Security Guard

Job Summary

Ensures the security and safety of property, collections, staff, and visitors by executing all aspects of physical security and special events operations. Implements security policies and procedures and facility entry and egress access control. Conducts interior and exterior roving patrols of building areas and monitors and responds to emergency situations.

• Implements safety and security policies and procedures.
• Conducts patrols of interior, exterior, and surrounding property areas.
• Responds appropriately to protect the facility, collections, staff, and visitors.
• Prepares incident reports.
• Monitors systems and identifies potential problems or threats to the collections, equipment, buildings, staff, and visitors.
• Works with fire marshals, law enforcement, and contracted services as needed.
• Coordinates security issues with study site security personnel.
• Responsible for accompanying research participants between study site and FIU on a daily basis to ensure participants stay within assigned areas and act in an orderly manner.
• Accesses research database, REDCap, to obtain participant information and visit information in order to check participants in for their research study appointments.

High school diploma or GED.

Staff

$32,000 - $38,000

Begin time: 8:00 AM

End time: 4:30 PM

• Criminal Background Check
• Driver's License Check
• Drug Screening
• Fingerprinting Check
• Reference Checks

• Ability to work flexible hours as needed.
• Ability to work occasional evenings, weekends and at locations outside of the University.
• Ability to travel locally.
• Ability to travel to FIU Locations and/or FIU Campuses.

Since 1945, the Florida Legislature has made a provision to give preference in the hiring process to United States war veterans in recognition of their military, naval, or air service who meet specific conditions. The conditions are as follows:

• Veterans with a VA service-connected disability
• Spouses of veterans with permanent and total service-connected disability
• Honorably discharged veterans with wartime service.
• Unmarried widow or widower of a veteran who died as a result of a service‑connected disability
• A veteran who has served in a qualifying campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, including the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

Florida International University honors this policy and will comply with Veterans' Preference guidelines when filling staff positions. Any applicant claiming Veterans' Preference will be required to attach a DD214 with each application submitted for verification.

In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, the University Police department at Florida International University provides information on crimes statistics, crime prevention, law enforcement, crime reporting, and other related issues for the past three (3) calendar years. The FIU Annual Security report is available online at: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

To obtain a paper copy of the report, please visit the FIU Police Department located at 885 SW 109th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33199.

Florida International University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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