Security Officer - Weekend Nights - Boone, NC

Location:

Boone, NC, United States
Job
Date Posted:
May 27, 2025

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Samaritans Purse is seeking a Security Officer to serve at our International Headquarters located in Boone, N.C. In this role, you will have the opportunity and responsibility to protect the safety and well-being of all persons and property on the Samaritans Purse campus. Join us and use your skills to serve the Kingdom!

Note:

night shift position working 12-hour shifts (7 p.m. 7 a.m.) Saturday - Monday each week.

A Day in the Life of a Security Officer:

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!

We start each day with a time of devotion and spend time praying for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Security Officer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Conduct yourself as a security professional at all times, creating an atmosphere to deter undesirable activity
• Greet all staff and visitors whenever practical to maintain a consistent visible presence
• Screen pedestrian and vehicular traffic for authorization to enter the premises
• Operate various equipment, such as card access, fire and burglar alarms, video cameras, and ministry vehicles
• Report hazardous conditions and follow all call-in procedures in case of emergency
• Identify threatening individuals and alert local law enforcement
• Be familiar with all Samaritans Purse facilities, policies, procedures, and regulations that affect the safety and security of all occupants
• Monitor activity across campus through regular physical patrols and the use of video surveillance
• Control access to campus during non-business hours; open/close and secure all buildings as scheduled
• Document all note-worthy activity in the shift log or appropriate incident report
• Basic Law Enforcement Training and minimum 2 years experience as Law Enforcement Officer or equivalent, required
• Must be eligible to complete/pass annual PPS training and certification as a PPS Officer through the North Carolina State Attorney Generals office
• Basic keyboarding and computer skills, strongly preferred
• Motivated self-starter; sees a need and takes initiative
• Trustworthy and mature
• Patient when tasks are routine, but quick on their feet to respond to a crisis
• Fluency in English, required

Job Location: Boone, NC

Type:Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:
  
  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  
  Matthew 28:19;
  John 10:30;
  Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
  
  Matthew 1:23;
  John 1:1-4 and 1:29;
  Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24;
  Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21;
  Philippians 2:5-11;
  Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
  
  Luke 24:46-47;
  John 14:6;
  Acts 4:12;
  Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11;
  Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9;
  Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.
  
  John 3:5-8;
  Acts 1:8 and 4:31;
  Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14;
  Galatians 5:16-18;
  Ephesians 6:12;
  Colossians 2:6-10.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.
  1 Corinthians 15:51-57;
  Revelation 20:11-15.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.
  1 Corinthians 12:12, 27;
  Ephesians 1:22-23.
• We believe that the…