What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Officer Full-Time (Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM) position at Concordance?
Description
Overview:
The Security Officer is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of Concordance’s participants, team members, and facilities. In this role, you will interact with our participants, team members, and visitors and work with a team of security officers.
Your role will involve:
- Protecting the Concordance’s property and team members by conducting interior and exterior rounds, observing for safety and security issues or theft, and monitoring of parking lots
- Completing random drug screens of participants
- Monitoring entry to the Concordance Center, including bag searches and security systems
- Monitoring video surveillance equipment
- Responding to overhead pages and requests for assistance
- Writing reports on irregularities, such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences
- Enforcing security policies and procedures
- Collaborating with Concordance team members to ensure the safety and security of Concordance’s participants, team members, and facilities
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
The right candidate will come with:
- Passion for Concordance’s mission
- Energy for multi-disciplinary, team environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to ensure effective security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and facilities
- Strong attention to detail
Required education, licensure, and experience:
- 2 years of security, military, or law enforcement experience
- Ability to obtain and maintain an armed security guard license where applicable
- Driver’s License
- Prior experience with justice-involved adults or other vulnerable populations is preferred.
- Higher education degree preferred.
- CPR / Adult First Aid certification preferred
What to expect when you join Concordance
A driven team with a desire to help our participants move forward. We come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences—from behavioral health to corporate strategy and beyond, but we all come together with the goal to restore individuals, rebuild families, transform communities, and advance the field of re-entry.
Team benefits:
We know the importance of work-life balance and the value of having time for yourself and your family on a consistent basis. We offer a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus we pay for additional benefits including basic life insurance, AD&D, professional development opportunities, and an EAP program so you have quick access to a wide range of life resources.
- Competitive pay
- Consistent hours
- 401(K) matching program
- Generous PTO
Join our team at Concordance, where you can make a real difference, be part of an inspired and inspiring group of people, and, together, help drive our strategic future by redefining social justice and change.
About Concordance
Concordance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the cycle of reincarceration through holistic, integrated re-entry services for individuals before and after their release from prison. Recognized by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)*, a rigorous review process that ensures service providers meet defined international standards of quality, Concordance provides participants access to 12 evidence-informed services, including Behavioral Health & Wellness, Education & Job Readiness, and Community & Life Skills. Concordance's success lies in its ability to address the complex, interconnected factors contributing to recidivism, ensuring that justice-involved individuals have the individualized support they need to reintegrate into their communities and the resources to build a stable future. Since 2016, the Concordance “healing first” model has empowered over 1,000 individuals in the St. Louis region and will be expanding to additional cities in the future.
Concordance's mission is to dramatically reduce reincarceration rates by precisely and rigorously executing our holistic, integrated, evidence-informed re-entry program, which focuses equally on process and art.
Our vision at Concordance is to be the leading force in understanding justice-involved adults. We work in partnership with them on their healing journey, offering a community of effective engagement, counseling, and teaching. Through our rigorous and precise work, we are shaping our participants into leaders of character, wisdom, and service. We are equipping them with the skills they need to enhance the vitality and safety of our community and to lead joyful, abundant, and purposeful lives with their families.
Our passionate, motivated, and talented team is the driving force behind our success—and we’re looking for exceptional candidates to join us!
Concordance is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
