Campus Police Officer - Queens University of Charlotte

Summary: This full-time (40 hours per week) Police Officer position is empowered to apply best practices in community policing on the campus of Queens University of Charlotte in Meyers Park. In this role, you'll build relationships through your daily contact with students, faculty, staff, visitors, and vendors. As a sworn Police Officer, this role requires an active BLET certification to be considered; local candidates only. This position reports to the Chief of Police.

This position is non-exempt from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is eligible to earn overtime pay for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Patrol university property on foot or vehicle to protect lives and property.
• Assist in emergency situations and ensure orderly movement of traffic on campus. Enforces Federal, North Carolina State Laws and City Ordinances and university policies.
• Conduct and accurately document investigations of accidents, crimes and incidents by interviewing victims, witnesses, and suspects, through the identifications and collection of physical evidence, searching persons, vehicles and other premises in accordance with legal guidelines.
• Respond to all emergency calls including potentially violent and life-threatening situations.
• Provide crime prevention strategies, inspect university property for safety hazards, equipment malfunctions, unsecured doors or other unusual occurrences, refer victims to appropriate services, provide directions, escorts, vehicle and door unlocks assistance, operate necessary equipment.
• Respond to fire, intrusion, and security alarms and emergency calls boxes.
• Integrate Community Policing into patrol activity and apply COP concepts to resolve problems.
• Maintain radio communications.
• Submit timely, accurate MIR reports.
• Report any security breaches or suspected security issues
• Render immediate, temporary medical aid to injured and or ill persons in emergency situations.
• Intervene and diffuse crisis situations as non-violently as possible.
• Document all activities and prepare written reports as required by departmental policy.
• Prosecute offenders as necessary by filing criminal charges, referral to the appropriate University authorities, or through other measures such as trespassing non-students.
• Provide direction and training to new/temporary officers as requested.
• Attend advanced and specialized training activities to maintain and improve skills.

Campus Police Officers are considered essential personnel at Queens. In the event of extraordinary situations, the University may suspend normal operations and classes in whole or part. In such instances, all essential personnel must fulfill their duties, including (1) ensure the continuation of critical University operations; (2) attend to the needs of students and other members of the University community; and (3) protect the University’s assets. Essential personnel will be notified by the University announcements and by their respective department head of their activation, and they must report to work as soon as feasible (or remain on duty if already on campus).  Essential personnel must remain on duty as instructed to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of essential services, unless directed or permitted to do otherwise by their department head.

Non-Essential Duties:

• Assist in coordination and patrol of special events/sporting events.
• Other duties and special projects may be assigned to meet department and university needs.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) certification required (candidates without BLET certification will not be considered)
• Law enforcement or security experience, preferably in a higher education setting
• Effective and diplomatic communication skills (oral and written) to interact in a courteous and professional manner with the students, faculty, staff, visitors, public, representatives of the legal system, Campus Police personnel.
• Ability to prepare thorough and accurate written reports of activities and incidents with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to act and direct the actions of others quickly and make intelligent decisions in emergency situations.
• Ability to maintain considerable working knowledge of modern policing principles.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new information
• Familiarity with Title IX, Clery Act, VAWA, Campus SaVE Act
• Ability to adapt to an often-changing working schedule, which may include days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Pass any required drug tests and remain drug free, pass physical and psychological exam, absolutely no criminal history
• Familiarity with Report Exec; Blackboard (card access), KABA, and/or DCI (background check software) preferred (or similar software)
• Must be willing and able to work twelve-hour rotating shifts (first, second or third), as well as holidays, weekends and during adverse weather or emergency conditions.
• Must be willing and able to fulfill essential personnel duties as described above.
• High school diploma required, Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Application Process
Does this sound like a good fit? Click on the green “I’m interested” button and submit:

1. A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience
2. Current résumé
3. Salary requirements
4. Contact information for three professional references

Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors. 

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger. 

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges. 

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community. 

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work. 

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (hr@queens.edu, 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process. 

Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, domestic partner benefits, a 403b retirement plan, with two options (pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions) with a generous match, vacation and generous paid holidays, tuition remission and tuition exchange, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, paid parental leave, FMLA leave when eligible, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), free access to the Levine Center, wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.