Lead Security Assistant

Starting Date: Immediately

Position:
Lead Security Assistant

PRIMARY

PURPOSE:

Lead security and safety services for the school campuses and provide oversight for the safetyandwellbeing of students, staff, and visitors. Provide for the safety of all students, faculty, and staff and the security of all high school campus property and equipment. Providing training, support, oversight and guidance to the campus security assistants. Assist the district and campus administration in the development and implementation of procedures that will ensure the protection of all campus, student and staff property.

This position does not have law enforcement authority.

This is an unarmed position in accordance with district policy DH Local.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Certification:

• High School Diploma or GED
• College degree (associate's or bachelor's) preferred
• 5 years of prior successful campus security assistant preferred
• Preferred experience in a K-12 setting
• Possess and maintain a valid Texas driver’s license
• Satisfactory completion of American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid course or agreement to earn within six (6) months of employment

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to work effectively with youths and adults
• Strong communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills
• Express facts and communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Organize work around broad organizational goals and processes
• Safely, appropriately and effectively use de-escalation techniques when necessary
• Scan environment and consider multiple scenarios before appropriately responding
• Physically and mentally prepared to respond in an emergency or potentially dangerous situation
• Obtain pertinent information through observation, interviews and articulate findings concisely and timely
• Respond to members of the community or internal peers within the organization
• Ability to use a computer for reports and programs

Essential Job Functions:

• Train, coach, supervise and direct assigned campus security assistants.
• Aids in providing safe-school officer coverage at schools, centers, and administrative sites.
• Assists with the implementation of school safety and security programs.
• Serve as a member of a school’s security and safety team, with a specific focus on protecting the wellbeing of students, staff, and visitors against active threats on school property.
• Assist in resolving conflict or confrontation between students and report concerns to the administrative team.
• Prevention and detection of threatening activities while assigned to a school, department or task.
• Immediately responds to and engages to stop the threat of an active assailant.
• Conducts perimeter and inner school assessments to ensure premises are secure.
• Work collaboratively with the school administrators and appropriate staff to resolve issues related to security and safety
• Assist law enforcement agencies and staff in the identification, deterrence, mitigation, and prosecution of subjects that affect the security and safety of students, staff, and visitors on the school campus.
• Use and care communications equipment, and other issued equipment.
• Partner with school administrators to develop and maintain positive relationships with students and staff, fostering an environment of collaboration and support for the safety of all of LPISD.
• Monitor students within a variety of school environments, e.g., restrooms, grounds, hallways, library, cafeteria, parking lots, etc., for the purpose of ensuring the safety and welfare of students.
• Prepare a variety of reports and documents for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference, and/or conveying information.
• Utilize technology to…