Part-Time Security Guard, Anna Gonzalez Apartments Supportive Housing

Part-Time Security Guard

CAMBA's Housing Ventures (CHV)- Anna Gonzalez Apartments is an initiative to develop affordable housing for persons with low income and/or with special needs living in Brooklyn and New York City. CHV has been incorporated with the goal of developing 1,000 units of permanent housing affordable to a broad cross section of this community over the next ten years, while offering lower-income individuals and families a comprehensive range of housing and other supportive services. CHV and Central Brooklyn Community Services Corp. are collaborating to startup, lease-up and operate a 100-unit supportive housing apartment building in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. These units will support and house a mixed tenant population consisting of low-income working individuals, persons living with severe and persistent mental illness, the formerly chronically homeless and persons living with HIV/AIDS in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.

The full-time security guard is responsible for:

• Monitoring and ensuring the security and fire safety of the entire facility.
• Employing crisis prevention/intervention and crisis management skills when conflict occurs.
• Patrolling buildings and grounds of facilities where CAMBA programs are located.
• Examining doors, windows, gates and all fire exits to determine that they are secure and in accordance with all fire regulations.
• Observing and reporting irregularities such as unusual tenant behavior, trespassers, fire hazards, leaking water pipes, and security doors left unlocked.
• Monitoring tenants and facility via security camera systems.
• Conducting fire safety patrol and reporting findings or fire safety concerns to appropriate supervisory personnel.
• Conducting security screenings of all tenants and visitors entering the facility.
• Issuing commendations to support positive tenant behaviors such as peers helping peers, compliance with rules and regulations, etc.
• Counseling tenants that violate rules (such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles) and completing infraction reports.
• Observing departing employees, visitors and/or tenants to guard against theft of CAMBA property.
• Documenting in the security log book and incident report forms property damage, unusual occurrences, and incidents with employees, visitors and tenants.
• Maintaining assigned equipment per shift.
• Signing equipment in and out for each shift.
• Providing all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reports.

Minimum education/experience required:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. or equivalent experience.

Other requirements:

• Must have 8 hour Pre-Assignment security guard training course certificate.
• Must obtain 16 hour On-the-Job security guard training course certificate within 90 days of employment.
• Must complete 8 Hour Annual In-Service Course each calendar year.
• Must have and maintain a NYS Security Guard license.
• Must obtain NYS Security Guard registration, and must maintain registration during employment.
• Must obtain Fire guard certification and maintain it throughout employment.

Compensation: $18.54 hourly

Status: Part-Time (Saturday-Sunday 8AM-4PM) CAMBA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace. People of color, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are encouraged to apply. We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, socio-economic status, marital or veteran status, pregnancy status or sexual orientation.

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