinnect Foundation, a non-profit established and operated by Kith, is a non-profit devoted to creating positive change through education, community and social impact.
Kith is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All career opportunities offered by Kith are fully on site, and if contacted, all email communication will come from a kith.com or kithnyc.com email address. Please note that any correspondence from an alternative email domain, or offering remote or hybrid work, is fraudulent.
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