About the Role
Customer Service Officers support Harvard Protection in providing best-in-class security and life safety services. Personnel are responsible for professional customer-focused security and life safety services for people and property.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a professional demeanor while aiding customers, employees, visitors, and guests
- Maintain a visible presence in the facility / building assigned
- Monitor the environment, with the ability to detect suspicious and unsafe activity
- Become familiar with incoming and outgoing traffic, know the customers, tenants, visitors, and guests
- Greet customers, visitors, staff, tenants, guests in a professional manner always
- Answer questions and assist guests and employees in a customer focused, supportive manner
- Answer all phones in a professional manner
- Permit authorized persons to enter property and monitor entrances and exits
- Know the facility / building policies and procedures, and enforce them within the required limits
- Perform required patrols of designated areas on foot or in vehicle
- Observe departing personnel to protect against the theft of company property and ensure authorized removal of property is conducted within appropriate customer requirements
- Follow established emergency action planning and procedures
- Monitor alarms and systems, as required
- Prepare reports on accidents, incidents, and suspicious activities, as directed
Requirements
- State or municipality mandated security officer licenses
- Minimum High School Diploma, GED or the equivalent
- Must have reliable means of communication and transportation
- Must have a security guard license or be able to obtain one within an acceptable period
- Strong interpersonal communication skills and friendly, professional demeanor
- Neat and professional appearance
- Computer skills and be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively operate and manage security and communication devices.
- Write routine correspondence, to include log entries and incident reporting
- Previous contract security, law enforcement, military, customer service experience helpful
Skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Customer service
- Computer skills
- Security monitoring
- Report writing
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- Some experience helpful
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED
Salary/Compensations
- $18.30/HR
Benefits
- Health & welfare
- Dental
- Vision
- Sick leave
- Vacation
- 401K enrollment
About the Company
- Harvard Protection Services is one of the fastest growing, privately owned providers of high-quality security services in the United States.
- Maintains true to our long-standing belief, Employees First and Customer Service.
- Mission, Vision and Core Values of PEOPLE FIRST, SAFETY, TEAMWORK, CLIENT FOCUS, and ACCOUNTABILITY.
- Goals set the standard for the industry; to earn our customer’s trust, confidence, and business, through maintaining a safe and secure environment.
- Recognized by our customers and the industry as a dynamic, employee-centric organization that empowers our team to deliver leading edge service and solutions that creates value for our customers.
Equal Opportunity
- Harvard Protection Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer/M/F/Veteran/Disabilities
