Campus Security Officer

Position Type:
Security - Campus Security Officer/Campus Security Officer

Date Posted:
8/28/2026

Location:
Thornton High School

Closing Date:
09/04/2026
GRADE: G8 (Hourly Range/Step 1 - Step 9: $21.87 - $27.64)
MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $21.87
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40
FTE: 1.0
MONTHS PER YEAR: 9
JOB CODE: 1203
POSITION TYPE: REPLACEMENT - PERMANENT
LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

SUMMARY: Responsible for providing for a safe and secure school environment, fostering an optimal learning environment and acting as a deterrent to unsafe or poor behavior by patrolling the campus, monitoring student behavior, enforcing school and District policies, intervening in physical encounters, monitoring security cameras, monitoring visitors, reporting unsafe or unhealthy conditions and assisting administrators and/or public officials with emergency or investigative situations. Position may require varying work hours and days including evenings and weekends.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To 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. Frequency and percentage of time may vary based on building assignment.

1. Maintain the safety and security of the students and campus, foster an optimal learning environment and act as a deterrent to unsafe or poor behavior by providing high visibility throughout the school; walking and surveying hallways, common areas, grounds and parking lots; intervening in verbal and physical encounters among the students; diffusing hostile situations; and enforcing safe school policies regarding weapons, tobacco, illegal substances, traffic rules, dress code, etc. Assist visitors and check for visitor passes. Monitor students during breakfast, lunch, inside and outside of the building, and during off hours.
2. May assist administrators and School Resource Officer (SRO) in the investigation of illegal activity within the school by use of security cameras and performing dangerous substance, weapons and drug searches. Assist staff and students during crisis situations, including fire drills, tornado drills and lockdowns. Securing and locking all exterior doors. Ensuring staff and students stay in a locked room during a hold. Making sure everyone is where they're supposed to be and are safe.
3. Discuss/mediate infractions with students, provide written accounts of unacceptable behavior/incidents to administrators and assist with assignment of disciplinary measures as necessary. Report unsafe conditions and potential health and/or mental health and safety hazards to administrators.
4. Supervision of students in study hall, in-school suspension and/or before/after school ASD (After School Detention). Assist staff by escorting students to and from class as needed.
5. May provide security at sporting events and/or other extracurricular activities outside of school hours including, weekends, evenings, and occasional nights.
6. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience working with groups of elementary, middle and/or high school students preferred.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:
• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must successfully complete a pre-hire, post-offer physical examination.
• CPR, CPI and First Aid certifications required within 3 months of entering position. Attend follow-up trainings as needed.
• A copy of an individual Motor Vehicle Record must be submitted at time of application (applies only to position at Mountain Range High School).

APPLICATION INFORMATION:
All applicants (current district employees and external applicants) should list any and all work experience, including current district experience, when completing the employment application. Please include job titles and duties that you held while doing that job. Since the Human Resource department uses the application to screen for minimum qualifications required for each job, it is important to have a complete application so you will be considered for the position you are applying for.

SALARY INFORMATION:
All Classified positions are paid on an hourly basis. All Newly hired classified employees are placed initially on Step 1 of the pay grade for their position. Classified employees can advance an additional 7 steps (maximum Step 8) based on their previous experience. Final hourly placement on the Classified Salary schedule is dependent on the Grade Level for the position being posted and employees' previous work experience. "Grade" refers to position or job classification and "Step" refers to the number of work experience credit or service years. See our Classified Salary Schedule for hourly rates. For additional compensation information, please refer to The Classified Master Agreement.


BENEFITS INFORMATION:
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).
To learn more about our benefits, please see our Benefits Overview.

THIS POSTING IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
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