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Public Safety Officer

Employer
Champlain College
Location
Vermont, United States
Salary
Salary Not specified
Date posted
May 2, 2022

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Public Safety Officer

Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, private, not-for-profit college in Burlington, Vermont overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondack mountains, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland. Its career-driven approach to higher education prepares students for professional life from their very first semester.

Champlain's Centers of Experience provide students from across all majors with experiential learning environments that guide them in how to take their classroom knowledge and put it to the test in practical applications allowing them to gain real-world experience firsthand. Each Center connects Champlain to the local community and the world, turning theory into practice. The Centers entrust students with responsibility, engage them in ambitious goals and empower them to lead with creativity, confidence, insight, and integrity. At the helms of the Centers are cutting-edge industry professionals who share the goal of providing the most relevant, career-focused education, enriched with hands-on learning opportunities. The College offers 30 undergraduate degrees as well as online undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs.

Our accolades include:

  • Fiske Guide to Colleges 2021 selects Champlain as one of the "best and most interesting schools" in the United States, Canada and Great Britain
  • Champlain is featured in The Princeton Review's 2021 "The Best 386 Colleges," including among its "Best Northeastern colleges"
  • For the sixth year in a row, Champlain is named a "Most Innovative School" in the North by U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" and is recognized as a "Best Value School"
  • Champlain College is recognized as a 2021 College of Distinction

Job Description:
Champlain College has openings for Campus Public Safety (CPS) Officers. We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement, and tuition. Join the high-integrity team providing safety and security services for the campus community.. All CPS Officers embrace a team-player and customer service mentality; as CPS works collaboratively with its College partners to help foster a safe environment in which to live, work, learn and thrive.

Whether dealing with a routine call for service or an emergency, officers will utilize a solid understanding of campus operations, while employing sound judgment, critical problem-solving skills, and empathy to resolve the task at hand.

Key Responsibilities

Safety and Security Operations:

  • Respond to all calls for assistance, including 911 calls and quality of life complaints, I.E. disturbances, trespasses, public intoxication, medical assists, mental health calls, etc.
  • Report on all calls giving a detailed narrative of all actions and results in a timely and accurate format. 
  • Perform pro-active vehicle, bike, and foot patrols of campus.
  • Conduct daily lock-ups and unlocks for the academic and administrative buildings as we as interior and exterior checks.
  • Complete routine operational system checks.
  • Provide student welfare checks and safety escort service in and around campus.
  • Work with local law enforcement as needed.

Fire Safety Operations: 

  • Primary first responders to calls for service involving fire alarms, fire exit door activation, fire evacuation drills, and the daily inspection and testing of safety equipment.
  • Respond to all fire and trouble alarms on campus.
  • Assist the Burlington Fire Dept.

Relationship Building: Fostering positive relationships with students, faculty, staff, neighbors, and external agencies. 

  • Promote open, fluid, and professional communications with all Champlain College stakeholders.
  • Promote open and professional relations with the Burlington Police and Burlington Fire Departments who continue to support our campus.
  • Support the College's ongoing efforts to be a good neighbor with the surrounding Burlington Community. 

Miscellaneous Service Support Functions:

  • CPS Officers strive to support all its College partners when needed including.

Campus Public Safety Core Values: RESPECT, INTEGRITY, SERVICE, INNOVATION.

Requirements:

  • Excellent judgment
  • Physical ability to perform essential functions of the job 
  • Ability to work evenings, weekends, and overnight shifts
  • Driver's license (with no more than 3 points)

Additional Information:
Champlain College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, religion, age, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, veteran or military service status, HIV -positive status, qualified disability, or on the basis of any other status protected by law, and does not discriminate in the administration of its education and admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, employment practices or co-curricular and other College-administered programs. Champlain College will make reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified students, applicants for admission or employment, or employees. Please contact the People Center at 802.651.5800 with questions concerning the hiring process or future employment at Champlain College, or if auxiliary aids or services are needed to apply for employment at Champlain College.

Champlain College is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse community. Recognizing that diversity is both a reflection of our world and a source of rich education, Champlain strives to be diverse and inclusive in ways that reflect the world in which we live and work. All members of the Champlain community are valued as individuals.

The successful completion of a criminal background check is required as a condition of employment.

Application Instructions:
In order to be considered for the position, you must upload a resume.

EU Employee Data Protection Notice:
https://www.champlain.edu/privacy/eu-employee-data-protection-notice

For More Information and to Apply:
http://champlain.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=147043

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