Public Safety Officer

Public Safety Officer

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.

Essential Functions :

1. Security Services Delivery : PSO shall 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.

• Security measures will include, by way of illustration, as providing safety escort services for students, employees and guests;
• maintaining 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; implementing 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;
• checking and securing the alarm system in all buildings on the campus and off-campus; providing 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.

PSO (Public Safety Officer) must utilize common sense and reasonable judgement to make independent decisions in the best interest of the College and the Department.

2. Dispatch Services : PSO will be assigned as needed to the communication center which entails voice, visual, and text management, dispatch area management, and completion of the dispatch log.

• The dispatcher's duties include synchronization of all video surveillance, audio messaging, and responses by the Public Safety division.
• A focus should be placed on current deployment, emergency response, and information intake for review and analysis by a supervisor.
• PSO will 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.

3. Internal and External Contacts :

PSO will be in contact regularly with :

• Residence Life staff.
• Building and Grounds.
• Municipal agencies such as Milton Police Department and Milton Fire Department and State agencies as required.

Additional Functions :

As a member of the Department of Public Safety, the PSO will :

• 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.

Job Requirements : Minimum Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• An Associate's degree in Criminal Justice;
• The ability to work additional evening and weekend hours to support a primarily residential campus, and required to be on-call;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills; good computer skills;
• Valid Driver's License;
• First Aid / CPR certification within 6 months of hire date.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Additional Information :

Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, Curry College will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity.

Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

At the College's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be excepted where the candidate can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the College, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Employment in this position is contingent upon the successful completion of all required pre-employment background checks.

Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination

Curry College (the "College") does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that we administer, as required by Title IX and its federal regulations, including in admission and employment.

The College's nondiscrimination policy may be found at :

https : / / www.curry.edu / about-us / community-resources / employment / notice-of-non-discrimination; the College's grievance procedures for Title IX complaints may be found at :

https : / / www.curry.edu / assets / Documents / Student-Life / handbook.pdf (pp. 96-125).

Individuals who wish to make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, or those with information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination under Title IX may contact the Title IX Coordinator, the Office for Civil Rights, or both.

Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its federal regulations to the College may be referred to either or both offices listed below :

Rick Sommer, Title IX Coordinator : King Academic Administration Building, Office G-06, 55 Atherton Street, Milton, MA 02186.

617) 333-2212, [email protected].

Office of Civil Rights ("OCR")-Boston : US Department of Education, 5 Post Office Square, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109-3921.

617) 289-0111, [email protected].

To apply, visit http : / / curry.interviewexchange.com / jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID 175570

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