Public Safety Officer (Part Time)

Curry College•Milton, MA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the general supervision of the Director of Public Safety and the direct supervision of the Sergeant, the Public Safety Officer (PSO) is a security and dispatch services specialist who ensures that the college, its students, employees, guests, and licensees are safe, and that all property remains secure and unharmed and that all college, division and departmental rules, regulations are adhered to.

Requirements

An Associate's degree in Criminal Justice
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Good computer skills
Valid Driver's License
First Aid/CPR certification within 6 months of hire date

Nice To Haves

Security or other related public safety experience of at least one year
A Baccalaureate degree in Criminal Justice or a closely related discipline
An intimate knowledge of Curry College campus and Public Safety procedures

Responsibilities

Provide the full array of institutionally authorized and directed security measures in, maintaining the safety, and protecting the integrity of the college, its students, employees, guests, licensees, and real and personal property.
Provide safety escort services for students, employees and guests.
Maintain a continual, perimeter deployment and activity protocol to ensure appropriate egress and ingress procedures are followed.
Patrol the campus on an assigned shift by vehicle or foot.
Enforce parking rules and regulations.
Implement identification, lockdown and exiting procedures as appropriate.
Priority responding to health and/or safety related incidents with appropriate enforcement, communication and facilitation protocols implemented without delay.
Check and secure the alarm system in all buildings on the campus and off-campus.
Provide both vehicular and pedestrian patrols designed to minimize vulnerability to unauthorized intrusion and/or defacing of college property and ensuring all emergency procedures are set for full and immediate implementation upon any breach to the college community or any and every member and/or guest.
Report writing will be necessary when involved with or when assisting a student, faculty, staff, visitor or when investigating an unsafe situation.
Utilize common sense and reasonable judgement to make independent decisions in the best interest of the College and the Department.
Be assigned as needed to the communication center which entails voice, visual, and text management, dispatch area management, and completion of the dispatch log.
Synchronize all video surveillance, audio messaging, and responses by the Public Safety division.
Greet visitors providing information and directions on campus.
Monitor all incoming vehicles, especially when the gate is secured, ensuring that only properly identified individuals are allowed access to campus.
Notify proper Town of Milton emergency services agencies as directed.
Be trained in all non-supervisory aspects of daily operations.
From time to time, be directed to certain projects, events, and tasks that are within his/her capacity, such as making a presentation to a student group on security practices, providing transportation to a candidate for employment to and from campus, and helping sort and compile data concerning the parking program.