LEAD CAMPUS SECURITY OFFICER

Enforces school and District rules, regulations, and policies according to established procedures, policies, and laws to ensure the safety of students and staff, cars, and property, including parking lot restrictions and regulations.

Provides daily oversight of assigned personnel assignments, duties, and activities at assigned school site and helps as needed.

Prepares overtime work schedules and assignments for security personnel and submits to administrator according to established procedures at assigned site.

Under the direction of assigned administrator, develops security plans for special events including staffing and location of officers; assists in selecting appropriate personnel to meet security needs.

Trains and provides guidance to assigned security personnel at a designated school site; recommends approved methods and techniques for specific incidents and campus disturbances.

Maintains contact with the principal or designee utilizing a two-way radio to report any campus problems, unusual activity, potentially hazardous situations, and violations of District policies, laws, rules and regulations; checks for possession and confiscates illegal or unauthorized items according to established policies, laws, rules and regulations; escorts students to office for disciplinary action as needed.

Recommends policies, procedures and/or actions to school administration for the purpose of

providing information and/or direction for ensuring campus security.

Under the direction of assigned administrator, maintains a variety of records, supply orders, alarm system, and applications in relation to security enforcement and distributes them to the appropriate personnel as requested.

Patrols school campus perimeter, buildings, lunch areas, hallways, parking lots, and areas adjacent to campus on foot and in a vehicle to ensure the security of property; checks and secures alarms doors, windows, gates, and restrooms.

Observes and controls visitor access to campus; approach visitors and suspicious or unauthorized individuals to determine the reason for being on campus and have authorized identification tags; ensures that unauthorized individuals leave the campus as soon as possible.

Resolves altercations among students, visitors, and/or other parties to preserve the peace and protect the life and safety of students and others on campus; counsels and advises students regarding violation of rules and regulations.

Cooperates with law enforcement personnel involved in vehicle control and/or investigation of vandalism, thefts, and/or assault occurring on site property; prepares incident reports and student activity reports.

Observes and monitors students during passing periods between classes to ensure the timely return of students to class and prevent unauthorized departure from the school premises; approach students to verify off-campus and lunch passes and checks that only students and authorized personnel are in classrooms.

Provides security for transportation of monies from campus to other locations; oversees planning security measures for campus on off-campus activities.

Provides security and supervision of students at athletic and special events and school-sponsored off-campus activities utilizing crowd and traffic control techniques.

Participates in unit meetings, in-service training, workshops, etc. for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform job functions.

Performs related duties as assigned.

Any combination of experience, education, and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical combination would be the following:

Graduation from high school or equivalent and course work or training as a security guard or peace officer.

Three (3) years of experience in security or law enforcement.

OR

Two (2) years of experience as a Campus Security Officer or a similar position for a public school district or equivalent.

Some positions in this classification may be required to speak, read and/or write a designated second language.

Must have a valid Guard Card issued by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, Department of Consumer Affairs and must be maintained throughout employment.

California Basic Police Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) certificate of completion is desirable.

Must have a valid First Aid and CPR certificate issued by an authorized agency and must be maintained throughout employment.

Must possess a valid California driver's license and maintain insurability per District's requirements.

Completion of District provided School Security Training course that meets SB390 requirements.

APPLICATION

1 - Complete an ONLINE Bassett USD employment application by clicking the "Apply" button above.

All applications must be submitted online. Applications and requests for testing will not be accepted after the recruitment closing date and time. Applicants may be rejected on the basis of an incomplete application or failure to meet minimum qualifications. The application is part of the selection process and is part of an overall assessment of acceptability for employment. All information provided is subject to independent verification of its accuracy. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide correct contact information by which to be notified.

Note: You will eventually be disqualified in the recruitment process if you fail to disclose relevant information regarding your conviction history. It is the disclosure of the conviction that is most important in many cases.

SCREENING PROCESS

2 - Applications will be screened to select the most qualified candidates.

The screening process for this position, which may be subject to modification, will include some form of a(n): application screening, initial qualifications screening, documentation/certification screening, and supplemental application screening. The stated qualifications for the position represent only the minimum requirements and do not guarantee qualification for examination or placement on an eligibility list.

EXAMINATION PROCESS

3 - The examination plan will consist of:

a. Written Exam (40% of final score) - March 21, 2025
b. Oral Exam (60% of final score) - April 2, 2025

Visit our Recruitment Calendar for more details.

Examination dates may change or be canceled without advance notice.

The examination may consist of any combination of a(n): training and experience (T&E) evaluation, written knowledge test, structured panel interview, situational judgement interview, or other type of exam of fitness for duty. All parts of the examination process are job related. A passing score must be attained on each portion of the exam to advance to the next stage and ultimate placement on an eligibility list.

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION

Requests for reasonable accommodations for the testing process must be made no less than two (2) days prior to the examination by emailing jsanchez@bassettusd.org or calling 626-931-7984.

EXAM PROTESTS

Protest of any part of the exam process must be in writing and submitted to the Personnel Director no later than five (5) working days from the date you participated in the exam. Any protest must include rationale to support the protest and shall include supporting documentation or references. Protests must be based on illegal discrimination, abuse of discretion, or procedure/process error. Protests should NOT be based on receiving unexpected results. We cannot be responsible for lost mail, misdirected mail, or failure of mail to be delivered after it has been entrusted to the U.S. Postal Service.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

Candidates who are successful in all screening and testing stages will be placed on an eligibility list. Typically, an eligibility list for a classification expires after one (1) year. Candidates on the expired eligibility list are no longer considered for positions within the class. Eligibility lists may be extended beyond one year or expire sooner than one year. Eligibility lists may be merged, in which case candidate ranks may change.

SELECTION PROCESS

Candidates on the eligibility list will be called in rank order to participate in final selection interviews with the hiring manager until three ranks of candidates have accepted the invitation to interview. Ranks may include ties so more than three candidates may be called to interview for one vacancy. Please note that candidates will be removed from the eligibility list for declining the invitation to interview more than three (3) times.

OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT

Official offers of employment are ONLY made by the Bassett Unified School District Personnel Commission office. Offers are subject to satisfactory completion of ALL the pre-employment processing including: successful completion of a drug test, tuberculosis examination, fingerprint clearance by the California Department of Justice, and proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

ADVANCED STEP PLACEMENT

All new regular classified employees shall be paid in accordance with the salary range established for the class to which assigned. Initial placement will normally be the first step of the salary range. However, a new employee may receive advanced step placement with an approval from the Personnel Commission. Requests for advanced step must be submitted in writing to thePersonnel Commissionoffice before the employee's first day of work.

Approval will be based on the following criteria:

a. Additional qualifying experience beyond that required for entry into the class.

b. Additional education at the college level when related to the position, beyond the established educational requirements for entry into the class.

c. Evidence of currently receiving a salary greater than the first step of the salary for the classification.

An Equal Opportunity Employer