SAFETY AND SECURITY SPECIALIST

<div style="text-align: center;"><img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src="" style="width: 300.0px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS BEING REPOSTED TO ACCEPT NEW APPLICATIONS. </u></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>TYPE OF RECRUITMENT</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">OPEN NON-COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a non-competitive examination pursuant to Civil Service Rule 6.02.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is merely intended to qualify applicants. </div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>EXAM NUMBER</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">F2746A-R</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>APPLICATION FILING PERIOD</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">Applications may be submitted starting at 8:00 am (PT) on April 25, 2024. Applications will be accepted until the needs of the service have been met. This recruitment is subject to closure without prior notice.</div><br><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>DEFINITION:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Performs a variety of tasks related to the security and safety of the Los Angeles County departmental facilities and personnel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Positions allocated to this class are non-peace officer positions assigned to provide security in and around departmental facilities and properties and typically report to the on-site supervising officer or manager. Positions are required to carry a firearm while in the performance of their duties. Positions in this class must be able to effectively communicate with staff, clients, and the public, and must possess a high degree of professionalism and integrity. Incumbents must distinguish between circumstances in which counseling, admonition, and/or explanation will serve best to maintain a peaceful environment or where the intervention of peace officer personnel is necessary and respond to and/or report situations appropriately.  </div><ul><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Monitors access control systems and responds to alarms and emergency situations.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Monitors and upholds all departmental policies at all entrance points of the departmental facilities.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Conducts proper screening of all public, internal and external personnel, and visitors.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Conducts routine patrols to ensure the safety and security of departmental facilities and parameters.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Supports departmental staff within the facility, as needed.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Conducts searches of departmental facilities (internal and external) and vehicles.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Maintains accurate and detailed logs, reports, including incident reports.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Communicates effectively with management, staff, clients, and the public.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">May be responsible for creating work schedules for other safety and security specialists, including assessing staffing requirements, coordinating with team members, and ensuring adequate coverage for shifts.</div><li><div style="text-align: justify;">Performs other safety and security related duties, as assigned.    </div></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Option I:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Graduation from high school or equivalent –AND– Three (3) years of prior peace officer experience* from a Federal, state, county, or local law enforcement agency –AND– Completion of a P.O.S.T. academy or completion of a Federal, state, county, or local law enforcement training academy with a verifiable certificate or transcript –AND– A current, valid California Guard Card –AND– A current, valid California Exposed Firearm Permit at time of appointment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Option II:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Graduation from high school or equivalent –AND– Must have three (3) years of prior military experience** –AND– Completion or graduation from a military law enforcement training academy or program that provided instruction on the use of police powers in an armed capacity equivalent to a peace officer, which must include general arrest authority –AND– A certificate or transcript of equivalent training to a peace officer –AND– A current, valid California Guard Card –AND– A current, valid California Exposed Firearm Permit at time of appointment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>LICENSE:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A valid California Class C Driver License is required. Successful applicants for positions that require driving must obtain and present a copy of his/her driving record from the California State Department of Motor Vehicles before final appointment.  Applicants should not present a copy of their driving history until asked to do so by the hiring department.  The County will make an individualized assessment of whether an applicant’s driving history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job. License must not be currently suspended, restricted, or revoked.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>PHYSICAL CLASS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">4 – Arduous. Positions in this physical class involve frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>OTHER REQUIREMENTS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Age</strong>: Must be 21 years of age at time of filing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Applicants must be able to perform the essential functions of this classification, with or without a reasonable accommodation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:<br></strong>Applicants must provide with their application, a legible copy of their P.O.S.T. or military law enforcement training certificate or transcript. <u style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;"><em>Applications that do not include those required documents will be denied.</em></u>  </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prior to appointment, applicants must provide a copy of their current California Guard Card, and a copy of their current California Exposed Firearm Permit. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">*Law enforcement experience as a full-time paid peace officer as defined in Section 830.1, 830.2, and 830.3 of the Penal Code of the State of California. For more information please click <a href="" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="" aria-label="HERE - open in a new tab" data-uw-rm-ext-link="" uw-rm-external-link-id=""><u><strong>HERE</strong></u></a><strong><u>.</u></strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">**Military police officer experience in one of the five military branches - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>NOTE:  </strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are unable to attach documents to your application, you must email the Exam Analyst, Channon Sears at csears@hr.lacounty.gov within 15 calendar days of filing online. Please include the exam number and the exam title; attachments must be a PDF or JPEG and no larger than 5MB per attachment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><u>WITHHOLD INFORMATION:</u></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Applicants who are in the process of completing training requirements, or obtaining documents may apply. However, the names of such applicants will be withheld from the certification register until all the required documents, which are listed below, are submitted. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">Certificate or official transcript from a P.O.S.T. academy, an equivalent Federal, state, county, or local law enforcement training academy, or a military law enforcement training academy.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>EXAMINATION CONTENT:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a noncompetitive examination. This examination is intended to merely qualify applicants. Applicants will be placed on an eligible register without indication of relative standing in the examination.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Applications will be processed on an "as received" basis and promulgated to the eligible register accordingly. The appointing power may appoint any one of the names on the appropriate list, except a person without Veteran's credit may not be appointed if there are three or more names on the list of persons entitled to Veteran's credit. The names of candidates who qualify will be added to the eligible register for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of promulgation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">No person may compete in this examination more than once every twelve (12) months.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>AVAILABLE SHIFT:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. <strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;">Positions may include full-time, part-time, temporary, and/or on call, as needed.</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>VACANCY INFORMATION:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The resulting eligible register for this examination will be used to fill vacancies in the Probation Department as they occur.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Applications must be filed <u><em>online only</em></u>. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, Fax, or in person will not be accepted. Applications electronically received after 5:00 p.m., PT, on the last day of filing will not be accepted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Apply online by clicking on the green "<strong>APPLY</strong>" button at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met. Application filing may be suspended at any time with or without advanced notice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of you application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the requirements as listed on the posting. Provide any relevant education, training, and experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. <strong>DO NOT GROUP YOUR EXPERIENCE</strong>. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed.  If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>IMPORTANT NOTES:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of appointment. Utilizing VERBIAGE from the Class Specification and Selection Requirements serving as your description of duties WILL NOT be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an INCOMPLETE APPLICATION and you may be DISQUALIFIED.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.</div> <br><strong>TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS COORDINATOR:</strong><a href="mailto:testingaccommodations@hr.lacounty.gov">testingaccommodations@hr.lacounty.gov</a> <br><strong>CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE:</strong> (800) 735-2922<br><strong>DEPARTMENT CONTACT:</strong> Channon Sears<br><strong>DEPARTYMENT CONTACT PHONE:</strong> (213) 441-1915<br><strong>DEPARTMENT CONTACT EMAIL:</strong><a href="mailto:klent@hr.lacounty.gov"></a> <a href="mailto:csears@hr.lacounty.gov">csears@hr.lacounty.gov</a>

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