Substitute Security Guard
Summary
Provide on-campus security at an arts-focused public school, monitor systems, patrol facilities, and document incidents to ensure student and staff safety.
Substitute security guard needed immediately for the ACES Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT .
ACES Educational Center for the Arts, is currently accepting applications for the position of School Security Officer. Prior law enforcement and/or security experience is highly preferred, but not required.
Must possess excellent communication skills, computer skills, a driver's license, and a sincere interest in the well-being of children and adults. Must be willing to work in open campus locations throughout the Audubon arts district and willing to maintain a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, holidays & overtime and be flexible, adaptive, and work closely with administration to develop safe and secure campus facilities.
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Duties Include:
- Greet, screen, record, and allow public visitors and employees admittance to school sites in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Monitor security systems and/or environmental systems, and investigate and/or report any incidents.
- Work with administration to implement systems of incident and emergency response
- Identify, confront, and report all unauthorized persons to the proper authorities, and initiate action to protect students, staff, parents, visitors, and district property.
- Ensure the physical safety and security of the facility by enforcing agency policies and procedures
- Provide a deterrent and detection factor for wrongful activity; conduct patrols and monitors the status of the physical security measures.
- Identify, articulate and train school staff on security measures and preventative practices
- Conduct walking patrols of the interior and exterior campus.
- Document all security activity and generate incident reports as necessary.
- Monitor facility equipment and alarms during tours and report equipment failure, reset alarms as instructed and/or assist in minor repair as directed.
- Have the ability to answer and operate phones, radio communications, and other communication equipment to provide effective communication with facilities, operations, and emergency personnel.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned by the administration.
External applicants, please visit our website at to submit an on-line application. Internal applicants, please visit the Human Resources page on the internal website at for an on-line application.
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