Security Support Specialist

Security Support Specialist

Performs varied safety and security tasks, including controlling traffic and public access to the various campus/administrative sites, and surveying campus/buildings for unsafe or hazardous conditions.

Examples of work performed:

• Performs security duties, including maintaining visible security stations in an alert manner; seeking identification, when necessary, of visitors as well as school and/or District staff, in matters of safety and security.
• Conducts periodic inspection of buildings and grounds to ensure they are in safe and secure condition.
• Greets all persons coming on assigned campus, ascertains their identity and legitimate business.
• Assists the building principal or his/her designee as requested in matters of safety and security, with primary responsibility outside of buildings.
• As a duly authorized security officer, enforces school rules and local laws while on District campus sites; works closely with local police in matters of crime and delinquency.
• Provides traffic control, enforcing traffic and parking rules on the school campus sites.
• Monitors school bus arrivals and departures, as well as student activities in hallways and cafeterias.
• Prepares reports on all incidents/accidents, as required.
• Performs all security and related duties in a conscientious and safe manner.
• Takes reasonable and necessary precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.
• Demonstrates a respectful, cooperative and caring manner with students and adults in the school community.
• Offers support in crisis situations with identified students (CPI Trained).
• Unlocks and opens building doors for special events and monitor school special functions, as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential functions:

• Regular attendance is required to provide support to students and staff.
• Requires travel to work sites within a school campus.
• Prepares and maintains written reports.
• Communicates concerns in writing with others.
• Discusses student circumstances with teachers, administrators, and parents.
• Communicates with employees and parents via telephone.

Physical demands:

• Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
• Exerts 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or
• Exerts greater than negligible up to 10 pounds constantly
• Regular mobility throughout the school building and campus including classrooms, hallways, large spaces, stairwells, and outdoor areas
• Normal attention with clarity of vision at 20 feet or more and a field of vision that can be seen up and down or right to left while fixed on point, is required.
• May be required to physically apprehend or restrain a person
• Subject to both inside and outside working conditions, with exposure to noise sufficient to make it necessary to shout at times.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Vocational preparation: (Experience)

• Experience working with students at the high school level preferred
• Basic knowledge of arithmetic, spelling, English, and grammar.
• Accuracy in checking, posting information and writing reports, requiring a basic skills knowledge.

Education preparation: (Formal and informal)

• Equivalent to graduation from a general or technical high school.

License(s)/certification(s) required:
St. Louis County Security Officer's License (requires successful completion of training program). Mo. Driver's License.