Armed Campus Security Specialist

ENTERPRISE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Trenholm State Community College in Montgomery, Alabama, is seeking a Security Officer to maintain campus safety through patrols, traffic control, and incident reporting.

The position may require weekends and after-hours shifts, along with APOSTC handgun qualification and annual training. Candidates need a high school diploma or GED and a valid Alabama driver’s license. E-Verify participation and equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Campus procedures, rules and guidelines.
• Enforce and follow state and local laws.
• Follow driving rules.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Make mathematical computations and tabulations accurately and with reasonable speed.
• Drive a motorized vehicle.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, other employees and the public.
• Must successfully pass the APOSTC handgun qualification course before carrying a handgun on duty and annually thereafter.
• Must complete an ACCS dim light firearms qualification course annually.
• Must complete Use of Force/Legal Issues course annually.
• Must complete a certification course and recertify annually with their less lethal force option before carrying the less lethal option on duty.
• Must successfully complete Advanced Firearms training.
• Must complete a minimum 16 hours active shooter response training course prior to duty assignment for hours that the college is open for business.

Responsibilities

• Maintain campus surveillance by foot and vehicular patrol.
• Issues citations for traffic and parking violations and directs incoming and outgoing traffic.
• Monitors severe weather, checks for leaks, fires and safety hazards, checks fire extinguishers.
• Locks all rooms containing equipment; secure all interior and exterior doors of building; unlock buildings.
• Investigate accidents and thefts; complete and file appropriate reports, if required.
• Assist state and local law enforcement agencies.
• Assist students, faculty, and visitors with vehicular problems, assist visitors with locating buildings.
• Serve as dispatch/communications officer as needed.
• Answer telephone, monitor radio, and deliver messages.
• Defend members of the campus community by confronting potentially violent and armed individuals.
• Assist with fire evacuation, active shooter, lock down drills, and crime prevention efforts.
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed to ensure appropriate shift coverage.
• Perform related work as assigned.
• Perform all duties with professionalism.

Skills

Campus procedures

Oral and written communication

Mathematical computations

Drive a motorized vehicle

Interpersonal relationships

Advanced firearms training

Education

High School or GED

Driver's license (Alabama)

Job description

Trenholm State Community College in Montgomery, Alabama, is seeking a Security Officer to maintain campus safety through patrols, traffic control, and incident reporting.

The position may require weekends and after-hours shifts, along with APOSTC handgun qualification and annual training. Candidates need a high school diploma or GED and a valid Alabama driver’s license. E-Verify participation and equal opportunity employer.