Substitute Security Guard

Substitute security guard needed immediately for the ACES Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT .

ACES Educational Center for the Arts, is currently accepting applications for the position of School Security Officer. Prior law enforcement and/or security experience is highly preferred, but not required.

Must possess excellent communication skills, computer skills, a driver's license, and a sincere interest in the well-being of children and adults. Must be willing to work in open campus locations throughout the Audubon arts district and willing to maintain a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, holidays & overtime and be flexible, adaptive, and work closely with administration to develop safe and secure campus facilities.

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Duties Include:

• Greet, screen, record, and allow public visitors and employees admittance to school sites in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Monitor security systems and/or environmental systems, and investigate and/or report any incidents.
• Work with administration to implement systems of incident and emergency response
• Identify, confront, and report all unauthorized persons to the proper authorities, and initiate action to protect students, staff, parents, visitors, and district property.
• Ensure the physical safety and security of the facility by enforcing agency policies and procedures
• Provide a deterrent and detection factor for wrongful activity; conduct patrols and monitors the status of the physical security measures.
• Identify, articulate and train school staff on security measures and preventative practices
• Conduct walking patrols of the interior and exterior campus.
• Document all security activity and generate incident reports as necessary.
• Monitor facility equipment and alarms during tours and report equipment failure, reset alarms as instructed and/or assist in minor repair as directed.
• Have the ability to answer and operate phones, radio communications, and other communication equipment to provide effective communication with facilities, operations, and emergency personnel.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned by the administration.

External applicants, please visit our website at www.aces.org to submit an on-line application. Internal applicants, please visit the Human Resources page on the internal website at http://interfaces.aces.org for an on-line application.

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