Public Safety Officer

Pratt Institute is seeking highly motivated Public Safety Officers to join its Public Safety Team at the Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses. This position will support the Institute's safety and security operations by maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors by patrolling and monitoring the safety and security conditions on Pratt Institute's property. The successful candidates will help in fostering a welcoming environment as you may serve as a basic source of information to the Pratt community and visitors.

If you have at least two years of proven experience in the security field, can demonstrate your ability to successfully manage stressful situations and conflicts, can demonstrate your ability to exercise good judgement, and have excellent knowledge of public safety and security procedures/protocols, then this this could be your opportunity to join a dynamic team that that prides itself in professionalism, collegiality, and integrity.

On a typical day, you will:

• Be visible and observant at all times, greeting students, faculty, staff, guests, and vendors in a courteous and attentive manner while ensuring a safe environment through a team effort of diligent active patrol, strict access control, monitoring, and equipment control

• Respond immediately to distress calls, panic alarms, fire alarms and emergency calls for service swiftly and appropriately while maintaining professionalism and legal compliance. Observe and report all unsafe conditions, unusual occurrences, or disturbances in both oral and written communication

• Collaborate with other public safety officers, contract security officers and all outside first responder agencies as required for effective campus proactive and reactive response to calls for service.

Education: Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent.

Experience: At least one year of proven experience in the security field, police officer or prior military service.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Must demonstrate good moral and ethical standards.

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with students, faculty, staff and visitors.

• Ability to operate detecting systems and other emergency equipment.

• Ability to work well with diverse populations, a demonstrated ability to think and act appropriately, and to communicate and work with people from different cultural backgrounds.

License: Must possess a NYS Security Guard License, plus 8-hour and 16-hour training certificate(s). Current and valid driver's license in either the State of New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut (Please note all drivers must not only be valid but must also meet Pratt's driver requirements. This includes being free from excessive violations and driving infractions).

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Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This is an OPEIU Local 153 Security position.

Rate: $24.6394/hour. The shift is 4x12.

Generous Benefits:

• Supplemental Retirement Account

• Tuition Benefits for Employees and Dependents

• Tuition Program

• Summer hours Exchange

• Flexible Spending Accounts - commuter, medical, dependent care

• Child Care Benefit

• Basic life and AD&D insurance provided by Pratt

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Care Coverage

About Pratt Institute:

Pratt Institute provides the creative leaders of tomorrow the professional knowledge and experience to make a better world. A world-class and internationally ranked college with programs in art, design, architecture, liberal arts and sciences, and information studies, Pratt offers nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

The Institute's impact expands beyond its 25-acre residential campus in Brooklyn to cutting-edge facilities throughout the borough, a landmark building and public gallery in Manhattan, as well as an extension campus, Pratt Munson College of Art and Design in Utica, New York. On Governors Island, Pratt is a core partner on the Stony Brook University team selected to develop the New York Climate Exchange, a research and educational hub poised to establish New York City as the global leader for the most pressing issue of our time: climate change. Another extension of Pratt's campus is the Research Yard, a 20,000-square-foot facility that brings together the research activities of Pratt Institute under one roof in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY).

• Please submit your cover letter and resume. If you are selected for an interview, please be prepared to provide at least 5 References via our online reference tool system. At least 2 of your References must be, or have been, your direct managers.

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship under Pratt's current sponsorship policy.