Security Guard
About the role
Children’s Aid is looking for a part-time Security Guard to support safety and security at its community centers. The Security Guard serves as a safety professional responsible for maintaining a secure, respectful, and professional environment for youth, families, staff, visitors, and community partners. As one of the first people youth, families, staff, visitors, and community partners encounter, the Security Guard helps preserve the warm, respectful, and community-centered environment of the center while consistently carrying out all required security responsibilities. The role is responsible for monitoring entrances and exits, cameras and door access where applicable, conducting interior and exterior patrols, observing and reporting concerns, supporting emergency operations, and following Children’s Aid security protocols.
Children’s Aid Mission: To help children in poverty to succeed and thrive by providing comprehensive support to children and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods. Children’s Aid annually serves children and their families at over 40 sites in New York, as well as through three national program models, focusing on cradle-through-college pathways in high-need neighborhoods with emphasis on children’s health, family stability, education, and social and emotional development.
Culture and Values: We put children, youth, and families first; we seek equity and transformation; we strive for excellence; we are powered by collaboration; we are driven by compassion.
Responsibilities
- Continuously manage and monitor the entrances and exits of the facility and maintain awareness of activity in the lobby, reception area, stairwells, and other assigned areas.
- Monitor cameras, door access, visitor check-in systems, and other security systems used at the assigned center.
- Conduct regular and unpredictable foot patrols of the interior and immediate exterior perimeter, checking for trespassers, vandalism, suspicious activity, hazards, or signs of