What are the responsibilities and job description for the Professional Safety Officer position at Pacific Lutheran University?
- Posting Number:** 0603042
- Recruitment Type:** Open to All Applicants
- Position Title:** Professional Safety Officer
- Position Type:** Staff
- Benefits Status:** Benefits Eligible
- FLSA:** Non-Exempt
- Hiring Range:** $22.36 per hour with excellent benefits.
- Location:** Tacoma, WA 98447
- Department:** Campus Safety And Information
- Posting Date:** 02/25/2026
- Closing Date:** When a sufficient number of qualified applicants have been identified.
- Work Schedule:** Friday- Monday, 8:00pm-6:00am
This position is eligible to receive a pay differential of $1.00 per hour, for hours worked between 9:00pm and 4:59am.
General Description
The Professional Safety Officer is responsible for the safety and security of the Pacific Lutheran University campus and its personnel. This is accomplished through providing a presence on campus, interacting positively and professionally with community members and guests, and performing a variety of daily tasks. Reports to the Assistant Director of Campus Safety.
Essential Functions And Responsibilities
- Engage with community members in a culturally responsive manner and with the goal of developing on-going relationships.
- Proactively monitor activity on campus by providing presence on campus on foot or in a vehicle.
- Lock and unlock buildings and perimeter gates and check fire panels in buildings.
- Assist individuals in locating or obtaining resources to address issues or special needs.
- Respond to emergency incidents, ensuring proper procedures are followed and notifications are made.
- Administer first aid and operate an AED machine.
- Assist local fire and law enforcement personnel in the performance of their duties as requested.
- Provide assistance with vehicle jump starts, walking escorts, and shuttle transports.
- Use weaponless defensive tactics, employing verbal skills to diffuse volatile or hostile situations.
- Perform dispatcher duties including, answering multi-line phones, entering data into the computer system, and addressing walk-in visitors.
- Write reports on incidents.
- Operate university vehicles in conformance with local laws and PLU policies.
- Attend professional development training such as Security Officer Academy and ICS 100/200 and 700 certifications.
- Train new employees on department policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Knowledge of and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Excellent human relation skills; ability to deal with a wide variety of people; intercultural skill and capacity necessary to effectively engage individuals from a range of salient identities.
- Knowledge and skill in confrontation management.
- Ability to follow department policies, standard operating procedures, and directives.
- Ability to multi-task and make decisions quickly.
- Knowledge of radio operations, video console operations, and driving operations.
- Ability to deal with a variety of personalities in stressful situations.
- Ability to effectively and clearly read, write, speak and communicate the English language.
- Ability to communicate clearly on a handheld radio.
- Knowledge of basic computer skills such as MS Word, MS Excel, Google Mail, and Calendar, and use of the internet.
2 years of job-related safety/security experience, custom
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