Public Safety Officer

People are drawn to Guilford College for a number of reasons, including the College's Core Values of community, diversity, equality, excellence, integrity, justice, and stewardship.

Working at Guilford provides you with a rewarding opportunity to impact the developing lives of students from a range of diverse backgrounds. Guilford attracts those who are seeking a professional challenge and career advancement. It also attracts those who want to enjoy a beautiful campus and location in the dynamic city of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Guilford College offers a wide range of benefits for full-time regular employees, including 13 paid holidays, tuition remission, health insurance, telemedicine, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, a retirement plan, and optional dental and vision insurance. In addition, employment at the College provides employees with access to numerous discounts for products, services, and attractions.

Position Summary

BASIC FUNCTION: Under the leadership of the Public Safety Coordinator, the Public Safety Officer is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of all persons and property on the Guilford College campus. This individual serves as a strong advocate for exemplifying a proactive approach to crime prevention and educating faculty, staff, and students on safety. The officer must be able to think and work independent of direct supervision and direction at times, and must be a problem solver. Must be diplomatic, polite and possess strong leadership and decision-making skills.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understands, follows and enforces Guilford College policies, rules, and regulations and all campus security, safety and emergency procedures.

• Coordinates and fosters the positive working relationships with all members of the campus community and all emergency services to include police, fire and ambulance while serving as the on-scene liaison between the city/county emergency services.

• Responds to all calls for service and emergencies (medical & fire), provides escorts, and responsible for the locking and unlocking of buildings in a timely manner.

• Provides regular foot patrols of the interior and exterior of campus buildings and monitors the campus grounds and roadways. Makes patrols of the campus (ie: foot, golf cart, security vehicle) and enforces traffic and parking regulations as needed.

• Reviews, understands, and passes on any information pertinent to departmental daily operations via the general information log book.

• Responsible for the completion of all incident reports and/or any written information pertaining to events that occur during shift and reports security, safety, health and fire hazard issues to the appropriate personnel (i.e. Director of Public Safety, Safety Coordinator, Facilities Director, etc.).

• Works closely with Campus Life staff (Dean of Students, Assistant/Associate Deans, Hall Directors, Resident Assistants) to respond to student incidents and emergencies.

• Notifies Director and Campus Life administrators on after-hours emergency situations as needed.

• Participates in Public Safety/Campus Life training on procedure, protocol and response to incidents.

• Participates in community outreach and program implementation.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: Position requires a high school diploma. Prefer a minimum of two years-related work experience in security, campus security or law enforcement. Experience in college or university campus security preferred. Preference given to those with a college degree in a related field. Position requires excellent interpersonal, customer service and written and oral communication skills. Must be available to work a flexible schedule to include weekends and some holidays.

Guilford College does not discriminate on the basis of sex/gender, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation. See our full Statement of Non-Discrimination.