Campus Safety Assistant

Job Title: Campus Safety Assistant

Department: Campus Safety and Wellbeing

Division: Justice, Equity, and Antiracism - Community Care and Wellbeing

Position Type: Full Time

Schedule: 40 Hours a week

Pay Range/ Status: $25.00 Hour / Non-Exempt

Location: Hampshire College Campus in Amherst, MA

Reports to: Assistant Director of Campus Safety and Wellbeing for Dispatch & Shift Management

Anticipated Start Date: Immediately

Hampshire College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution and member of the Five College consortium, is located on a beautiful rural campus in Amherst, Massachusetts. We provide residential undergraduate education to nearly 900 students. Each department at Hampshire College contributes to the collaborative culture of the organization and plays an important role in the success of the College. The campus safety and wellbeing department supports the Hampshire community in achieving its mission of being a challenging, but compassionate place to learn and grow by ensuring the safety of its community members. Primarily centered in both restorative and transformative justice, this will aid in creating a campus culture that is more actively anti-racist, inclusive and equitable. As part of the campus safety and wellbeing team, you will be instrumental in the department achieving its mission and goals!

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF CAMPUS SAFETY & WELLBEING A department in the Justice, Equity, and Antiracism Division, campus safety and wellbeing (CSW) functions under a community responder model rather than a campus policing model and we take great pride in our efforts to lean into our core values: centering students, assisting faculty and staff, creating opportunities for advocacy, providing trauma-informed service, the recognition the intersections of identities, safety, and accountability. Our philosophies in working with students, faculty, staff, and visitors are strongly interconnected to the College's mission and values and include utilizing a restorative lens to accountability and support, addressing power dynamics and systems that impact our students' ability to self-advocate, and to provide trauma and culturally informed non-clinical mental health support.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the assistant director of campus safety and wellbeing for dispatch & shift management and working in partnership with the health and wellbeing advocates, the campus safety assistant (CSA) is responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of the College on their assigned shift in accordance with college and department policies and protocols. Campus safety assistants maintain a presence on college properties 24-hours a day, seven days a week, during the academic semester and during college breaks or curtailed operations.

The primary responsibility of the CSA is to support the Hampshire community in creating an intellectually vibrant, compassionate environment that is actively anti-racist, welcoming and safe to all members. The CSA provides routine services and resources to the students, faculty, staff, and visitors, including but not limited to access management, after-hours property checks and appropriate services, routine campus/building rounds, first responder calls, fire/security alarm response, monitoring access system, dispatching, certified shuttles, accessibility, general transportation, behavioral health responses, and supporting other departments in their operations.

Based on a Community Response Model, the CSA responds to behavioral health needs such as but not limited to disturbances, noise complaints, trespassing incidents, interpersonal low risk conflicts and other quality-of-life concerns. Responses to behavioral health needs are normally responded to with another on-call staff. During these responses, the assistant's primary focus is ensuring the environment is safe and secure to enable colleagues to provide mediation, consultation, and identify gaps to respond effectively to the incident/s. The CSA is cross-trained to respond to incidents and is expected to support colleagues or at times lead in assessing the situation, intervene and provide the necessary support and resources to all involved in the incidents.

This position serves as part of a 24-hour-per-day rotation in partnership with the administrator on call, the campus safety and wellbeing on call, the residence life on call, and a counselor on call. Campus safety and wellbeing health and wellbeing advocates are cross-trained to execute and respond to all routine safety and security protocols and are expected to support colleagues accordingly or at all times.

The CSA is a student development practitioner and a student-centered staff member who cares deeply about forming strong relationships and engaging in meaningful experiences with students, open to new and challenging experiences directed towards professional growth. This position thrives by being highly visible, maintaining strong connections, participating in student activities, and working successfully with students, faculty, staff, parents and external constituents. The CSA has experience in safety, security and wellness initiatives, prevention and education program management and feels comfortable working in an evolving, fast-paced, organizational framework with shifting responsibilities.

The CSA will work in close partnership with department colleagues, particularly residence life and student engagement, health and counseling services, prevention education, community advocacy, and other campus partners. The CSA will also work collaboratively with justice, equity, and antiracism (JEA) departments, and other campus constituents to build a community that will be open and honest with one another and act with integrity and civility at all times, treating one another with respect, care and kindness as we work through conflicts and seek justice and understanding within and beyond the campus community.

As a member of the Division of Justice, Equity, and Antiracism (JEA), the CSA contributes to campus-wide educational initiatives and divisional-wide projects, including but not limited to Community Days of Learning, Move-In and New and Transfer Student Orientation, Community Orientation, and Community Education Day that advance the College's commitment to creating a vibrant, welcoming and safe community.

REQUIRED SKILLS

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE

Alternatives to formal education and paid work experience may be considered as equivalent qualifications to include military service/training, volunteering, activism, and other non-traditional programs and experiences related to the position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

BENEFITS

Hampshire College offers an excellent benefits program for eligible employees such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plan, flexible leave plans, and many other fringe benefits. For information on Hampshire College, including more information on employee benefits and our company culture, visit our website at www.hampshire.edu.

WHO SHOULD APPLY

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity employer and deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are particularly committed to revealing and combating the social and institutional structures that support racism and white supremacy in all phases of employment and college life. We believe that the educational and employment environment is enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together to work and grow. We encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, sexual minority groups, veterans, and other candidates who will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives. Hampshire College is committed to removing barriers to employment faced by equity-seeking groups and encourages (but does not require) members of these groups to self-identify in their application materials. Applicants whose work incorporates a global perspective and a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity in the work environment are particularly encouraged to apply.

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your cover letter, resume and names/phone numbers of three professional references via our website athttps://jobs.hampshire.edu/

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to
diversity and inclusion in education and employment.