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CAMPUS SAFETY - Patrol Lieutenant

Job Classification

  Salaried Full-time (75-100%)

Position summary

The primary responsibilities of this position are to: supervise the patrol operations of the Office of Campus Safety, perform investigative duties, train personnel, and manage shift schedules, including working shifts as necessary. Assists in the evaluation, selection, and interview of applicants. Lastly this position will require full and complete knowledge of all operational policies and procedures which will enable them to act within our operational chain of command.

Qualifications summary

Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four–year college or university; or four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Military and/or police experience is highly desired.

A minimum of five years experience in a leadership/management role

Able to respond to varying incident types under stress and make leadership decisions affecting subordinates and the campus population.


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

Patrol Administrative



Emergency Management



Command Duties



Supervisory responsibilities

Patrol Supervisor



Command Staff



Campus Wide



Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.




Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

Individual is expected to be proficient in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel. They will routinely use web-based software, write and edit reports or technical documents.

Must have excellent communication skills for use over electronic equipment, such as radios or University phone systems

Through the course of employment, the individual may use the following vehicles:



Interpersonal interactions

An employee's interactions represent the office, the University, and the Seventh-day Adventist faith. Their interactions must be befitting of both their responsibility and that which they represent.

Maintaining the safety of campus is a community responsibility. As the Patrol Lt., the individual must have excellent interpersonal skills to develop community relationships and modeling those skills and relationships to their subordinates.

In a position of authority and ability to sanction, the individual must have the interpersonal skills necessary to gauge the conversation, communicate effectively, and use discernment to make the best decision for the individual situation while also following policy/precedent. During these interactions they must also be capable of:



The position also requires the ability to explain University policies in difficult situations; Coordinate and assess the work of others, providing direction, including corrective action, or other activities requiring significant communication skills.

Physical demands

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to use other senses to talk, hear, taste, and/or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, jump, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Employee will also be required to work in/be exposed to all weather conditions associated with the State of Michigan.

Work environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While it is impossible to predict all situations that someone might encounter while performing their duties, it is understood that employees are expected to conduct security patrols at all hours of the day and night, during many different types of weather conditions. During these common activities an employee might be confronted with potentially dangerous situations associated with security type work.

In the completion of these activities an employee may have access to and use University vehicles including pick-up trucks, SUVs, vans, aerial lifts, bucket trucks, golf carts, and ATV/UTVs.

While completing these duties, the employee will be walking through campus grounds including sidewalks, parking lots, roadways, grass areas, and wooded trails. The employee will also be accessing buildings, from common spaces to classrooms, labs, mechanical/electrical rooms, residential spaces, roof-tops, or any other area belonging to the University.