Security Officer

Atlanta, Georgia

City of Atlanta
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CANDIDATE MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTA RETIRED POLICE RESERVE

Municipal Court Of Atlanta

Posting Expires: Open Until Filled

Salary: $35/hour


Responsibilities:

  • Enforces procedural rules and regulations. Ensures the personal safety of staff, visitors, and property. Maintains security and safety for assigned areas. Maintains a working knowledge of the locations of various departments, buildings, access routes, and admitting requirements.
  • Operate and monitor security control panels, alarms, and related security equipment to provide area and visitor surveillance.
  • Patrols assigned areas. Checks for suspicious occurrences, and enforces City of Atlanta rules and regulations.
  • Responds to and investigates situations reported to Control Rooms. Call APD or AFFD authorities to investigate suspicious activities or security violations that require intervention.
  • Checks Identification of persons entering City of Atlanta facilities as needed. Provide information and directions. Explains rules and regulations.
  • Maintain a guest registry as directed ensuring that users have left the premises. Reports security and general maintenance problems to the proper authorities.
  • Maintains logs and records of occurrences, completes necessary paperwork, and may use computer terminal to input and retrieve data.

Position Knowledge:

  • Limited knowledge of the City of Atlanta organizational policies and procedures.

Skills:

  • Verbal and written communication skills.
  • Regular use of machines that require little training to use.
  • Advises, screens and refers callers and visitors.
  • Understand non-routine notes, written instructions, and general policy statements.

Supervisory Guidelines:

  • Supervisor and staff member plan, assign and schedule work jointly.
  • Supervisor provides instruction only in new situations, methods and procedures that are not clearly related to already existing tasks and duties.

Independent Judgment:

  • Established procedures/policies govern many work situations.
  • Regular exercise of independent judgment or initiative.
  • Recognize problems and choose solutions from among several alternatives that are not necessarily governed by established procedures.
  • Work occasionally requires giving others a general orientation to routine procedures and policies.

Working Conditions:

  • Ongoing possibility of safety risks.
  • Workday occasionally includes conflicting demands, time pressures, deadlines or emergencies.
  • Work regularly requires sustained concentration.
  • Work requires some physical effort and some dexterity.
  • Must sit, stand and or walk for extended period of time.
Date Posted: 10 October 2024
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