• Job Description

  Req#: 19029
  Position Type:
  Professionals and Supervisors/ District Safety Security Officer
  
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  Date Posted:
  9/16/2024
  
  
  Location:
  SECURITY/EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
  
  
  A high school diploma or equivalent.
  Ability to communicate effectively with students and adults.
  Ability to compile reports as required under Anchorage School District policies and procedures.
  Must possess a valid Alaska driver’s license and have an vehicle available for travel to schools throughout the Anchorage School District.
  Work experience involving young people, security, or community agencies.
  Experience with evidence handling and chain of custody guidelines.
  Ability to identify and resolve problems in the field.
  Coursework in psychology, sociology, justice, and/or emergency and disaster management.
  Assists with problems related to student behavior, vandalism, and parking.
  Surveys buildings for hazards and reports findings to principal and district safety officers.
  Assists in preventing the development of potentially dangerous or violent situations.
  Assists in stabilizing and deescalating volatile situations that may arise.
  Assists in investigation of minor criminal offenses occurring on school property and provides related support as required.
  Works closely with Anchorage Police Department School Resource Officers (SRO).
  Writes and maintains accurate reports and records relating to student discipline and referrals in accordance with department procedures and ASD policy.
  Assists with special projects as directed by the supervisor and/or senior director.
  Participates in periodic training.
  Serves as a member of the department’s duty officer rotation.
  
  Bargaining Unit: ACE
  Work Year: 215 days per year, 12 contract payments
  Work Day: 8 hours per day
  FTE: Full time, 1.0 FTE
  Salary: ACE 6; A - M, $48,128 - $64,494, DOE
  
  
  Job Summary
  The District Safety Security Officer’s primary job responsibilities include conducting site visits to schools and assisting with resolving security, safety, and emergency management concerns in buildings, on school grounds, including monitoring student behavior, and observing emergency drills. The position has a retirement association with the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS).
  
  Job Requirements
  The following are required:
  1. A high school diploma or equivalent.
  2. Ability to communicate effectively with students and adults.
  3. Ability to compile reports as required under Anchorage School District policies and procedures.
  4. Must possess a valid Alaska driver’s license and have an vehicle available for travel to schools throughout the Anchorage School District.
  
  The following are preferred:
  1. Work experience involving young people, security, or community agencies.
  2. Experience with evidence handling and chain of custody guidelines.
  3. Ability to identify and resolve problems in the field.
  4. Coursework in psychology, sociology, justice, and/or emergency and disaster management.
  
  Essential Job Functions
  1. Assists with problems related to student behavior, vandalism, and parking.
  2. Surveys buildings for hazards and reports findings to principal and district safety officers.
  3. Assists in preventing the development of potentially dangerous or violent situations.
  4. Assists in stabilizing and deescalating volatile situations that may arise.
  5. Assists in investigation of minor criminal offenses occurring on school property and provides related support as required.
  6. Works closely with Anchorage Police Department School Resource Officers (SRO).
  7. Writes and maintains accurate reports and records relating to student discipline and referrals in accordance with department procedures and ASD policy.
  8. Assists with special projects as directed by the supervisor and/or senior director.
  9. Participates in periodic training.
  10. Serves as a member of the department’s duty officer rotation.
  
  Physical / Mental Demands
  The physical demands of this job require frequent standing, walking, sitting, speaking, and hearing. Specific visual abilities are also required. The employee is regularly required to reach with his/her hands and arms and occasionally life items weighing less than 40 lbs. Additionally, the employee must be able to communicate by oral and written means in an appropriate business manner and have cognitive skills to understand instructions, readily recall facts and details, handle conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure. The employee must have the ability to effectively manage the stress of working with students, parents, and other employees representing diverse cultures, personalities, and work styles in a dynamic work environment.
  
  The Anchorage School District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all individuals with qualified physical or mental disabilities.
  
  Work Environment
  Work is performed in a professional environment with a wide variety of individuals having differing functions, personalities and abilities, including working with diverse groups of people in a variety of different settings.
  
  This job is considered an Emergency Management position and may require the candidate to have flexible work hours, to include nights and weekends.
  
  While performing the duties of this job the employee may be regularly exposed to a video display. The employee may be exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  
  Additional Job Information
  This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties as requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
  
  Anchorage School District (ASD) employees must possess the ability to read and write in English. This also includes the ability to communicate in English with school staff, co-workers, and the public; as well as have the ability to comprehend and carry out oral and written directions and understand and follow English instructions and written documents.
  
  Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check. For certificated positions, this is in addition to the background check conducted through the certification process with the Alaska State Department of Education and Early Development (DEED).
  
  This position may be required to work in ASD facilities on the military installations (JBER). Please visit the government REAL ID website for additional information.
  
  The Anchorage School District is an equal employment opportunity employer.
  
  

• About the company

  Anchorage School District is Alaska's largest district, serving families in Anchorage, Eagle River and Girdwood.

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