Protective Services Attendant (Night Shift)

About the role

The Protective Services Attendant (Night Shift) is a cross-trained, frontline role within the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation safety and security team. This position supports overnight operations across the Library's buildings, exhibitions, trails, and public spaces, while also rotating through scheduled shifts in the security control room.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a professional, attentive presence during low-traffic hours, ensuring the campus remains secure while supporting occasional late-night visitors or staff.
• Demonstrates strong proficiency with CCTV, access control, alarms, and radio communications, with the ability to stay focused during extended monitoring periods.
• Remains highly alert in a quieter environment, proactively identifying irregularities, safety concerns, or emerging risks across the campus.
• Responds to incidents or alarms with composure and sound judgment, often acting as the first point of response during overnight hours.
• Works confidently and independently while maintaining clear, timely communication with team members and leadership as needed.
• Fulfills independent work tasks such as conducting routine patrols, safety checks, and inspections to identify risks, hazards, or irregular activity.
• Maintains accurate incident reports, overnight logs, and required documentation with strong attention to detail.
• Supports site readiness by identifying and reporting issues to ensure the campus is prepared for daytime operations.
• Provides real-time updates and coordination support to team members while assigned to the control room.

Requirements

• Ability to perform a combination of extended standing and walking patrols along with seated monitoring, maintaining focus during overnight hours.
• Ability to respond quickly and effectively to alarms, incidents, or emergency communications, often as the primary overnight responder.
• Comfortable working in outdoor environments at night, including varied weather and rugged Badlands terrain.
• Availability to work overnight, weekend, holiday, and special-event shifts as scheduled.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Preference for Customer Service or Security related experience.

Skills

• Strong situational awareness.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to follow protocols and procedures.
• Physical stamina and strength to lift up to 50 lbs and respond to emergencies or medical situations as needed.

Benefits

• Full benefits including 403(b), medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, as well as 20 days of paid time off and 10 days of holidays.
• Hourly rate of pay: $22.00/hour.

Pay

• $22.00/hour.

Schedule

• Overnight shifts.
• Weekend shifts.
• Holiday shifts.
• Special-event shifts as scheduled.