Protective Service Officer - DOJ - Paragon

POSITION SUMMARY:

The role of the Protective Services Officer (PSO) is to ensure and maintain the safety and security of all company personnel, visitors, property and assets within DOJ security assignments.

PSO’s will perform a variety of security-related duties, depending on the posts to which they are assigned to include proactive patrols of DOJ property, monitoring of computer systems including but not limited to building management, access control, fire detection CCTV and visitor management.

Selected PSOs for this high-profile assignment are responsible for detecting and responding to emergencies and securing all entrances and exits subject to emergency situations as necessary. Typical duties include processing visitors and visitor vehicles by verifying identification, enforce property rules and regulations, contact agency sponsors or escorts, fabricating and issuing visitor passes, entering and maintaining data on visitor logs or automated visitor data base programs, detect and report criminal acts, and ensuring visitors are presented for appropriate personnel and package screening.

Ideal candidates have security experience and thrive in safety and security environments where protecting people is a cornerstone of the mission. Additional duties include prevent, discover, delay, and/or detain persons attempting to gain unauthorized access to property and/or personnel at the facility being protected.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The functions listed describe the business purpose of this job. Specific duties or tasks may vary and be documented separately. The employee might not be required to perform all functions listed. Additional duties may be assigned, and functions may be modified, according to business necessity.
• All assigned duties or tasks are deemed to be part of the essential functions, unless such duties or tasks are unrelated to the functions listed, in which case they are deemed to be other (non-essential) functions.
• Employees are held accountable for successful job performance. Job performance standards may be documented separately, and may include function, objectives, duties or tasks not specifically listed herein.
• In performing functions, duties or tasks, employees are required to know and follow safe work practices, and to be aware of company policies and procedures related to job safety, including safety rules and regulations. Employees are required to notify superiors upon becoming aware of unsafe working conditions.
• All functions, duties, tasks are to be carried out in an honest, ethical and professional manner, and to be performed in conformance with applicable company policies and procedures. In the event of uncertainty or lack of knowledge of company policies and procedures, employees are required to request clarification or explanations from superiors or authorized company representatives.

PSO’s may be responsible for operating all security equipment on post, such as batons, OC Spray, X-ray machines, magnetometers, closed circuit television (CCTV), handcuffs, and (where required by post assignment) firearms at any time while on duty.