Security Officer - Campus Police

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Human Resources

Important Applications Instructions:

Please complete this application in entirety by providing all of your work experience, education and certifications/

license.  You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted.

Job Requisition ID:

R00049518

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

UMMC Police Department

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Security Officer - Campus Police

Job Summary:

To guard, patrol, and/or monitor UMMC premises. To provide information, directions, and traffic management.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

High school diploma/GED

Certifications, Licenses or Registration required:

Valid US Driver’s License. MS Driver's license required post-hire within 30 days. FEMA ICS 100, 200, 700, 800 courses required post-hire within 90 days.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Skill in providing protection services to individuals. Skill in utilizing building security and lock systems and procedures. Verbal and written communication skills. Interpersonal skills to interact with patients, visitors, and staff. Ability to gather data, compile information, and prepare reports. Ability to resolve customer complaints and concerns. Ability to understand and enforce safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned areas to ensure personal, building, and equipment security.
• Examines doors and windows to ensure that they are secure.
• Scrutinizes and reports irregularities such as fire hazards, leaking water pipes, unlocked security doors, and safety concerns.
• Provides information and directions to patients and visitors.
• Prepares applicable reports.
• Directs traffic and enforces motor vehicle operation and parking regulations.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking.

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Benefits Eligibility:

Grant Funded:

Job Posting Date:

07/15/2026

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):