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Benefits of Being a Lindenwood Employee:
- Upon hire employerpaid tuition benefits for bachelors (employee spouse and dependent) and masters degree programs (employee and spouse only).
- Tuition discounts for doctoral programs (employee only).
- Comprehensive benefits plan: medical dental vision life insurance disability insurance and retirement options.
- Paid holidays: MLK Jr. day Good Friday Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving break (Wednesday Friday) and winter break (Dec. 23 Jan. 1.
- Free lunch Fridays: LU employees are eligible for a free meal on Fridays at the Evans Commons Dining Hall or Spellman Dining Hall; ChickfilA and Qdoba included.
- Professional development opportunities through the Lindenwood Learning Academy.
Job Title: Officer Public Safety and Security
Division: Fiscal Affairs
Evaluation Group: Staff
FLSA Status: NonExempt
Reports To: Associate Director Public Safety and Security
Positions Supervised: N/A
The public safety and security officer is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for students staff and visitors by patrolling the campus reporting crime and enforcing university policies.
Essential Job Functions and Performance Indicators
The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and level of responsibility that will be required of positions given this title. This job description shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform jobrelated tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Job Responsibilities and
- Secures premises by patrolling property monitoring surveillance equipment and inspecting buildings and access points
- Upholds universitys standards and reputation by complying with legal requirements of the Clery Act
- Maintains uptodate knowledge of the universitys Emergency Action Plan
- Enforces campus parking regulations
- Completes incident/accident reports for missing or stolen property and criminal activity; assures accurate reports including detailed complete observations and information
- Conducts surveillance
- Interviews witnesses and obtains signatures
Service Excellence
- Supports the university mission and serves as an ambassador of the Q2 culture of service excellence
- Models supports and holds others accountable to the universitys values integrity dedication excellence creativity and teamwork
- Accompanies visitors students and employees on campus upon request
- Provides public assistance including lockout services first aid vehicle jumpstarts and traffic direction
Communication Teamwork and Collaboration
- Prevents loss and damage via consistent reporting of concerns
- Educates violators on proper policies and procedures
Job may require other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications An equivalent combination of education training and experience will be considered. Additional requirements may be designated by position.
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid drivers license
- Acceptable criminal background check
- Security license must be obtained within 60 days of employment
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid certifications must be obtained in a timely manner
- State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Incident Command System (ICS) 100 Higher Education (HE) and 700 courses must be passed with certifications obtained
- Bachelors degree preferred
- Security military or law enforcement experience preferred
Knowledge Skills and Abilities May be representative but not all inclusive of the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to perform this job competently.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures
- Ability to use good judgement think critically and problem solve
- Ability to mediate intervene and remain calm during emergencies hostile situations and physical altercations
- Ability to work with large groups of students
- Effective communication skills
- Strong personal integrity
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
Work Environment Environmental or atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of this jobs functions. Please click here to view Lindenwood Universitys flexible work designation descriptions.
- General office setting
- Indoor and outdoor often extreme weather conditions
- Ability to work different shifts including days afternoons or midnights
- Some exposure to hazards and physical risks which require basic safety precautions
- Essential worker designation
- FullyOn Ground
Physical Abilities The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform this jobs essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Ability to work effectively at a computer for up to eight hours daily
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function
- Ability to use a twoway radio
- Ability to walk and stand for duration of shift
- Ability to lift 25 pounds
- Ability to report to work during emergencies unless otherwise notified
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lindenwood University is an Equal Opportunity employer. The University complies with appropriate federal state and local laws and provides equal employment opportunities and access to educational programs without regard to race color religion gender age sexual orientation gender identity national origin veteran status disability or any other protected status to all qualified applicants and employees. Lindenwood University is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and dedicated to providing a positive discriminationfree educational work environment.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority