Facilities and Safety Staff (16 positions) - DCS

Montgomery-Public-Schools; Decatur (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Decatur City Schools is seeking a Facilities and Safety Staff member to support safety of buildings and surrounding areas and enforce policies at the building level.

Responsibilities include security system operation, daily building walkthroughs, safety drills, incident reports, and crisis support, with a focus on professional interaction with staff and students.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small group settings.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, and lift up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Welcomes and greets students, staff, and visitors upon entry of the facility.
• Ensures the implementation of overall building security strategies daily as determined by the Administration and Security Manager.
• Handles setup, operation, and monitoring of weapon and/or metal detection systems.
• Conducts regular walkthroughs of interior and exterior buildings and perimeter checks.
• Assists Administration in implementing safety status levels and drills.
• Maintains safety/security logs and reports concerns to Administration and Security Manager.
• Monitors and responds to hall pass violations.
• Assists with parking, decals checks, and vehicle movement as needed.
• Models professional conduct and adheres to school policies and code of conduct.

Skills

Situational awareness

Communication

Crisis response

Patrol skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

SUMMARY:

• The Facilities and Safety Staff will assist to ensure the safety of buildings and surrounding areas. May also be assigned to a specific zone or work area. This position assists the administrative staff with enforcing policies and procedures for safe and orderly schools at the building level.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Welcomes and greets students, staff, and visitors upon entry of the facility.
• Ensures the implementation of overall building security strategies daily as determined by the Administration and Security Manager.
• Handles all tasks associated with setup, operation, and monitoring of weapon and/or metal detection systems.
• Conducts regular walkthroughs of interior and exterior buildings on a daily basis, and perimeter checks of the grounds to identify safety and security concerns.
• Assists Administration in implementing safety status levels and various safety drills.
• Maintains safety/security logs and reports concerns/violations to Administration and Security Manager.
• Monitors and responds to hall pass violations.
• Occasionally assists with other operations and maintenance duties as necessary.
• Assists with parking, decal checks, and vehicles.
• Maintains a professional and positive demeanor with employees and staff.
• Adheres to the Decatur City Schools Board Policy and Code of Conduct.
• Assists administrators and staff in crisis and emergency situations.
• Monitor students and visitors movement.
• Attends and successfully completes all staff development training as required by state law or directed by the district.
• Models non-discriminatory practices in all activities.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Other duties as assigned or requested by the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, or Security Manager.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

• Ability to write simple correspondence.

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk and hear.

• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

• The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy objects and infrequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

SALARY:

• Listed below are items that may be necessary to complete your employment process in order to compute your annual salary. It is your responsibility to provide us with this requested information in order to receive your accurate salary.

• We need verification of previous public school teaching experience. Use the following information when requesting verification of experience from your past employment at other boards of education:

  • Within the state of Alabama, experience must be verified on Supplement EXP

  • Outside the state of Alabama, we must have a letter (on school district letterhead) or public school district form showing beginning and ending dates stating your years of service and position held while employed

  • Credit is awarded for public school experience only, private, parochial, or similar experience will not be accepted

  • Experience must be full time at least 50%-100% of the academic year

  • Administrative credit will be awarded only for experience in the same position, i.e., principal for principal position as stated in the salary schedule

  • Transfer Sick Leave: If you have sick leave from another state school system or from another state of Alabama agency, you must have a Sick Leave Transfer form sent from your previous employer to our Human Resources department

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by an employee(s) within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of an employee(s) for this job.

The Decatur City School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, disability, sex, religion, national origin, or age in its programs, activities, or employment and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The Title IX Coordinator for Decatur City Schools is responsible for handling inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies. The Title IX Coordinator can be reached by calling the Decatur City Board of Education at [phone].