Crossing Guard

Description

Are you looking for a meaningful way to serve your community and help keep children safe? The City of St. Cloud Police Department is seeking dependable and community‑minded individuals to join our team as Crossing Guards. This important role helps ensure students and pedestrians safely travel to and from school while supporting traffic safety in school zones. Work schedules are part‑time and occur during key school hours, typically mornings and afternoons, making this a great opportunity for individuals seeking flexible daytime hours.

• Safely assist students and pedestrians at designated school crossings
• Help manage traffic flow and promote safe driving in school zones
• Serve as a positive and visible presence for students, families, and the community
• Report safety concerns or hazards to help improve traffic operations

• Dependable individuals with strong attention to safety
• Friendly and professional communicators who enjoy working with children and the public
• Candidates comfortable working outdoors in various weather conditions
• Individuals able to stand and remain alert during assigned shifts

• Serve your community in a meaningful way?
• Flexible part‑time daytime schedule?
• Be part of a supportive Police Department team?
• Make a direct impact on student safety?

• Reports suspicious and/or unusual activity.
• Stops traffic flow with sign and hand signals at or near school crosswalks and intersections to allow pedestrians to safely cross the roadway.
• Instructs pedestrians, primarily children, in elements of traffic safety.
• Directs pedestrians to remain on curb until traffic has stopped.
• Assists pedestrians with safely crossing the street or roadway.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Requires high school graduation or GED equivalent supplemented by six (6) months of experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Must successfully complete a state certification course with a passing score of 75% or higher and recertify annually. Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.

Must have the ability to keep calm under pressure. Must use common sense and sound judgment in dealing with the public, parents and children. Must have patience with children and the ability to work with them. Must have the ability to learn traffic control and vehicular direction. Must have the ability to work with people of different ages and the ability to give instruction in an attempt to educate the public about safe traffic and safety practices.

Must be able to multi‑task and work in a high vehicular traffic environment. Must have the ability to receive and carry out written and oral instructions. Must have the ability to frequently walk or stand, both for extended periods of time without breaks, to run if required; to stoop, bend or carry up to 20 pounds. Must have the ability to hear adequately and pass a mandatory hearing test.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, the ability to focus and not be color blind. Must have the ability to physically move quickly enough to avoid hazardous situations such as vehicular traffic, bicyclists, motorized carts, or scooters or any other hazardous. Must have the ability to primarily work outdoors in varying weather conditions with broad variations in temperature and noise should be expected as a standard part of this job.

Must have reliable transportation. Must have the ability to be flexible with assigned duty locations and be on time, which may vary from time to time. Must be able to communicate in English. Must be able to pass an occupational health medical exam, drug test and background investigation. Must not have been convicted of a misdemeanor/felony involving moral character, false statements, perjury, any act that can be classified under the enhancement statute of domestic violence, resisting a law enforcement officer, battery…