All interested employment candidates must submit a formal employment application on our website to be considered for the position. Applications can be submitted via our website:
https://www.caritasacademyaz.org/employment-opportunities
Location: Upper School Campus (grades 7th-12th)
Position Type: Full-Time
Position Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM during the school year. Days worked align with the school calendar; school breaks and holidays are off, with some work conducted over the summer.
Reports To: Director of Administration
Salary: $34K-$37K annually DOE
Experience: School operations, ministry, facilities, public safety, military, coaching, administration, security, or related experience is helpful, but not required.
Purpose
The Campus Operations & Safety Coordinator is a key member of the Caritas Christian Academy administrative team, responsible for helping to ensure that the school campus is safe, prepared, organized, and operates effectively each day. This is a hands-on administrative and ministry role that combines campus operations, safety and emergency preparedness, student and staff support, facilities coordination, and daily campus oversight.
The Coordinator takes ownership of the day-to-day systems that allow the school to function safely and smoothly, including campus opening and closing, safety and security procedures, emergency preparedness and drills, arrival and dismissal, campus supervision, student medical assistance, staff and volunteer safety training, and coordination of operational needs. The position is designed for an individual who desires to serve within Christian education, takes initiative, enjoys working with students and staff, and is interested in growing in responsibility and school administration. Prior professional security experience is helpful, but not required.
Spiritual Leadership
- Consistently exhibit spiritual maturity and be a role model of Christian love, faith, truthfulness, humility, and virtue, both on the school campus and in personal life.
- View the work of this position as a ministry: an act of love and service reflective of Christian faith.
- Demonstrate the love of Christ in relationships with students, families, staff, volunteers, church partners, vendors, and community members.
- Model a servant-hearted willingness to support the needs of the school community and contribute wherever needed.
- Demonstrate through life and work the integration of Christian faith, professional responsibility, and service.
Primary Areas of Responsibility
1. Campus Operations & Administration
- Implement and take ownership of daily campus opening and closing procedures.
- Help ensure the campus is prepared, organized, and ready for students and staff each school day.
- Utilize established protocols and oversee campus visitor processes.
- Oversee student medical assistance and students arriving late/leaving early.
- Oversee the student driver application and parking permitting process.
- Provide a visible, helpful administrative presence during student drop-off, pickup, and campus events.
- Support campus activities, school functions, and special events as needed.
- Oversee the implementation and enforcement of school regulations and applicable laws at the US campus.
- Oversee safety and security training for Upper School staff and volunteers.
- Identify operational needs and proactively work with the Director of Administration and Upper School Dean to improve campus systems, procedures, and readiness.
- Perform other related duties as assigned in support of safe and effective school operations.
- Perform general administrative responsibilities in support of the Upper School campus.
2. Safety & Emergency Preparedness
- Communicate and help implement school safety and security policies and procedures for students, staff, volunteers, and visitors.
- Oversee the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the school's emergency response plan and related administrative responsibilities for the Upper School campus.
- Serve as a primary member of the Emergency Response Team.
- Conduct and coordinate emergency drills, including Fire, Secure Perimeter, Lockdown, and Evacuation drills.
- Update and refine the Emergency Operations Manual as needed in coordination with school leadership.
- Maintain working knowledge of effective school safety practices, emergency response protocols, and applicable state and federal requirements that impact school operations.
- Conduct regular perimeter checks, confirming appropriate entry and exit points are secured.
- Patrol school facilities and maintain a visible campus presence for the purpose of promoting safety, awareness, and security.
- Monitor persons on campus during drop-off, pickup, and school events and respond appropriately to concerns.
- Respond calmly and appropriately to safety, security, medical, behavioral, or operational incidents and assist administration with campus incident response.
- Liaise with local law enforcement, emergency services providers, and other safety partners as appropriate.
3. Student & School Community Support
- Develop positive, appropriate relationships with students and contribute to a safe, orderly, and Christ-centered school environment.
- Conduct recess and lunch duty as scheduled and support established student supervision procedures.
- Assist with student movement, arrival, dismissal, and other high-traffic periods requiring additional campus oversight.
- Manage the documentation for campus incidents and address student concerns when needed.
- Demonstrate excitement and joy in working with children and the school community.
- Remain flexible and responsive to the changing needs of a fast-paced school environment.
4. Facilities & Campus Stewardship
- Help set up and tear down classrooms, lunch areas, campus events, and school functions as needed.
- Coordinate with church staff regarding major facility repairs, projects, and shared-campus operational needs.
- Help ensure that campus spaces, safety equipment, and operational systems remain functional and ready for school use.
- Ensure the Upper School campus is kept tidy and orderly.
Growth & Administrative Development
This position is intended to grow with the individual and the needs of the school. As competence and experience develop, the Coordinator may assume increasing ownership of operational procedures, emergency planning, staff training, facilities coordination, vendor relationships, safety compliance, campus systems, and other areas of school administration.
Qualifications & Characteristics
- Be in agreement with and willing to uphold the Caritas Academy Mission and Statement of Faith.
- Be active in a local church, with a substantial record of service and leadership in the body of Christ.
- Live a Christian lifestyle that demonstrates a Christian worldview in all aspects of life.
- View the position as a ministry opportunity and demonstrate a genuine desire to serve students, staff, and families.
- Demonstrate a high level of integrity, reliability, accountability, initiative, and follow-through.
- Possess strong situational awareness and the ability to exercise sound judgment.
- Ability to apply common-sense understanding to solve practical problems and respond to a variety of situations.
- Ability to remain calm, professional, and emotionally regulated during confrontation, conflict, emergencies, or unexpected situations.
- Be comfortable working with children and adults and able to communicate appropriately with students, parents, staff, volunteers, vendors, and community partners.
- Be comfortable working in a fast-paced school environment with evolving needs and frequent interruptions.
- Be willing and able to learn school safety, emergency response, student supervision, and campus operations procedures.
- Knowledge of school operations, security practices, facilities, emergency response, or related fields is helpful but not required.
- Basic repair and maintenance skills are helpful; willingness to assist with hands-on campus needs is required.
- Successful completion of the school's safety and security training program after onboarding.
Special Certifications / Requirements
- First Aid/CPR Certification (EMT or higher medical skills preferred).
- Arizona Department of Public Safety Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card.
- Successful background check.
Purpose: The Safety & Security Specialist oversees and maintains Caritas Academy’s safety and security policies and procedures at the Upper School Campus (grades 7-12). This role provides support to the educational process with specific responsibilities for the safety and welfare of students, staff, and community members on the school campus. The role includes managing daily campus operations, including opening/closing procedures, student drop-off and pick-up, training the staff, conducting emergency response drills, perimeter checks, supervising lunch/recess, and management of the school security system.
Spiritual Leadership
- Consistently exhibit spiritual maturity and be a role model of Christian love, faith, truthfulness, and virtue, both on the school campus and in your personal life.
- View your work as a ministry: an act of love and service reflective of your faith.
- Demonstrate the love of Christ in all relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure that your life example continually demonstrates how your Christian faith integrates with your professional experience and all other aspects of your life.
General Responsibilities
Administration:
- Communicates safety and security policies and procedures to students, staff, and visitors.
- Oversee the implementation and maintenance of the school's emergency response plan and manage related administrative tasks.
- Assist administrators in the enforcement of all school regulations and state laws.
- Serve as a primary member of the Emergency Response Team for the Upper School campus.
- Keep apprised of the latest and most effective security strategies and protocols; be informed of state/federal laws that impact school operations.
- Assist with the coordination and facilitation of safety and security meetings and training for Upper School staff and volunteers.
- Liaise with local law enforcement and emergency services providers.
- Update and refine safety and security policies and procedures for the Upper School campus.
Daily Operations:
- Utilizes protocols and oversees campus visitor processes.
- Patrols school facilities for the purpose of providing visibility and maintaining safety and security.
- Monitors all persons on campus.
- Conducts perimeter checks around the campus, confirming entry and exit points are closed and locked.
- Conduct emergency drills (Fire, Secure Perimeter, Lockdown, Evacuation).
- Responds to a variety of situations for the purpose of taking the appropriate action to resolve immediate safety and/or security concerns.
- Assists the administration with the handling of all campus incidents.
- Other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring campus safety and security.
Campus Presence:
- Required to have prompt, regular attendance on campus during scheduled hours, and for special events/school functions.
- Assists with campus activities as needed.
Qualifications:
- Be in agreement with and willing to uphold the Caritas Academy Mission and Statement of Faith.
- Be active in a local church, with a substantial record of service and leadership in the body of Christ.
- Live a Christian lifestyle that demonstrates a Christian worldview in all aspects of life.
- Be passionate about ensuring the safety and security of Caritas students and staff.
- Demonstrates an excitement and joy in working with children and the school community; views the role as a ministry opportunity.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations.
- Ability to handle confrontation and conflict without an emotional response.
- Knowledge of security-related practices and procedures; knowledge of industry standards is helpful.
- Demonstrates a high level of situational awareness and ability to exercise sound judgment.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced school office environment, with evolving needs and frequent interruptions.
- High level of integrity and proven track record of being reliable and accountable.
- Knowledge of rules and standards of acceptable student conduct, health, and safety.
- Successful completion of the security training program after onboarding.
- Demonstrates an intermediate level of repair and maintenance skills.
- Industry experience is preferred, but not required.
Special Certifications/Licenses:
- First Aid/CPR Certification
- AZ Department of Public Safety Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card
- Background Check
Caritas Christian Classical Academy is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal, state, and local law, unless it is required as a bona fide occupational qualification or a particular status protected by federal, state, or local law contradicts the Academy’s Statement of Faith.
Pay: $34,000.00 - $37,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
