Security Officer; Part Time

Job Overview

In a career as a Security Officer, you are the backbone of Boys Town’s success when it comes to ensuring the safety of our families, employees, and property.

Schedule:

• Saturday 8 AM–4 PM
• Sunday 10 AM–6 PM

Position may include rotating shifts, evenings, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

• Provides safe and effective services and adheres to policies related to safety and boundaries with service recipients.
• Attends safety and abuse risk management training as assigned.
• Adheres to procedures related to managing high‑risk activities and supervising service recipients.
• Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.
• Performs regular interior and exterior patrols of Boys Town properties/buildings (including designated clinics) by walking or patrolling in a BT Security Vehicle, ensuring security and safety standards are met.
• Checks designated areas to detect security violations; secures doors and windows and monitors for intruders and other unusual conditions.
• Observes and reports maintenance needs.
• Investigates and reports incidents involving personal injury, property damage, theft, and/or vandalism occurring on property or areas under jurisdiction, and completes the designated reports.
• Communicates with Police Department to report unusual and unsafe conditions.
• Investigates security alarms and fire alarms.
• Assists staff and guests to shelter in the event of severe weather warnings.
• Executes evacuation plan in response to fire alarm activity.
• Renders routine security assistance to all personnel, i.e., employees, patients and visitors.
• Escorts personnel to and from vehicles as requested.
• Responds to emergency calls, including Code 10s in the PRTF, utilizing the nationally recognized personal restraint training model for assistance and taking the appropriate actions.
• Confronts unauthorized personnel.
• Completes security reports and documentation of appropriate shift activities.
• Responsible to clearly, forcefully, and accurately announce overhead emergency management drills and real events following established policies and procedures.
• Utilizes Boys Town vehicle to complete requirements of position.
• Maintains building access by greeting visitors and completing check in procedures to ensure that security procedures are followed and visitors are familiar with visitor procedures.
• Coordinates visitor escorts and issues various keys as well as parking decals to employees and/or contractors.
• Performs receptionist duties until the building closes, answers and directs incoming telephone calls, gives direction to visitors and guests.
• Acts as a point‑of‑contact for building maintenance and housekeeping issues and ensures professional appearance of lobby and reception area.
• Assists with keeping the property entrances free of trash; enforces the “Tobacco Free” Campus policy.
• Schedules and completes quarterly safety drills.
• Performs general administrative and clerical duties including answering phones, mail distribution, typing correspondence, and data entry.

• High level of professionalism and interpersonal skills.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to promote and maintain excellent public relations with patients, visitors and all employees while maintaining confidentiality.
• Ability to quickly assess situations and respond appropriately.
• Administrative and organizational skills.
• Ability to write reports and communicate events/incidents accurately and thoroughly.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and multi‑task while maintaining quality standards.
• Physical stamina: stand and/or walk for long periods of time; detect, respond, and report unsafe conditions.
• Ability to perform physical restraints, including Code 10's, or if staff or public safety is threatened according to Safe Crisis Management Training.
• Ability to operate a battery jump pack to assist in starting vehicles.
• Safe and urgent handling of time‑sensitive mail items that include lifesaving medications.
• Ability to perform physical requirements/training and defensive tactics to escort non‑Boys Town personnel off the premises.