SECURITY SPECIALIST

Company: Northwest Bank
Location: Columbus
Posted on: September 21, 2023

Job Description:

DescriptionThe Security Specialist is responsible for consistently monitoring the security, safety, and integrity of Northwest by learning the surveillance, access control, and, alarm systems to provide assistance to the Security Technicians. This position monitors all building activity for potential safety and security risks while coordinating activities at the security front desk. This position coordinates work orders, troubleshooting, repair, and replacement of equipment and coordinates appointments and deliveries. The Security Specialist administers campus and remote visitor and vendor management system and answers the telephone and direct calls appropriately.
Essential Functions* Ensure compliance with disaster recovery plans* Ensure compliance with physical security regulations* Ensure knowledge of regular personnel whereabouts* Organize and clean Front Desk area/facilities* Prepare, maintain, and distribute completed logs and reports* After-hours alarm activity response and troubleshooting* Monitor security system activity and notifications* Administer daily equipment audits, testing, and reporting* Manage semi-annual, quarterly, and monthly security system and user reports* Administer access control credentials* Use surveillance to investigate alarm incidents* Administer user PINs and change employee authorization levels* Manage campus visitor notifications and provide visitor support* Manage remote receptionist system to maintain security for other corporate offices* Creating and maintaining employee ID badges and vendor badges* Process security user access requests and assist with device distribution* Maintain sufficient coverage of phone calls to the Security Helpline* Alert appropriate authorities to suspicious activity and/or potential risks* Coordinate reservations of the company vehicles and provide monthly report* Coordinate response activity for emergencies and assist with evacuations* Manage lost and found inventory* Provide backup assistance to the Work Order system* Monitor and finalize completed Security work orders* Collect and distribute paperwork, mail, and interoffice envelopes as they are received* Receive, verify, and track 9-1-1 calls* Ensure compliance with Northwest's policies and procedures, and Federal/State regulations* Navigate Microsoft Office Software, computer applications, and software specific to the department in order to maximize technology tools and gain efficiencyQUALIFICATIONSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.EducationHigh School Diploma or equivalent preferredWork Experience2 - 6 years Security Center experience 2 - 6 years Lobby/Front Desk experience3 - 5 years Law enforcement administration experience Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Ability to establish effective working relationships among team members and participate in solving problems and making decisions * Ability to present and express ideas and information clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience, whether oral or written * Ability to actively listen to what others are saying to achieve understanding, sharing information with others and facilitating the open exchange of ideas and information * Ability to establish courses of action for self to accomplish specific goals, develop and use tracking systems for monitoring own work progress, and effectively use resources such as time and information * Ability to make right decisions based on perceptive and analytical processes, practicing good judgment in gray areas

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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