Location : BereaJob Type: Full-TimeDivision: Student LifeDepartment: Public SafetyOpening Date: 12/06/2024Closing Date: ContinuousFLSA: Non-ExemptPlease note that references provided at the time of application for staff positions will not be contacted until the applicant has been offered the position. Description: Join our team as the Security Systems Coordinator at Berea College!Are you passionate about ensuring a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, and staff? Are you dedicated to providing a proactive and positive approach to campus systems security? Berea College is looking for a Security Systems Coordinator. The Security Systems Coordinator provides continuous oversight, maintenance and support of security technology. They are responsible for recommending new technology, ensuring all equipment functions properly, serving as liaison to vendors, monitoring projects, and making recommendations to their supervisor. This position is security sensitive and may be subject to psychological evaluation and random drug testing. Your Key Responsibilities:
- Review security and incident reports as needed and make recommendations for changes as needed.
- Identify threats to security and safety through ongoing inspections of grounds, and facilities.
- Coordinate various phases of security projects.
- Consult with perspective users concerning requirements for access control, alarm and video surveillance systems.
- Participate in developing and delivering fire safety training programs and perform monitoring of emergency fire egress and equipment in residence halls and other campus buildings.
- Develop preliminary scope of security systems.
- Assist in locating specific security control points and testing hardware/software
- Research and remain current on industry standards.
- Administer hardware and software management for access control, alarm and CCTV systems.
What You'll Bring: Education required to ensure success in this position:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Experience required to ensure success in this position:
- Two years of related experience required, knowledge of mechanical and electronic locking systems, alarm systems and security camera systems to include hardware/software.
- Special Skills, knowledge and abilities:
- Knowledge of maintenance and problem resolution techniques.
- Knowledge of (or ability to learn) security camera equipment and recording hardware/software.
- Knowledge of (or ability to learn) alarm system equipment.
- Knowledge of (or ability to learn) access control hardware/software.
- Knowledge of (or ability to learn) mechanical lock systems.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to make appropriate judgments in technical decisions.
- Must be able to establish effective working relationships with faculty, staff and students.
- Routinely exercise discretion and superior judgment and have the ability to perform under diverse conditions with little margin for error and complete duties without close supervision, within defined policy and procedures.
License, certification, or registration necessary:- Valid Kentucky Operator's License.
- Ability to obtain Physical Security Professional certification through American Society of Industrial Security.
Physical Requirements:- Must be able to communicate effectively through use of telephone, radio and computer and be able to monitor auditory and visual data provided by alarms and cameras.
- Mobility is necessary.
- Requires stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
- The position can be physically demanding and requires the incumbent to respond to calls for assistance quickly in all types of weather, on foot or by vehicle, around the clock and under the duress of emergency situations.
Environmental Conditions:- Work environment encompasses the entire campus including out-of-doors.
- Must be able to respond quickly to calls for assistance in all types of weather, on foot or by vehicle, around the clock and in emergencies.
Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:- Vehicles;
- Electric Carts;
- Computers;
- Portable radios;
- Various tools;
- Ladders;
- Conventional and electric bicycles.
Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea's students excel in the College's supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse college rankings, 2023. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application! Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.Our Benefits:Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement. Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.To learn more details, visit our benefits page at Our Unique Culture:Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College's inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at BereaLabor Supervision: In support of Berea College's great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link