Position Details
Position Summary:
Under the direction and supervision of the Director of Safety & Security, the Safety Monitor provides active student, room, hallway, and door monitoring for district buildings to ensure staff maintain the ability to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of all students.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (in criminal justice related field preferred)
- Law enforcement or security experience preferred
- Proficient with PCs, tablets, and other mobile electronic devices
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Apps, and cloud-based applications
- Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed
- Effective interpersonal skills and written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong orientation toward providing customer service
- Strong work ethic
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work positively and productively with adults and high school age students
Essential Functions:
- Monitor student and visitor activity in all areas of the building per assigned schedule.
- Enforce federal and state laws, Board policies, and district procedures.
- Maintain watch for unauthorized items throughout the building, including empty spaces like unassigned lockers.
- Perform safety and security check of all building doors.
- Report and investigate accidents, incidents, suspicious activities, safety and fire hazards, and other security-related situations in collaboration with the Safety and Security Coordinator, district and building administration, and local law enforcement.
- Prepare and complete paperwork as assigned.
- Provide assistance to students, substitutes, and other visitors as necessary and appropriate.
- Maintain a positive and professional demeanor for students, staff, and the community.
- Maintain a working knowledge of all district emergency procedures and provide any necessary assistance to visitors when any emergency situations arise.
- Assist the Safety and Security Coordinator with staff training.
- Participate in staff development programs as assigned.
- Complete tasks assigned by the Safety and Security Coordinator or an administrator.
Skills Required:
In order to perform this job successfully an individual must demonstrate satisfactory performance in each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the skills and abilities required for this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents such as correspondence, surveys, notes, electronic media, schedules, handbooks, and memorandums.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff members and students.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in written form.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from individuals or groups.
- Ability to complete mathematical operations and apply concepts of basic mathematics.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule format.
- Ability to maintain and grow current job skills as directed, especially in technology- related activities.
- Ability to perform essential duties with an awareness of school district requirements and Board.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and listen.
- The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, operate office and computer equipment, reach with hands and arms, and will frequently repeat actions with the same hand, arm, or finger motion, such as when entering data at a computer or scanning materials.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and push heavy carts.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The noise level in the work environment is varied.
- Work is conducted at a variety of job sites.
- The pace of the work is considered fast.
- The employee regularly works indoors and outdoors.
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive listing of duties performed in this position. The individuals currently holding this position perform additional duties and additional duties may be assigned.
Lake Park Community High School District 108 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The District has a policy of active recruitment of qualified minority employees, licensed and non-licensed. Any individual requiring assistance making application for this opening should contact the Human Resources Assistant.
To Apply:
https://www.applitrack.com/d108/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=442&posFirstChoice=Support%20Staff&posSpecialty=Safety%20Monitor
