Zoo Campus Security Officer-intermittent

Location: Saint Paul

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* Working Title:

Zoo Security Officer-intermittent*
* ** Job Class:
Campus Security Officer*
* ** Agency:
Minnesota Zoological Garden*
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** Job ** : 94415

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** Location** :
Apple Valley

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** Telework Eligible** :
No

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** Full/Part Time** :
Intermittent

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** Regular/Temporary** :
Unlimited

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** Who May Apply** :
Open to all qualified job seekers

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** Date Posted** : 06/02/2026

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** Closing Date** : 06/15/2026

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** Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit** :
Minnesota Zoological Garden / Zoo Gardens-Insuff Wk Tm

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** Division/Unit** :
Operations / Guest Experience / Emergency Services

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** Work Shift/Work Hours** : varies

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** Days of Work** : varies

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** Travel Required** :
Yes - Up to 25% of the time on campus

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** Salary Range:**  $23.61 - $32.54 / hourly

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** Classified Status** :
Classified

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** Bargaining Unit/Union** : 218 - Insufficient Work Time/Unrep

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** FLSA Status** :
Nonexempt

+ Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./connect
700/) :
Yes

** The work you'll do is more than just a job.*
* At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Earn a competitive wage, a retirement plan and free parking. Join an exciting and unique organization with a mission to  
** _connect people, animals, and the natural world to save wildlife._*
* Work hours vary based on program needs and may include weekdays, weekends, daytime or evenings. Additional $2.25/hour shift differential for work after 6:00 P.M.

This position is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of the Minnesota Zoo campus of nearly 500 acres with over 10 miles of roads/pathways and over 120 buildings including a high school, a preschool, and a full-scale summer day camp program serving up to 10,000 people per day including visitors, school children, staff, volunteers, and hundreds of onsite contractors. The position responds to criminal, medical, mechanical, animal, weather-related and other emergencies at the campus and provides primary direction and decision-making during incidents on the campus that occur during daytime zoo hours and numerous evening events throughout the year.

This position supports operations across a large campus environment and requires the employee to travel between multiple buildings and work sites located throughout the campus to perform assigned duties and respond to operational needs. The incumbent must be able to travel between campus locations in a timely and reliable manner to carry out essential job functions. When job duties require the operation of a motor vehicle to access work sites, transport equipment, or respond to service needs, the employee must be able to safely operate a vehicle and possess a valid and unrestricted driver's license.

** Duties include but are not limited to:*
* + Patrol Zoo grounds and facilities campus-wide, by foot and vehicle, for emergency, security and safety incidents, ensuring issues are responded to in a courteous and professional manner, resolved promptly, or escalated to the appropriate resource. Deter unlawful or other inappropriate activity by making assigned rounds in accordance with prescribed policies and procedures; and monitoring, investigating and/or reporting unusual or suspicious conditions or incidents.

+ Monitor security, communications, and environmental systems from a central control point. The work involves monitoring electronic equipment such as closed circuit T.V. cameras, an electronic environmental monitoring system, emergency phone lines, intrusion sound alarm and teletype machines.

+ Coordinate all emergency response and serve as incident command, as appropriate, during critical safety or security incidents. Provide emergency first aid care to level of training for guests, staff, volunteers, interns, externs, and contractorsuntil the patient is able to be escalated to a higher level of care.

+ Maintain facility access control by enforcing established key/key card responsibility procedures for all campus buildings by cutting and issuing keys/key cards, ordering materials and equipment for key/key cards, and maintaining a database.

+ Perform recordkeeping and reporting of safety, health, and security access, inspections, concerns and/or incidents ensuring details and data are accurately captured in a timely manner or within required time frames and easily accessible.

** Minimum Qualifications*
* ** The following qualifications are required of all applicants seeking consideration for this position. Only applicants whose application materials clearly demonstrate fulfillment of each of these minimum qualifications will be considered for the position. To ensure accurate…