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Security Officer

Employer
Drexel University
Location
Pennsylvania, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
May 6, 2022

Job Details

About the Academy

The Academy of Natural Sciences was founded in 1812 for "the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences". Since then, it has sponsored global expeditions, conducted pioneering environmental and systematics research, and amassed remarkable collections containing more than 18 million specimens from around the world and a peerless library and archive. Since 2011 its academic enterprise has been further strengthened through its affiliation with nearby Drexel University – a leading private non-profit research institution that focusses on innovation and entrepreneurship and provides a unique cooperative education program for its undergraduate and graduate degree students.

Today the Academy is one of the most important natural science institutions in the world. However, the world is changing fast and the Academy – directed by its Strategic Plan 2019-24 - is changing with it. Over the next five years the Academy will become a “force for nature” and advance its mission: “to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it”. In so doing the Academy will build on its fundamental belief that diversity and inclusion generates better ideas, inspires creativity, and is essential to building a positive workplace so that in time it can become an institution that is of, by and for all Philadelphians.

Job Summary

Security Guard position at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is primarily located at building’s primary staff/administrative entrance or the museum’s main entrance. Includes patrol duties. This position requires the ability to act quickly, decisively, and calmly in a crisis situation. Reporting to the Security Chief, flexibility is a must as the duties are ever- evolving and may sometimes entail taking charge of situations in the absence of the Security Chief or Senior Director.

Essential Functions
  • Lead guard position at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
  • Acting as a security screen (ie monitoring lobby activity and processing visitors)
  • On-Call
  • Monitoring fire alarms, access control and surveillance systems
  • Emergency response as it relates to security procedures
  • Building patrols to assure a safe and secure environment
  • Crowd control
  • Providing information to visitors and callers
  • Competently represent department at meetings or in committees.
  • Conducting daily fire inspections
  • Reporting of accidents and other unusual occurrences
  • Maintaining sign in logs
  • Alternative work schedules
  • Daily walk-though of building, including stairways and mechanical spaces
  • Frequent report-writing via electronic forms
  • Daily use of Windows-based programs
  • Occasionally performing administrative functions on the access control system in the absence of the Security Chief (additional training will be provided)
  • Occasionally acting as primary contact between the Academy and its security/safety service contractors in the absence of the Security Chief.
  • Requires extensive safety training
  • Exposure to moving machinery
  • Exposure to chemicals
  • CPR, First Aid and AED training required.
  • Other responsibilities as assigned by Security Chief or the Sr. Director of Technology and Infrastructure
Required Qualifications
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • 3 years of relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications
  • Work in a museum environment
Physical Demands
  • Typically sitting at a desk/table
  • Typically standing, walking
  • Lifting demands ≤ 25lbs
Location

Center City – Philadelphia, PA

Additional Information

This position is classified as non-exempt with a salary grade of F. For more information regarding Drexel’s Professional Staff salary structure, https://drexel.edu/hr/career/ducomp/salstructure/

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.

Review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.

Advertised:May 6 2022 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:Jun 11 2022 Eastern Daylight Time

Company

Drexel University

Founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Drexel is a comprehensive global R1-level research university with a unique model of experiential learning that combines academic rigor with one of the nation’s premier cooperative education programs.

Drexel University is an urban research university that integrates education, scholarship, diverse partnerships, and our global community to address society’s most pressing challenges through an inclusive learning environment, immersive experiential learning, external partnerships, transdisciplinary and applied research, and creative activity. We prepare graduates of diverse backgrounds to become purpose-driven professionals and agents for positive change

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