Safety Specialist (2 Positions Available)
Safety Specialist (2 Positions Available)
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Position:
Safety Specialist (40 Hours per week/12 Months) 2 Positions Available
Safety & Security Department
Cambridge is a vibrant and diverse city. Educating about 7000 students JK-12 the Cambridge Public Schools includes award-winning faculty cutting edge technology and innovative programs. While each of our public schools is unique they are joined in a shared vision of rigorous joyful and culturally responsive learning plus personalized support for every student. Over 30% of CPS students speak a language other than English at home and over 80 languages are spoken by our families. Among the most common are Spanish Haitian Creole Amharic Arabic Bengali Chinese and Portuguese. Our schools proudly embrace this diversity.
The Opportunity:
The Safety Specialist will report directly to the Director of Safety & Security and will have the following key responsibilities:
- Greet guests employees and students in a welcoming and professional manner
- Secure proper identification from visitors and assist them with directions
- Patrol and secure school grounds (hallways stairwells and other public/unsupervised places in the school) to maintain school security and to ensure the safety and well-being of students/staff
- Supervise and monitor students/staff throughout the school day and during events
- Approach unauthorized visitors to identify and determine the reason they are on campus grounds
- Rapidly respond to calls for support throughout all Cambridge Public Schools (including elementary schools upper schools and high schools)
- Conduct home visits/wellness checks when necessary
- Conduct safety/security and emergency preparedness presentations to students/staff
- Fully embrace security and safety training programs to enhance abilities
- Develop and foster relationships with students especially those considered to be at risk to ensure they have the necessary support
- Identify student conflicts at the earliest possible stage to prevent escalation
- Draft reports report and record discipline infractions incidents and unauthorized visitors to the school principal and appropriate administrators
- Gather incident reports from witnesses victims and alleged perpetrators
- Intervene during all safety/security related incidents while following departmental protocol/procedures
- Protect confidentiality of records and information on students and staff
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Usage of Safety & Security computer programs: Genetec S2 NetBox Aspen CI Badge etc.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree preferred minimum of a high school diploma or related degree
- Has at least 3 years of experience working with youth in a culturally diverse urban setting
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal communication skills and can relate well with students staff administrators caregivers and the community
- Ability to handle emergencies crisis situations and student/staff conflicts efficiently and effectively
- Ability to speak multiple languages (familiarity with languages spoken by the CPS enrollment population is a plus)
- Demonstrates excellent written communication skills and possesses the ability to write reports clearly and concisely
Terms of Employment:
40 hours a week 12 months a year. Work schedule is 9:00am-5:00pm or 10:00am-6:00pm (Subject to Change).
Salary: In accordance with the Cambridge Professional Safety Specialist Salary Schedule.
How to Join Our Team:
Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity.
At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
