"Security Officer"

Job Summary

Las Positas College provides an inclusive, learning-centered, equity-focused environment that offers educational opportunities and support for completion of students’ transfer, degree, and career-technical goals while promoting lifelong learning. At Las Positas College we know that equity will be achieved by changing the impacts of structural racism, ableism, homophobia, and systematic poverty on student success and access to higher education, achieved through continuous evaluation and improvement of all services. We believe in a high-quality education focused on learning and an inclusive, culturally-relevant environment that meets the diverse needs of all our students and staff.

Equity is parity in student educational outcomes; it places belonging for students of color and disproportionately impacted students at center focus. Our prized and emerging equity efforts include Puente, Umoja, ConnectUp, Brother 2 Brother, Sister 2 Sister, Black Student Union, Presidential Task Force on Systemic and Institutionalized Racism, the Presidential Speaker Series, Black Education Association, UndocuAlly Taskforce, curriculum reviews and a linguistic justice curriculum.

Located in Livermore, Las Positas College is becoming an institution that reflects the diversity in California. We are a learning-centered institution focused on excellence and student success, and are fully committed to supporting all Tri-Valley residents in their quest for education and advancement.

Joining Our College Community

We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who: Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference; Demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence; Are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice; Accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students; Have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals; Actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities; Empower the underrepresented and underserved; Foster students’ potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders; Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination.

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a Security Officer for Las Positas College in Livermore, California.

This is a protective service occupation. Under general supervision, the employee enforces rules and regulations governing the use of college buildings, grounds and other properties of the College and performs some functions that are clerical in nature. The employee has daily and direct contact with staff and college visitors and works outdoors in all types of weather. Errors in decision could result in injury to the users of District facilities.

Representative Duties:

1. Patrols campus grounds either on foot or in a security vehicle; responds to emergencies and various calls for service such as lock-outs, automotive emergencies, etc.; takes reports from citizens
2. Investigates violations, accidents and incidents occurring on campus
3. Enforces rules and regulations governing the use of college buildings and grounds, issuing citations to violators
4. Reviews and makes necessary changes on all incident reports written and distributes reports to proper personnel
5. Performs periodic evaluation of student officers; assists the Security Manager in formulation of policies and procedures relating to Security Services
6. Assists in the training of officers
7. Reviews daily logs, reviews actions of complaints against student officers and administers disciplinary action
8. Reviews and prepares all student time tickets weekly
9. Prohibits the admittance to college premises of unauthorized persons; checks night meetings to ensure that facilities are being used by authorized persons and that the meetings are under control
10. Investigates reports of vandalism; performs various types of follow-up investigations
11. Assists in traffic control at athletic events and special programs
12. Transports funds from special events; makes reports; keeps the daily log
13. Performs other related tasks as assigned.

Minimum Education and Experience:

Any combination of the following would provide a typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities.

Education/Training: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade; AND

Experience: One year of experience in law enforcement, plant protection or security.

License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California driver’s license. Possession of a valid California Tear Gas Certificate. Possession of, or ability to obtain, the 24-hour school security officer course as required by California Education Code 72330.5

Minimum Qualifications:

Knowledge of:

1. Security methods and crowd control techniques
2. Techniques of traffic and parking control
3. Pertinent Federal, State, City and District laws, rules, regulations and policies including laws of removal and/or arrest, legal rights of students and citizens, judicial procedures and rules of evidence
4. Investigating procedures
5. General modern office procedures
6. Basic legal rights of students
7. Emergency procedures

Ability to:

1. Work with and exhibit sensitivity to and understanding of the varied racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, academic, socio-economic, and disabled populations of community college students.

Skills in:

1. Enforcing pertinent policies, rules and regulations
2. Remaining alert and exercising sound judgment while under pressure
3. Interrogating suspects, interviewing complainants and witnesses
4. Patrolling college facilities and recognizing irregularities with regard to people and facilities
5. Following and giving written and oral directions
6. Preparing reports and maintaining records
7. Establishing and maintaining cooperative and effective working relationships with staff; meeting the public with courtesy and tact
8. Emergency procedures (first aid, CPR, crowd control, etc.)

Job Work Schedule:

40 hours/week, Monday – Friday, 6:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., hours may vary depending on department needs, occasional evening and weekends required as needed, 12 months/year.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO CARRY OUT THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES OF THE POSITION WILL RECEIVE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO PERFORM THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION.

It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious creed, mental disability, medical condition (including HIV and AIDS), color, national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its own statements of philosophy of objectives. The District encourages the filing of applications by both sexes, ethnic minorities, and the disabled.