What are the responsibilities and job description for the LEAD SECURITY TECHNICIAN position at Volunteers of America Northern Rockies?
Summary/Objective
The Lead Security Tech is responsible for monitoring residents who are under Department of Corrections (DOC) and Bureau of Prison (BOP) jurisdiction, both inside the facility and in the community. The Lead Security Tech provides leadership and training for all Security Techs on their team.
Essential Functions
- Provides direction to all security technicians on shift
- Perform resident intake process
- Monitor residents' accountability and compliance with the program both inside the facility and in the community; document resident compliance
- Perform searches of dorms, vehicles, and residents; document and store all confiscated resident items
- Monitor resident phone calls for program compliance
- Perform resident drug testing
- Ensures completion of property, facility, and vehicle searches as required
- Walk through the facility to ensure safety and security and accurate headcount
- Maintains facility security by monitoring staff security and perimeter checks
- Monitor resident's medication
- Completes assigned audits
- Conduct ongoing Security Technician training
- Transport residents to work and programming
- Assists residents with short term coping and problem-solving skills
- Conduct monthly fire drills
- Perform and oversee weekly and monthly deep cleaning
- Ensures ongoing compliance with Volunteers of America Northern Rockies policies and procedures
- Ensures ongoing compliance with resident handbook and sponsoring agency requirements
- Secure and inventory all absent resident property
Competencies
- Effective communicator both orally and written; assertive when necessary
- Ability to deal with confrontation in a calm and positive manner
- Ability to work under pressure to prioritize tasks and meet tight time deadlines
- Ability to guide and mentor others
- Continuous demonstration of behaviors aligned with a posture of servant leadership and our cultural values
Supervisory Responsibility
This position provides guidance to security technicians on their team.
Work Environment
This job operates in a residential community corrections facility; the role routinely uses standard office equipment such as a copier, fax machine, and computers.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and have close contact with residents while searching their person. This would require the ability to bend or stoop as necessary. This position must be mobile throughout the facility, as well as work on a computer for periods.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position with a set schedule that allows the same two days off per week.
Travel
Little to no travel is expected for this position.
Required Education, Experience or Eligibility Qualifications
- High School education or equivalent
- Proficient with computer programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office
- Valid driver's license and the ability to drive a 15-passenger transportation van
- Must be able to pass a background check with the Wyoming Department of Corrections and Bureau of Prisons
Preferred Education and Experience
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience
- One or more years of work experience in a residential setting or related field
EEO Statement
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics. Volunteers of America Northern Rockies will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the ADA, please contact us at 307-672-0475.