Public Safety Officer

## Description

**POSITION SUMMARY**

The **Public Safety Officer** reports directly to the Director of Public Safety and will be responsible for all security activities involving campus patrol, requests for service, opening/closing of facilities, responding to emergency calls, parking requests, and monitoring, and all other duties as assigned.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

• Respond to calls for service.
• Communicate effectively with faculty, staff, students, and public safety departmental members regarding campus policies, procedures, emergency processes.
• Answer and monitor telephone and radio systems.
• Respond to emergency-based assignments and directives by supervisors and other institutional administrators.
• Work cooperatively and effectively with all members of the department, and other campus constituencies.
• Be familiar with, locate and communicate information in the Salem student handbooks, employee manuals, and Emergency Response Plan manual.
• Computer skills necessary to complete incident reports create campus identification cards, email correspondence, parking registration, payroll system, etc.
• Be familiar with and able to operate all fire alarm systems and burglar alarm systems on campus.
• Maintain current knowledge of buildings and properties including but not limited to safety hazard checks, security checks, floor plans, and employees that maintain offices in each facility.
• Perform facility-type maintenance work as needed.
• Ability to work rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, during inclement weather, and during other circumstances requiring public safety staffing.
• Provide constant foot patrol to the entire campus.
• Ability to use physical force to protect yourself or others if necessary and legitimately permissible.
• Be familiar with and use all issued equipment as required/needed.
• Have a thorough knowledge of campus properties and be able to provide direction to access locations.
• Performs and completes any other special tasks, responsibilities, and duties as assigned.

**POSITION KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES**

• Excellent communication, oral, interpersonal, writing, and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of law enforcement/security best practices and procedures.
• Analytical skills and objective observance of situations and quick decision-making.
• Skill in managing situations firmly, courteously, tactfully, and impartially.
• De-escalation skills
• Ability to multi-task and work independently with demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship between diverse operating organizations.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to cope with changing requirements, and goals (sometimes rapid changes).

## Qualifications
**Required Qualifications**

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required
• Ability to pass a background check
• Working knowledge of basic security techniques
• Previous security-related work experience preferred
• Ability to stay level headed and respond quickly in stressful situations
• Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, Salem students, staff, administration, and community
• Subject to random drug testing
• Ability to pass a background check
• At least 21 years of age
• Valid driver's license

**Physical/Environmental requirements:**

• Bend, squat, stand, kneel, walk, run, crawl, and climb.
• Regularly ascend/descend stairs.
• Walk for long distances and sit for varying lengths of time.
• Reach above shoulders, handle keys/tools/objects, push, pull, carry, or lift objects over 40 lbs.
• Work may necessitate accessing and working in confined spaces or high spaces.
• Must be physically able to operate the equipment required to perform duties.
• Work in an indoor/outdoor environment subject to changing temperatures.