The mission of Laramie County Community College is to transform our students' lives through the power of inspired learning. Our over-arching goal is that our accomplishments as a community college will distinguish LCCC from others in the nation, in turn benefiting our communities and bringing pride to the Great State of Wyoming. Our core values include Passion, Authenticity, and the Desire to Make a Difference.

A cover letter detailing how you meet the minimum and preferred qualifications for this position is required. You can upload a cover letter when you create an applicant profile.

• Hours of Work: 12:00am to 8:00am coverage, Sunday Thursday
• Screening will begin ASAP and continue until the position(s) is filled.
• Start date to be determined, but as soon as practicable after the hiring/interview process

Salary and Benefits: This is a full-time, benefited Classified 7 level position. Starting wage range: $22.49 - $25.41/hourly, depending upon experience.

• Educational Benefits for the employees and dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 17 Paid Holiday/Closure Days
• Two Paid Personal Days
• Healthcare/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Generous Retirement Benefits - 14.62% Employer Paid/4% Employee Paid
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Onsite Childcare Center
• Professional Development Opportunities

Job Summary: Core responsibilities of this position include:

The Safety Officer position ensures the safety and security of the campus community. This position is a full-time, benefitted position, which requires the ability to work various shifts as needed, including weekends and holidays. 8:00am to 4:00pm, 4:00pm to 12:00am, 12:00am to 8:00am. This posting is primarily for 12:00am to 8:00am coverage, Sunday Thursday.

Other tasks may be assigned based on contemporary institutional need.

For information about Cheyenne http://lccc.wy.edu/about/welcome.

Essential Functions: this position is Non-Exempt, i.e., is eligible for compensatory or overtime pay provisions of the FLSA. This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative; other duties may be assigned).

• Ensure a safe and secure campus environment by conducting regular safety inspections of campus facilities and ensure all buildings are secured by checking doors, windows, and alarm systems.
• Maintain a safe, orderly, and healthy campus environment by enforcing campus policies and regulations, including those related to parking, smoking and drug and alcohol use to promote a culture of compliance and respect among students, staff and visitors.
• Foster a unified approach to campus safety by maintaining clear and effective communication with campus safety team members, supervisors, and coordinating closely with law enforcement or other emergency responders to facilitate swift responses to incidents and promote collaborative problem-solving.
• Support accountability and continuous improvement efforts within the organization by documenting activities by providing accurate record-keeping and routine reports and investigating safety incidents.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge

• Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
• Customer and Personal Service Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer rand personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Public Safety and Security Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Skills

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening - giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Conflict Management - Use of tools, skills and processes to find respectful and creative ways to resolve disputes and disagreements.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others actions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Negotiation Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Persuasion Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Abilities

• Auditory Attention - The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
• Communication The ability to effectively express your thoughts, ideas, and messages to diverse people in oral and written form. Public speaking skills and ability to write/edit emails, letters, and technical reports.
• Deductive Reasoning The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Emotional Intelligence Ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you.
• Inductive Reasoning The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Information Ordering The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Response Orientation The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures).
• Sound Localization The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated.
• Speed of Closure - The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

Physical/Mental Demands:

• The functions of this position involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme weather, temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, and unpleasant odors. Appropriate safety precautions and equipment must be utilized as warranted
• While performing the essential functions of this position a variable work schedule may be required including long workdays, evenings, weekends and holidays as needed
• There may be occurrences of interacting with employees and/or students, past employees and/or students, members of the general public, and others who express opinions, may exhibit strong emotions, which will require the employee to interact professionally, diplomatically, and appropriately in such situations
• While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to move around the assigned work areas as well as within hallways, meeting rooms, and other parts of the campus facilities
• There may be multiple/daily instances of prolonged sitting, standing, and personal computer use, which would include keyboard and/or mouse usage as well as viewing a computer monitor
• Work environment involves some exposure to hazards, emergency response, or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions and department standard operating procedures
• Ability to effectively listen and perceive the nature of sounds and spoken words at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound
• To successfully perform the essential functions of this position, an employee must be able to maintain appropriate composure and necessary confidentiality with regard to both past and current employee, student, and donor data; documents; issues; etc., and respect privacy needs of employees, students, donors
• The ability to comply with highly inflexible deadlines is required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position; there will be multiple occurrences of sudden, urgent task completion required
• An employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. For lifts exceeding 50 pounds, a team lift technique is required
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus
• The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focal point quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasking as well
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; however, there may be unexpected instances of somewhat loud sounds

Minimum:

• Two years of experience in a customer service or security role with working in a diverse, multicultural community
• Associate degree from an accredited institution OR two years of experience in law enforcement, or customer service, or security role working with a diverse, multicultural community
• Valid drivers license and ability to be insured by the Colleges insurance provider
• Basic First aid/CPR/AED/Blood Borne Pathogens certifications or ability to obtain certifications within the first two months of employment

Preferred:

• Bachelors Degree
• Five years of experience in a law enforcement, or customer service, or security role working with a diverse, multicultural community

If you are selected for the position, your appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. LCCC reserves the right to end this employment agreement should the results of your background investigation not be successful.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Laramie County Community College is committed to providing a safe and nondiscriminatory educational and employment environment. The college does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation or other status protected by law. Sexual harassment, including sexual violence, is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The college does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational, extracurricular, athletic or other programs or in the context of employment.

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