Full-Time Security Officer - The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) : Job Details

Position Type:Safety and SecurityDate Posted:2024-04-30Location:East Professional CenterINTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSIONThe Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability forperformance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.THE OPPORTUNITY: Reports To: SergeantHourly Rate: $ 17.53/hrContract Days: 200/260 Union: (O.P.B.A) Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent AssociationFLSA Status: NonexemptThe Security Officer performs all duties and responsibilities associated with ensuring the safety of all building staff including submitting written safety and incident reports as required by Safety and Security management.ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Confers with principal, staff, and students for the purpose of increasing communication and inter-racial understanding
• Observes and reports any potential problems in and around the building
• Develops methods to prevent intrusion into a school building by outside unauthorized persons
• Assists in protecting the rights of individuals and the safety of school property
• Assists in the supervision of pupil movement and of priority areas before, during and after school
• Submits written safety and incident reports as required by Safety and Security Management
• Man and monitor magnetometers & X-Ray machines to control access and detect contraband
• May also process employee identification by using Pride ID System
• May also process employee criminal background checks

QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Previous experience in related school or urban safety and security procedures
• Individual with mature judgment
• Ability to relate to individuals in conflict situations
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a variety of persons of all ages within the school system
• OPOTC, 120 hours, private police certification, preferred but not required
• Will be provided 40 hours Mandatory CMSD annual training
• Must meet departmental physical requirement standards
• Familiar with Pride ID System is preferred

WORK ENVIRONMENTThe characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Expected moving, walking and standing consistent with a school environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal school environment
• Some travel may be required for training/meetings

NOTE: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all- inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility.EducationTo ApplyPlease submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.EEO StatementWe believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800Cleveland, Ohio 44114(216)-###-####[email protected]