Security Officer I

Compensation:$15.50Compensation Type:Employment Type:RegularGrade:NE04Position SummaryProvides personal, equipment, and real property security for faculty, staff, students, and visitors within an assigned area of the campus. Provides escort services, and other basic public assistance services as needed, and performs routine security and public safety patrol duties within assigned area. Remains alert to emergency situations and provides first-line response, emergency management, and/or referral if required.Duties & Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned area on foot, in assigned motor vehicle, or other specialized vehicle to ensure personal, building, and equipment security.
• Examines doors, windows, and gates to ensure security; uses college keys to open and close buildings; monitors closed buildings for unauthorized persons and/or suspicious activities.
• Informs and warns violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles.
• Provides escort services for visitors, students, staff, and faculty, as necessary; provides other public assistance, such as lockout services, jump-starts, and routine information.
• Watches for and reports irregularities, such as security breaches, facility and safety hazards, and emergency situations; contacts emergency responders, such as police, fire, and/or ambulance personnel, as required.
• Remains alert for the presence of unauthorized persons and/or security code violators; approaches suspicious persons and/or notifies police as appropriate; may confront and/or detain violators, as required, until police arrive.
• Performs periodic checks of emergency call boxes and/or street lights to ensure proper functioning; reports malfunctions as required.
• May provide safe and efficient transportation to CNM employees and/or visitors, as requested, using a CNM vehicle.
• Patrols and monitors assigned parking areas and/or parking garages to provide public security and assistance.
• Maintains security controls for issued CNM keys; safeguards and controls issued University equipment.
• Prepares routine, standardized reports.
• May provide specialized security in a retail or other complex operational area, requiring specific knowledge of the operating environment.
• Serves as Campus Security Authority as outlined by the Clery Act.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• This position requires a pre-employment drug screening

Department: Campus Security

EEO STATEMENT:As an EEO employer, Central New Mexico Community College will not discriminate in our employment practices based on an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, serious medical condition or status as a protected veteran or spousal affiliation. Central New Mexico Community College hires only U.S. citizens and individuals lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.