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Under general supervision of the Director of Campus Safety, performs a wide variety of campus security and public services to ensure the safety of persons, protect property of various kinds, maintain order and enforce the rules and regulations governing students, faculty, and staff with superior customer service and integrity. Campus Safety Officer is a non-sworn, unarmed position
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Ability to:
  • Exercise sound judgment.
  • Recognize illegal, unsafe and contraband substances or weapons.
  • Prepare clear and concise reports and routine correspondence. Remember details such as faces, license plate numbers, names and incidents.
  • Gather, collect and preserve evidence.
  • Operate a vehicle, observing legal and defensive driving practices.
  • Work independently in the absence of supervision.
  • Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
  • Work effectively with a diverse population.
  • Reason effectively during emergency situations and adopt an effective course of action.
  • Utilize effective verbal de-escalation techniques to defuse potentially volatile or disruptive situations involving students, employees, visitors, or members of the public.
  • Learn Campus Disaster Plan and explain procedures to others.
  • Perform multiple tasks in a calm, effective and efficient manner.
  • Perform tasks that require physical exertion, stamina, flexibility, and standing or walking for long periods of time.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to working in an organization that values and promotes humanism.
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience:
  • Any combination equivalent to graduation from high school or GED and one year experience in security and/or in the law enforcement field.


License or Certificate:
  • Must SATISFACTORILY PASS A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION.
  • Possess a valid California driver’s license and have a safe driving record.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Possession of a California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) Guard Certification.
Essential Job Duties

Key Responsibilities
  • Providing mobile security patrol on campus.
  • Patrol by foot, bicycle, motorized cart, or vehicle to assist with public services, including providing protection to campus buildings and property and guarding against fire, intrusion, theft, and vandalism.
  • Remain attentive to any potential safety and security risk, such as unsecured doors, insufficient lighting, tripping hazards, and evidence of current or previous criminal activity, such as graffiti and burglaries.

Key Responsibilities
  • Providing fixed security assignments on campus.
  • Maintaining stationary fixed security assignments at entry points to buildings and/or visible outdoor locations on campus.
  • Provide information and directions to students and visitors.
  • Ensure that no unauthorized visitors enter buildings. Ensure that all authorized visitors sign in and out on the check-in sheets.

Key Responsibilities
  • Reporting and documentation of activity.
  • Notify supervisors of suspected illegal or suspicious activity noted on campus property during mobile security patrols and fixed security assignments; observe and report unsafe conditions and/or occurrences; make written and oral reports of any hazardous condition impacting the campus and its community.
  • Prepare a Daily Field Activity report of security assignments and incidents.
  • Write non-police incident reports or complaints from students, visitors, faculty, and staff.

Key Responsibilities
  • Building lock-up and building checks.
  • Check the physical security of buildings, including ensuring that doors and windows are locked and secured, and that alarms are set.
  • Make routine rounds of buildings to check doors and ensure they remain secure.
  • This includes key requests to escort personnel into buildings after hours or when they do not have keys, after verifying the legitimacy of each request.

Key Responsibilities
  • Additional Duties.
  • Perform additional duties, such as taking custody of found, lost, and abandoned property and attempting to locate owners to return property.
  • Documenting and properly packaging and storing any unreturned property.
  • Serve in the Security Operations Center as needed, monitoring surveillance cameras and dispatching security personnel to guide the response to suspicious and criminal activity.
  • Assist with parking control as needed, by issuing parking permits or enforcing parking violations.
  • Working special events, such as commencement.
  • Participating in meetings as required, taking notes, and conducting follow-up actions.

Posting Details Continued

Work Schedule
  • 8hrs/day – M-F, Occasional weekends

Working at WesternU

We believe in making an impact in the lives of our employees, personally, and professionally. Every employee has different individual and/or family needs. We offer benefits that are both comprehensive and flexible to address your unique needs. We believe work-life harmony is positive and achievable.

We offer competitive salaries, generous paid time off, insurance plans, reimbursements, and retirement benefits. Additionally,

  • Our faculty, staff, and administrators are 100% focused on student success.

  • Our University culture creates the context for a nurturing and supportive environment.

  • Faculty, staff, and students can expect to make deep, personal relationships within the University community.

  • As a Faculty, Staff, or Student at WesternU, you can focus on work that you love, be your authentic self, and lead to the future with innovation in health sciences.

  • WesternU’s core value of humanism encourages all to bring their whole self in all that they do.

  • We are committed to fostering a culture of respect, equity, collaboration, and fun at all levels for all people!

Expected Pay Scale

Minimum
$22.00 Hourly

Maximum
$24.12 Hourly

Physical Demands

Physical Demands

Do the essential functions of this job require lifting?
Yes

If yes, list maximum weight and duration
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in a security setting and an office setting; restrain or subdue individuals; walk, stand, sit, or run for prolonged periods of time; occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; occasionally climb and balance; regularly push, pull, lift, and/or carry light to moderate weights; frequently lift and/or move moderate to heavy weights; occasionally lift and/or move heavy weights; operate office equipment including use of computer keyboard; operate assigned patrol and security equipment including patrol car, patrol bicycle and two-way radio; ability to speak and hear to exchange information; ability to operate a vehicle to travel to various locations; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Describe Work Environment
This role operates in dynamic and reactive emergency settings, including natural and human-made disasters, as well as routine peacekeeping situations. Employees may be regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions and, on occasion, to airborne particles, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals, bloodborne pathogens, and bodily fluids. Additional hazards may include extreme temperatures (hot and cold), electrical shock, radiation exposure, and vibration. The role may also involve working in potentially hostile environments and requires extensive public interaction. Noise levels typically range from mild to moderate. Incumbents are required to work various shifts, including evenings and weekends.

Posting Information

Posting Number
S01771

Posting Date
03/19/2026

Close Date
07/01/2026

Open Until Filled
Yes

Conditions of Employment - Background Check

To secure employment, successful fulfillment of a background check, including a criminal records check, may be required. Western University of Health Sciences will extend a conditional offer of employment, subject to rescission if the background check unveils disqualifying information or if it is found that the candidate deliberately withheld or misrepresented information. Non-completion of the background check to satisfaction may impact the ongoing employment of a current Western University of Health Sciences employee who received a conditional offer for the position.

Pay Transparency Act

Pay Transparency Act- Western University of Health Sciences is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This range considers various factors in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience. The Expected Pay Scale is defined as the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. Placement within the Expected Pay Scale is determined by internal equity and relevant qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Statement (EEO)

It is the policy of Western University to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment as required by law without regard to age, race, color, national origin ancestry, citizenship, ethnicity, creed, religion or religious creed, sex or gender (including gender identity), marital status, sexual orientation, disability (both physical and mental) including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), pregnancy (which includes childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), age, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other applicable protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.This policy applies to all employment practices within WesternU including without limitation, hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoffs, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, and training. WesternU makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merits, and business needs at the time.

Applicant Documents

Required Documents
  • Resume
Optional Documents
  • Cover Letter
  • Letter of Recommendation #1
  • Letter of Recommendation #2
  • Letter of Recommendation #3
  • Required License/Certification

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