About the Role
The Safety & Security Operations Associate provides operational and technical support to the Safety & Security department, assisting with loss prevention, business continuity, documentation, data analysis, and project participation. This Fellowship Program position is a temporary, limited-term assignment intended for recent graduates.
Responsibilities
- Provides general office support for S&S staff and management.
- Assists with developing, maintaining and implementing S&S administrative and operating procedures and guidelines.
- Assists S&S management with program area development.
- Collaborates with S&S staff in documenting safety, security and operational risk management processes and updating policies, procedures, and safety and security manuals.
- Assists Operational Risk team in safety protocols for all building locations.
- Assists with inventory and control of agency assets, including administration and procedural processes.
- Coordinates and communicates with other agency departments as needed to support the safety, security and operational risk management office objectives.
- Provides transportation services in agency vehicles for TRS staff and others as requested.
- Assists with onsite inspections to identify hazards and risk exposures and implements risk mitigation measures.
- Provides back-up coverage for TRS security desks.
- Assists with documenting processes for new technologies being utilized by the security team.
- Researches, compiles, maintains and analyzes data and metrics using charts, graphs and databases, and prepares summaries or reports.
- Assists with the Security, Safety & Prevention SharePoint sites and Safety Committee Webpage updates.
- Maintains the Security and Safety & Prevention PowerBI dashboards for trend analysis and executive insight.
- Prepares regularly scheduled and ad hoc reports as assigned.
- Provides customer service to internal and external customers.
- Assists with New Employee Orientation sessions on behalf of the S&S department.
- Assists the Business Continuity Coordinator with updating the agency’s Continuity of Operations Program (COOP), business continuity plans, and disaster recovery plans.
- Works on and collaborates with S&S personnel on special projects.
- Participates in trainings and projects related to the TRS Fellowship Program including webinars, quarterly check-ins, classes or other learning activities, book group, projects, and the mentoring program.
- Meets TRS Fellowship Program deadlines and goals for completion of trainings in deliverables in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Valid Texas driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
Skills
- General office practices and procedures.
- Basic concepts in business or program terminology and methods.
- Process reviews and techniques.
- MS Office products, including AI tools (such as CoPilot).
- PowerBI or other data dashboard software.
- Basic data analysis methods and statistical techniques.
- Databases, including relationships, security, and modeling with the ability to learn and understand various data environments.
- Organizing and prioritizing work to manage a high-volume workload in a fast-paced environment and completing work accurately while meeting deadlines.
- Conducting data searches and evaluations of large amounts of information, performing complex analysis of the data, and preparing concise and accurate reports and written/oral recommendations.
- Verbal and written communication of complex information that is accurate, timely, and based on sound judgment.
- Using a personal computer in a Windows and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) environment, and accurately performing data entry and manipulation.
- Performing assignment-specific research and analysis of relevant information.
- Providing quality customer service.
- Analyzing problems and devising effective solutions.
- Drive a car or van.
- Manage multiple projects with tight deadlines.
- Establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with co-workers, TRS staff, and external contacts.
- Work effectively in a professional team environment.
- Work independently and productively under minimal supervision.
Location
- TRS Headquarters Building 1, 4655 Mueller Boulevard, Austin, Texas, 78723, United States
Work Type
- Unclassified Temporary Full-Time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- None required
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Criminal Justice, Business Administration, Communications or a closely related field awarded within the last 12 months.
Salary/Compensations
- 60,027.00 - 71,889.00, Annual Salary
About the Company
- Service, Respect, and Connection are core to the individual and collective TRS experience.
- At TRS, we’re inspired by our community who bring authenticity and commitment to our mission to improve the retirement security of public education employees and retirees throughout Texas.
- As a group of achievers, we tap collaboration and innovation to raise the bar in performance, administering and counseling pensions and healthcare benefits to ensure certainty for the future of our members.
- We invite you to join us, where both personal and career growth are respected and where you can make a difference in our members’ lives every day.
