Public Safety Officer

Roger Williams University; Bristol (RI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI, is hiring a Public Safety Officer to protect the university community and property. The role performs security measures, patrols, and incident response while engaging with students, staff, vendors, and guests in a professional manner.

Applicants must have a high school diploma, a valid driver's license, be at least 21, and CPR certification. EMT certification is a plus, and a Bachelor's in criminal justice is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or state-authorized equivalent.
• Valid driver's license.
• Must be at least twenty-one years of age.
• Three years of positive, progressive employment without any record of misconduct or derogation of duty on the job.
• A history of lawful conduct unabridged by any criminal activity at any time, regardless of current criminal record.
• CPR certification is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety of the university community and property.
• Provide security measures, patrols and incident response.
• Engage with students, staff, and vendors professionally.
• Maintain confidentiality and professional appearance.

Education

Bachelor's degree in criminal justice

EMT certification

Job description

Roger Williams University

Title: Public Safety Officer

Location: Bristol, RI

Category: Public Safety Officers and Shuttle Drivers

Job Type: Full-time Regular

Posted On: Thu Aug 13 2026

Job Description

Under the direction of the Director of Public Safety or his/her designee, the PSO ensures that the University, its students, employees, guests and licensees are safe; and all property remains secure and unharmed and that all University, division and departmental rules, regulations and directed practices and protocols are followed.

Security Services Delivery

PSO shall provide the full array of institutionally authorized and directed security measures in, maintaining the safety, and protecting the integrity of the university, its students, employees, guests, licensees and real and personal property. In performing this function, PSO must directly engage the University community and its severable constituencies in enforcement and compliance policies and procedures, arming the members of the community with knowledge, direction and continual hands on support in matters of security administration, except as same are necessarily confidential strategies to ensure maximum protection against breach. Security measures are by nature, dynamic and not conducive to either rigid or exhaustive task identification but will include, by way of illustration, such measures as providing safety escort services for students, employees and guests, maintaining a continual, perimeter deployment and activity protocol to ensure appropriate egress and ingress procedures are followed, implementing identification, lockdown and exiting procedures as appropriate, priority responding to health and/or safety related incidents with appropriate enforcement, communication and facilitation protocols implemented without delay, providing both vehicular and pedestrian patrols designed to minimize vulnerability to unauthorized intrusion and/or defacing of university property and ensuring all emergency procedures are set for full and immediate implementation upon any breach to the university community or any and every member and/or guest.

Dispatch Services

PSO will be assigned, either regular, or from time to time as needed, communication center detail which entails voice, visual and text command post management. The dispatcher for Public Safety operates, including planned synchronization, all video surveillance, audio messaging and response throughout the division with acute focus on current deployment and emergency response, and information intake for review and analysis by supervisory management.

Ability to function independently, pay close attention to detail, and prioritize multiple projects.

Ability to communicate internally with University faculty, staff, and students in a professional manner.

Ability to communicate externally with vendors (both sales and service personnel), freight carriers, and delivery people in a professional manner.

Maintain confidentiality and an atmosphere of professionalism at all times.

Maintain a professional appearance at all times.

Ability to demonstrate a positive attitude.

Additional Functions

As a member of the department of Public Safety, PSO shall be formally trained in all non supervisory aspects of daily operations and will, from time to time, be directed to certain projects, events and tasks that are outside of the essential functions of this position but deemed appropriate and necessary by supervisory management and within PSO's requisite performance competency. By way of illustration only, this would include making a presentation to a student group on security practices, providing transportation to a candidate for employment to and from campus, and helping sort and compile data concerning the parking program.

Job Requirements

• High school diploma or state-authorized equivalent.
• Valid driver's license.
• Must be at least twenty-one years of age.
• Three years of positive, progressive employment without any record of misconduct or derogation of duty on the job.
• A history of lawful conduct unabridged by any criminal activity at any time, regardless of current criminal record.
• CPR certification is mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice or a closely related discipline.
• Security or other related public safety experience of at least one year, which has been formally commended, is strongly preferred.
• EMT certification.

At the University's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be accepted where the candidate can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the University, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Additional Information

Roger Williams University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workforce. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable state and federal law. For information on our Non-discrimination policy, visit here.

RWU prohibits all forms of discrimination on the basis of sex in its education programs and activities and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and its implementing regulations not to discriminate in such a manner. Complaints of Title IX sexual harassment should be reported to the Title IX Coordinator at the contact information listed below. Details regarding the formal complaint process can be found here: Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures. All complaints of sexual harassment will be taken seriously and responded to promptly. TITLE IX COORDINATOR: Dr. Jen Stanley, 1 Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809 / Phone Number: [phone] /Email Address: [e-mail]

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