College Safety and Security Officer

Help keep the Flagler College community safe while building meaningful connections with students, faculty, and staff. This role blends public safety, service, and teamwork in a dynamic campus environment.
A College Safety and Security Officer is responsible for general supervision, maintaining safety, providing safety and security services, enforcing College rules and regulations, and protecting life and property within the Flagler College community and at off-campus properties owned/leased in whole or in part by the College.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Interact and communicate with students, faculty, staff, and visitors in a friendly, courteous, professional manner. • Perform scheduled and unscheduled preventive patrol of buildings and grounds on foot, in a vehicle or golf cart; open or lock building doors, gates and parking lots as directed or requested; turn lights off as directed; and occasionally staffs fixed posts. • Respond to routine calls for service and non-routine, priority or serious incidents in a timely manner; and take proper action to deal with suspicious activity, trespassers, and law violators on campus. • Conduct preliminary investigations of civil, criminal, or unusual incidents and fire alarms, and prepare reports online of work performed using department RMS. • Monitor closed-circuit television systems, burglar alarms, fire alarms and sprinkler systems, and two-way radio communication. • Assist Residence Life staff in conducting fire evacuation drills; evacuate buildings or areas during emergency situations. • Check vehicles parked on campus for valid Flagler College parking permits; issue parking tickets for violations of College parking rules and regulations occurring on College owned, rented, or leased property as directed by a supervisor or dispatcher; attach and/or remove traffic immobilizing boots from vehicles with unpaid parking tickets; alert Shift Supervisor to traffic hazards or violations that could result in a vehicle being towed and/or booted. • Provide walking and mobile escorts for students, faculty and staff; assist ill, injured or disabled persons as needed. • Perform special event assignments at on-campus events, including athletic events, homecoming, and commencement; provide traffic and crowd control. • Routinely interact with and assist St. Augustine Police and Resident Advisors (RA) during normal patrol, sharing crime prevention and valuable safety and security information. • Report all maintenance, landscaping and health issues, and life-safety and hazardous conditions through established department and/or College policies, protocols, or procedures. • Regularly attend roll call briefings and in-service training. • Maintain a working knowledge of the Flagler College Student Handbook, the Flagler College Staff Handbook, and the Office of Campus Safety & Security SOP Manual. • Designated as an “Essential Employee,” report to or remain at work during severe weather events or other emergencies, including when a delayed opening or closing of Flagler College has been announced. • Perform additional duties and assist with special projects as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: • High school diploma or G.E.D. • Three (3) years’ post-high school general work experience • A valid Florida driver's license • Basic computer literacy and skills, to include the use of Microsoft Office Suite, MS Word or equivalent, Outlook, email, etc. • Knowledge of Florida law, security and safety practices, and law enforcement principles in a college environment • Pass a criminal background check and required physical. • Not receive any traffic tickets, citations, or summonses in the past 5 years • Ability to operate personal computer and associated software packages/programs, a cellular phone, portable radio, AED, hand-held ticket machine, multi-passenger van, and golf cart
CHARACTERISTICS PREFERRED: • Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills • Ability to work in a college environment during stressful situations or emergency conditions and exercise good judgment with tact and sound judgement. • Ability to work without close supervision and to make proper independent decisions • Basic investigative skills and techniques • Ability to operate a golf cart • Time-management and organizational skills • Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to communicate clearly and with understanding via landline telephone, cell phon