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Safety Officer

Kentwood Public Schools
Grand Rapids, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 8/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/2/2026
ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE UPLOADED AND SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON THE SPECIFIED POSTING DEADLINE.

POSITION: Safety Officer

SCHEDULE: Monday thru Friday, 38 weeks

Essential Job Functions

  • Ensure the safety of students and staff
  • Build positive relationships with student body, staff and parent/guardians
  • Enforce the Student Code of Conduct
  • Patrol interior and exterior of facility
  • Assist administration/staff with daily needs
  • Perform necessary report writing/documentation duties
  • Other duties assigned by administration/supervisor
  • Available to work various events in the evening and on weekends
  • Ability to work in an economically, culturally and racially diverse environment.
  • Regular, reliable and punctual attendance

Additional Duties: Performs other related tasks as designated by the Director of Safety.

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Qualifications

  • Must be a high school graduate
  • Minimum of two years of college level Criminal Justice courses or related work experience preferred
  • Public relations experience

Physical And Mental Demands, Work Hazards

  • Ada Requirements: The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment), taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus.
  • Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.
  • Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.

APPLICATIONS: SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, INDIVIDUAL COVER LETTER AND RESUME THROUGH THE ONLINE APPLITRACK APPLICANT CENTER, NO HARD COPY APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA MAIL OR HAND DELIVERY.

ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE UPLOADED AND SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM ON THE SPECIFIED POSTING DEADLINE.

Visit the district website: Click kentwoodps/employment.org

Kentwood Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status in its employment decisions or the provision of services.

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