STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ASSISTANT CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER
Class Code: 0288-14
Date Established: 08-22-74
Occupational Code: 3-3-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To assist the Chief Security Officer in
providing supervisory security coverage on one or more assigned shifts through
the enforcement of fire safety and security laws, regulations and policies.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Assists the Chief
Security Officer in supervising the agency security section on one or more
assigned shifts; maintains work assignment schedules as well as pay and leave
records.
·
Evaluates the work
performance of security personnel and recommends training and other personnel
actions when necessary.
·
Enforces the
regulations and policies governing the security and protection of state-owned
property including buildings, grounds, parking lots and roadways.
·
Periodically inspects
all buildings, grounds and parking lots in and around state-owned buildings
according to a standardized schedule, conducts investigations in situations of
pilfering, damage or theft of state property.
·
Inspects grounds at
specified intervals for fire, theft, lighting and other safety hazards; may
make daily trips to the local banks with deposits and withdrawals for the
business office; transports state payrolls from the treasury.
·
Assists the public in
locating offices and individual state officials or employees and provides
general information to employees, clients and visitors.
·
Provides training to
other employees in defensive driving and teaches classes in mechanical
restraint usage and other areas as directed.
·
Investigates criminal
activities and detects, apprehends and arrests law violators; prepares reports
of inspections and investigations for presentation to superior.
·
Appears in court as
prosecutor and as a witness in traffic violations, criminal cases, and other
administrative hearings as required.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and reporting
data according to established procedures OR in operating complex machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support
activities within one or more organizational units. Errors at this level affect the work of others or have
measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and correction in
order to complete succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance
appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an adverse working environment containing a combination of
disagreeable elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity
for completing work assignments.
This level includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school, G.E.D., or
its equivalent. Each additional
year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of work
experience.
Experience: Two years' experience in police work
preferably with one year of supervisory experience.
License/Certification: Valid New Hampshire driver's license.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Must be at least 21 years of age upon
appointment.
2. A thorough character investigation and
reference check will be made before appointment. Candidates who do not have good character or a conviction
free record of serious offenses will be ineligible for appointment.
3. NEW HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL ONLY: Applicants selected for appointment
must successfully complete a training course established by the Police
Standards and Training Council prior to completing their probationary period
and thereafter maintain yearly certification. In addition, employees must successfully complete the Mental
Health Worker Training Program.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of laws and regulations
concerning arrest and evidence.
Knowledge of modern police methods and procedures. Ability to enforce laws firmly and
tactfully and to interrogate suspects in accordance with standard
procedures. Ability to perform
investigations and prepare written reports. Ability to use judgement when using force to control
individuals or groups. Ability to
understand and follow instructions.
Ability to maintain effective working relationships with subordinate
personnel and the general public.
Ability to assist in managing a security work unit. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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