Security Officer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of high school.
• Requires one (1) year of experience in safety and protection service or a related field.
• Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends and holidays.
• Requires the ability to work in a 24 hour “on-call” basis.
• Requires the ability to climb stairs, chase runaways.
• Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
• Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
• Requires a valid driver’s license.
• Requires the ability to acquire and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
• Requires the ability to become OIG rule 50.3 certified within 90 days of employment.
• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Nice To Haves

• Three (3) years of professional experience working with security requirements and regulations for a public or private organization.
• Three (3) years of professional experience working with emergency response procedures including fire safety and controls for a public or private organization.
• Three (3) years of professional experience participating/conducting investigations into allegations of burglaries, vandalism, individual injuries and traffic accidents.
• Three (3) years of professional experience providing leadership, directing and supervising staff for a public or private organization.
• Three (3) years of professional experience preparing reports.
• Three (3) years of professional experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Provides security to all areas of Murray Developmental Center on an assigned shift.
• Serves as designated lead worker.
• Conducts investigations of alleged events, gathers witness statements and evidence, and prepares written reports for Murray Development Center and Office of Inspector General (OIG).
• Patrols Murray Center grounds and buildings by foot and vehicles to look for breaches of security, unsafe and hazardous conditions.
• Assists Center staff with management of combative residents.
• Secures patients personal property and escorts/transports residents to different locations of Murray Center and in the community.
• Enforces various traffic incidents, including speeding and parking regulations.
• In the absence of the Security Officer Chief, acts as a back-up in handling staff coverage and staff coordination.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Benefits

• A Pension Program
• Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
• 12 Paid Sick days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
• 10-25 days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
• Benefit time modified for part-time, 12-hour, & non-standard work schedules (as applicable)
• 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
• Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
• 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
• Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
• Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
• GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
• 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
• Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)