Senior Security Officer Jobs

About Seattle Center and Waterfront Park :
Seattle Center is the region's premier civic, arts and family gathering place in the core of our city and region, home to more than 30 arts, cultural, and entertainment organizations, family attractions, and tourist amenities. Our mission is to create exceptional events, experiences, and environments that delight and inspire the human spirit to build stronger communities. To support this work, Seattle Center employs 220 full-time employees and hundreds of intermittent workers. As a department of the City of Seattle, Seattle Center contributes to the quality of life for Seattle residents-and the region's economy and image as its top visitor destination.

In 2023, Seattle Center is expanding its role to provide operations, maintenance and public safety services for Seattle’s new Waterfront Park, a series of new public spaces on Seattle’s downtown waterfront between Pioneer Square and the Seattle Aquarium. Seattle Center will bring its deep experience successfully managing public space to the Waterfront in partnership with the non-profit Friends of Waterfront Seattle, which already offers a range of recreational and cultural programming to the community. Our goal is to grow Seattle Center’s team by 20% over the next two years to meet this new opportunity, building out a unified team to support both Seattle Center and the new Waterfront Park by the time it is completed in 2025.

About this position:

Seattle Center is seeking qualified Senior Security Officers to provide leadership and guidance to a staff of security officers responsible for Waterfront operations, including patrolling the grounds, safeguarding public safety and securing the facilities at the Waterfront Park. This opening is for Graveyard shift.

This position will assign patrol sectors, monitor completion of assignments, provide assistance for security, crowd control, accident or crime scene protection as well as interact with members of other work units and other external agencies on a regular basis by radio, telephone and in person. The Emergency Services Unit places a very strong emphasis upon providing excellent customer service to guests, clients and staff as well as helping to ensure their safety and enjoyment while they are at Seattle Center and the Waterfront Park. The unit works 365 days a year on multiple shifts and operates 24 hours a day.

• Train and evaluate the work of staff.
• Lead and assign the work activities of Security Officers. Ensure adequate coverage for events by assigning officers and checking the schedule.
• Assign patrol sectors, monitor completion of assignments, provide assistance for security, crowd control, accident or crime scene protection.

• Maintain routine records and prepare written reports.
• Administer first aid, call for emergency treatment, as needed.
• Interact with members of other work units and other external agencies on a regular basis by radio, telephone and in person.
• Provide information and assistance to the public.
• Perform other related duties of a comparable level/type as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of two years as a Security Officer or equivalent experience (or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class).

• Can provide excellent customer service and equal protection under the law at all times to all persons regardless of circumstance.

• Are proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Access and other software applications.
• Are able to work within a diverse workforce serving the public and clients of multicultural backgrounds.
• Communicate clearly in English both verbally and in writing.
• Have two years’ security or law enforcement experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Are able to be effective in a team setting or alone after being given verbal or written instructions.

• Must be available to work all shifts, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.

• Work full-time (40 hours) per week
• Stand, walk, and bend for extended periods of time.

• Possess a valid Washington State Driver License.
• Obtain a Special Police Commission from the Seattle Police Department within 12 months of appointment.

This position is classified as a Security Officer, Senior. The full pay range for this step-progression position is $33.56 - $40.83 per hour.

How to Apply:

Applications are reviewed after the posting closes. You must submit the following items to be considered for this position no later than 4:00 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, August 15, 2023:

• Completed NEOGOV online application.

• Supplemental questionnaire responses.

Driving Record - Selected candidates will be required to submit a Driver's Abstract (at your own expense) that demonstrates a good driving record.

Pre-Employment Physical - Successful candidates will be required to pass a pre-employment physical.

Background Check - This position involves background check of conviction and arrest records in compliance with Seattle’s Fair Chance Employment Ordinance, SMC 14.17. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain or correct background information.

Why work at the City

The City of Seattle recognizes every City employee must play a role in ending institutional and structural racism. Our culture is the result of our behavior, our personal commitments, and the ways that we courageously share our perspectives and encourage others to do the same. To cultivate an antiracist culture, we seek employees who will engage in dismantling racist policies and procedures, unlearn the way things have always been done, and create and provide equitable processes and services. Seattle Office of Civil Rights)

The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at: https://www.seattle.gov/human-resources/benefits/employees-and covered family-members/most employees-plans

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