School Safety Manager

SEC SHIELD is looking for a Safety Manager that will be assigned to Lamphere Schools. This position will work primarily within the Lamphere Center. Lamphere Center is an Oakland County Special Education program designed to address the needs of students with various cognitive and behavioral challenges between the years of middle school and age 26. This is a 9 month position that will consist of 180 days and will also require an additional 5 days of training in August, 2024.

Qualifications:

• Prior law enforcement background, public service, first responder, or military experience preferred.
• Prior school experience with special needs students preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate with students, school staff, community and public safety authorities.
• Ability to physically manage student altercations.
• Experience with crowd control/security.
• Awareness of a variety of illegal substances.
• Ability to work with administration, staff, community members, students and safety/security personnel in a cooperative manner.
• Appropriate training and preparation to meet position requirements or willingness to participate in required training.
• Ability to use/learn related technology tools (i.e., security cameras).
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as SEC may find appropriate and acceptable.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Monitor student activity in all areas of campus, both inside and outside.
• Supervise campus and lunch room area.
• Refer discipline, security, and attendance situations to appropriate personnel.
• Physically manage students as required and directed by district staff.
• Provide incident management and ongoing safety/security consultation as needed.
• Enforce all district policies and procedures related to safety and security.
• Assist with traffic control and supervision during drop-off and pick-up times.
• Evaluate policies, procedures, and infrastructure to assess any gaps in security measures.
• Supervise extra-curricular functions at the district’s request.
• Complete incident report forms when Safety Manager intervention is required.
• Ensure parking guidelines are followed during the school day and when supervising extra-curricular activities.
• Escort students to their classroom or administration office when arriving late or are wandering the halls.
• Maintain SHIELD certification by participating in annual training.
• Other safety and security duties as assigned by SEC SHIELD/School District designee.

Training Provided:

Our Safety Managers go through our extensive SEC Certified program to ensure they are vetted and trained to apply their skills and experience in school environments. The extensive program utilizes a holistic approach to cover:

• Non-violent crisis intervention training with advanced physical skills through Crisis Prevention Institute
• Critical incident management training
• Behavioral threat assessment training
• Tactical training (for armed Safety Managers)
• Mental health awareness
• Relationship building
• CPR, AED + First Aid
• Stop the Bleed training
• Soft skills needed to bring the highest level of safety in an approachable, non-intrusive way

About SEC SHIELD:

SHIELD is the latest offering from Secure Education Consultants, which places our highly trained and experienced SHIELD Safety Managers in schools across Michigan.

For more than 10 years, SEC has worked with thousands of schools across the country to create safe learning environments. With a team of former Secret Service agents, Navy SEALS, Green Berets, FBI agents and other high-level law enforcement professionals, we provide presidential-level security assessments, planning and training.

SEC SHIELD brings the power of unparalleled safety expertise so schools can focus on what’s important: Providing students with the best education experience possible.

Working Environment and Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand, sit, speak and hear. The employee may be required to remain on their feet for extended periods of time. The position will require individuals to provide physical intervention to prevent students from causing harm to themselves or others. The employee must have the capacity to provide these physical interventions as an essential duty of this position. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and depth perception. The position may require work with computers and other equipment, involving repetitive hand movement and close vision. The work environment(s) for this position will consist of several different settings, including an office building(s). Work is performed primarily indoors.

(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned).

Employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment with SEC.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Work Location: In person