School Safety Supervisor - Police Department
School Safety Supervisor - Police Department
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$ 65105 - 79148
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Job Description
Our diverse and inclusive workforce of more than 7000 employees play a key role in the success of San Jos the heart of the Silicon Valley. All City of San Jos employees work together as one team to make San Jos a vibrant innovative and desirable place to live and work.Visithere to learn more about our One Team Leadership Values and Expectations including quality and excellent customer service and hereto learn more about San Jos.
The City of San Jos is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for all job openings will be considered without regard to age race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation disability veteran statusor any other consideration made unlawful under any federal state or local laws. The City of San Jos is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please contact us at 711 (TTY) or via email at .
About the Department
The San Jos Police Department is dedicated to providing public safety through community partnerships and 21st Century Policing practices ensuring equity for all. The Department is committed to treating all of San Joses diverse community members with dignity fairness and respect while protecting their rights and providing equal protection under the law.
Position Duties
The San Jose Police Department is currently recruiting for a School Safety Supervisor position. The School Safety Supervisor will be part of the San Jose Police Departments Support Services Division School Safety & Education Unit. The School Safety and Education Unit provides administrative support and staffing for the Adult Crossing Guard Program for the City of San Jose. Additionally the Unit coordinates the training and supervision of Student Safety Patrols at elementary schools and provides pedestrian safety educational presentations throughout the City. The unit comprises of 1 Captain 1 Program Manager 4 School Safety Supervisors and 200 School Crossing Guards. The work schedule for this position is a 4/10 schedule (10-hour workdays/ 4 days a week).
The duties of this position include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Supervises School Crossing Guards including recruitment interview of prospective candidates training scheduling and discipline.
- Administers schedules and coordinates the activities of the school crossing guard program including maintenance of timesheets mileage forms performance evaluations within an assigned geographical area.
- Develops school safety patrol programs; conducts training in safety and advises on current state requirements.
- Designs prepares or obtains teaching materials including films videos brochures and testing materials for educational programs in pedestrian safety bicycle safety personal safety and prevention of child sexual assault.
- Works with Police Training and Traffic Operations to develop audio-visual instructional materials including slide and video presentations.
- Prepares and gives presentations to student parent and teacher groups in and monitors program effectiveness.
- Prepares and submits timecards for Crossing Guards.
- Observes and reports on unsafe physical conditions of streets roads signs crosswalks and sidewalks. Makes recommendations on adjustments to matters related to the safety of student pedestrian safety.
- Organizes and directs special events for school-age children.
- May perform duties of a School Crossing Guard on a relief basis as required.
- Maintains personnel files for School Crossing Guards.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
Minimum Qualifications
- Education and Experience:Graduation from high school and one year of experience in supervision including coordinating and scheduling of assignments and in the preparation and presentation of information to large groups.Required Licensing:
- Possession of a valid drivers license authorizing operation of a motor vehicle in California.
- As a condition of employment incumbents may be required to use their personal vehicles in performing the job duties and maintain a valid City of San Jose driving permit.
Background: Submit to a personal background investigation as required by the Police Department
Other Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies as demonstrated in past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:
Job expertise - Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations. Bilingual in Spanish or Vietnamese is desired.
Communication skills - Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other peoples ideas and thoughts.
Computer skills - Experienced with common business computer applications including but not limited to: MS Outlook MS Word MS PowerPoint MS Access and MS Excel.
Customer Service - Demonstrates the ability to anticipate customers needs and deliver services effectively and efficiently using professional demeanor.
Reliability - Completes quality work assignments in a timely and efficient manner; fulfills responsibilities and maintains confidentiality as appropriate.
Multi-tasking - Can handle multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously; has handled a wide variety of assignments in past and/or current position(s).
Supervision - Sets effective long and short-term goals based on a good understanding of management practices; establishes realistic priorities within available resources; provides motivational support; empowers others; assigns decision-making and work functions to others in an appropriate manner to maximize organizational and individual effectiveness.
Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills - Develops effective relationships with co-workers and supervisors by helping others accomplish tasks and using collaboration and conflict resolution skills.
Selection Process
The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicants training and experience based on the application and responses to the Job Specific Questions. Only the candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews and a background investigation.
You will be prompted to answer the following job-specific questions during the online application process. Please note that there is a 4000-character limit including spaces for each text response.
- Please describe your Supervisory experience. Indicate years of supervisory experience your main role as a supervisor the number of employees and type of employees you supervised. Include any experience in scheduling presenting and MS Office.
- Please describe your experience handling multiple assignments and meeting deadlines. Please provide some examples of projects/tasks you have worked on and the techniques you have used to produce quality error free work in a timely manner.
- Please describe your experience working with the public in a public setting and why you would like to be a School Safety Supervisor.
You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration.
If you have questions about the duties of these positions please contact Michelle Barte at
If you have questions about the selection or hiring processes please contact Alexandria Rodriguez at
Additional Information:
Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.
You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.
Please note that applications are currently not acceptedthrough CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION please email and we will research the status of your application.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
