Security Guard

About the Role

The Security Guard provides proactive, mobile safety monitoring across multiple district campus sites. Operating under a strict directive to Observe, Report, and Document, the Security Guard acts as the eyes and ears of the district during assigned shifts to ensure a safe environment for students, staff, and property.

Responsibilities

• Formally log in immediately upon arrival at assigned duty stations.
• Visit multiple district campuses at random, highly unpredictable intervals to deter trespassers and identify security breaches.
• Conduct thorough perimeter checks and systematic, random physical door and window checks across campuses to ensure all exterior gates and doors are completely locked and secure.
• Safely disarm facility alarms and unlock designated exterior gates to permit entry for scheduled, authorized contractors.
• Promptly answer and respond to on-site alarms, reported suspicious situations, unauthorized individuals, and active emergency needs.
• Directly call in and report triggered burglary or fire alarms to emergency dispatch and district administrators.
• Serve as a primary point of contact and summon local law enforcement agencies to campus sites immediately as necessary.
• Identify and log infrastructure concerns, specifically reporting buildings with inadequate, missing, or burned-out exterior lighting.
• Check for, discover, and immediately report unmapped unsecured/missing district assets or newly occurring property damage and vandalism.
• Log and accurately document all daily activities, incidents, safety concerns, and policy violations within the designated physical logbook or digital monitoring application.
• Capture and submit clear digital photographs as necessary for further documentation of vandalism, maintenance issues, or security breaches.
• Interact with all students, staff, authorized contractors, and members of the public with absolute courtesy, professionalism, and respect.
• Maintain absolute fidelity to the core protective scope of observing, reporting, and documenting without stepping outside authorized administrative boundaries.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Valid Arizona IVP Fingerprint Card.
• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.

Skills

• Ability to navigate and effectively use security tracking software, mobile reporting applications, and digital camera tools.
• Strong written communication skills for compiling accurate, chronological incident logs.
• Knowledge of applicable District Policies and Local, State, and Federal Laws.

Physical Requirements

• May require stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
• Requires extensive walking, standing, and climbing stairs across outdoor campus environments during varied weather conditions.

Schedule

12-month position with 10-hour days, 4 days per week.

Pay

Educational Support Professional Salary Schedule, Column D, ranging from $21.08 to $30.60 per hour.

Benefits

As approved by the Governing Board.

Reports to: Classified Administrator of Safety and Risk Management