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Security (Full-Time)

Proviso Township High Schools
Forest Park, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 May 2026

About the role

POSITION TITLE:             Security Officer
REPORTS TO:                  Director of Operations / Building Principal
                                          Security Lead
LEVEL:                             Educational Support Personnel
QUALIFICATIONS: 
 
Required Experience or Training
High school diploma or equivalent; 20 Hr Security training; evidence of security experience  
Preferred Experience or Training
PERC Card; post high school education  
Special Requirements of the Position
Work year consists of one hundred eighty-five (185) days, between four (4) and eight (8) hours per day, excluding lunch.  Days and hours of work are administratively assigned.  
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
  1. Maintain the confidentiality of all school-related matters
  2. Conduct school related business in a professional manner
  3. Maintain a professional attitude while disciplining students
  4. Work well under pressure
  5. Maintain a strong attendance record
  6. Gain understanding of school procedures
  7. Provide general hall supervision to ensure appropriate student behavior
  8. Check all students/adults in the halls for proper identification (ID, Visitor’s Pass, etc.)
  9. Circulate throughout assigned area, securing hallways, stairways, washrooms, and locker rooms
  10. Intervene to de-escalate negative behavior
  11. Check that all exterior doors are locked
  12. Provide administrator and teacher assistance
  13. Escort students from classrooms to deans’, guidance counselors’, and police counselors’ offices
  14. Respond to emergency call buttons, fire alarms, or teacher requests as needed
  15. Provide study hall management
  16. Record attendance in logs and submit scantron slips to data processing
  17. Monitor appropriate student behavior conducive to a study environment
  18. Provide cafeteria direction
  19. Check student Ids for appropriate lunch period attendance
  20. Regulate lunch line, ensuring continual movement and proper behavior
  21. Circulate throughout student cafeteria during lunch hours, monitoring appropriate student behavior and maintaining a clean area
  22. Provide exterior campus surveillance
  23. Lock and unlock parking lot gates according to schedule
  24. Circulate in school van throughout parking lots, regulating vehicle traffic and securing safety of foot traffic at beginning and ending of school day
  25. Monitor student truancy during the school day
  26. Secure safety of staff and student cars parked in lots throughout the school day
  27. Assist with student embarkation at bus stop at close of school day
  28. Ensure that all exterior building doors are locked
  29. Provide supervision at extracurricular events
  30. Assist with services of the school store and ID center
  31. Photograph and produce student and faculty IDs
  32. Other related duties as required or assigned by administration

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