Northwest HERC

Bellarmine University Office of Public Safety has an opening for a full-time Public Safety Sergeant. Reporting to the Public Safety Captain, this position serves as a departmental leader, aiming to provide a safe and hospitable campus environment for all campus community members. 

This position is scheduled for a 40-hour work week.  However, applicants must be willing to work a flexible schedule, which may include weekends and holidays.

Essential responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Resolves operational problems. Investigates situations and complaints, defines solutions, meets with public safety staff and other involved parties. Makes decisions on information received. 
• Acts as a First Responder to calls for service, criminal incidents, alarms, and medical emergencies that require the potential use of a defibrillator and/or other First-Aid techniques.
• Takes appropriate action in the event of criminal incidents, fire or medical emergencies. Assigns staff, directs as necessary, reviews reports, provides information to campus community and officers by notifying appropriate personnel. 
• Enforces campus parking regulations. 
• Conducts patrols of campus premises by driving marked cars or other vehicles with official University.
• Coordinates work schedules and assignments of officers within assigned area of responsibility. Works with other sergeants and the captain in best utilizing staff resources to accomplish departmental goals and objectives.
• Assists in providing updated training on the latest practices in public safety procedures.
• Maintains officer accountability and ensures assigned tasks are being completed during the shift.
• Writes officer performance reviews and recommends discipline for review and approval by the captain.
• Maintains current knowledge of laws, college and department policies and procedures, and public safety methods and practices. 

Performs all duties with proper attention improving relations between the University community and local law enforcement agencies as a whole.
Performs tasks in direct support and assigned by the captain or director. 

Minimum Qualifications for Consideration:

• Minimum of a High School diploma
• One year as an officer with Bellarmine University
• Certification in CPR and First Aid or obtain within 6 months of hire
• Must possess effective leadership, oral and written communication skills

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Must be able to stand and walk for an extensive amount of time 
• Must be willing to engage and perform in stressful situations
• Must be willing to work a flexible schedule & work overtime as needed
• Must be willing to work on-call status as needed

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About Bellarmine University

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of nearly 4,000 students, and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 382 Colleges, is one of the top 15 Southern regional universities in U.S. News and World Report's 2018 college rankings, and is a top university in Forbes' list of America's best colleges. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world. Bellarmine is located on a scenic 175-acre campus in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, KY, which Glassdoor recently recognized one of the nation's top 10 cities where pay goes the furthest, and National Geographic calls it a top 10 food city. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 1...0 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population. Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply. Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

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