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CAMPUS SAFETY - Operations Coordinator

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Position summary

The Operations’ Coordinator is one of the Office of Campus Safety’s program specialists. These specialists fill a dual role, serving as a regularly scheduled shift for either Dispatch and/or Patrol while also having dedicated shifts for managing their assigned program, such as Operations Coordination.

The Operations Coordination role is to manage the day-to-day tasks of the office, identify operational needs/improvements and provide management for Office projects.

The shift role is currently a weekday, morning Dispatch shift.

Qualifications summary

The Operations’ Coordinator qualifications require background in process and project management, and ability to manage large projects and minute details. Qualifications also include proficiency in software solutions that are web-based, have data analysis functionality, and communication based.


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

The Operations’ Coordinator is expected to complete these duties without daily direction and only limited weekly direction. They are expected to exercise their professional discretion to determine the best course of action, providing direction to peers and superordinates as well as recommendations to Safety’s leadership/command team.

Coordinate work with Command and other Office of Campus Safety Program Specialists. Specific employees can include the Compliance Sgt, Community Resource Officer, and Case Coordinator.

Daily Tasks:



Weekly/Monthly Tasks:



Project Management Tasks:



Being available as an Office of Campus Safety employee:



Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory responsibilities

While this position does not provide employee correction or evaluation, they are responsible to provide all employees with direction in relation to task/project management and to provide supervisors with employee performance concerns. A team member’s failure to comply with the Operations Coordinator’s direction could result in discipline.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In addition to the subsections below:



Preferred experiences in:



Education, Experience, and/or Certifications

Must have or be capable of obtaining certifications:





Leadership & Received Direction

Once trained, this position should function with limited direction and be responsible to identify daily/monthly tasks and any additional training necessary for the completion of their duties.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, distances, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Ability to calculate statistical data.

Other Skills

To effectively coordinate all reports, the Operations’ Coordinator must also have exceptional skills in:




Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

Computer Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office including Outlook and Word. Advanced skills required in data reporting/statistical analysis using advanced Excel formulas.

Proficient in other evidence-based applications used for card access, alarm systems, and security cameras. Proficient in software solutions for tracking methods for project/task management

Preferred experience either working directly with or coordinating projects with IT solutions, such as databases/SQL.

Equipment/Software Used



Interpersonal interactions

Internally this position requires the ability to lead by example and to provide direction/training to peers without a supervisory responsibility. This requires the intentional fostering of working relationships through trust/credibility.

Externally this position will work towards providing support/follow-up for projects while fostering working relationships with campus entities. For on-duty work, it will include providing support to all involved parties while also taking steps to identify those responsible for the incident. This requires developing a unique balance of grace and justice that shows care/support while holding the same person accountable for their actions.

Physical demands

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to use other senses to talk, hear, taste, and/or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to sit, stand, jump, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Employee will also be required to work in/be exposed to, all weather conditions associated with the State of Michigan.

Work environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While it is impossible to predict all situations that someone might encounter while performing their duties, it is understood, that employees are expected to conduct security patrols at all hours of the day and night, during many different types of weather conditions. During these common activities an employee might be confronted with potentially dangerous situations associated with security type work.

In the completion of these activities an employee will have access to a patrol vehicle and office.

While completing these duties, the employee will be walking through campus grounds including sidewalks, parking lots, roadways, grass areas, and wooded trails. The employee will also be accessing buildings, from common spaces to classrooms, labs, mechanical/electrical rooms, residential spaces, roof-tops, or any other area belonging to the University.