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Police Officer (Up to Two Positions)
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Position Number: 5594086
Location: San Marcos, CA
Position Type: Campus Safety and Police

Police Officer (Up to Two Positions)
Department: Palomar College Police (Dept)
Palomar College

Date Opened: 09/03/2024
Close Date: 10/15/2024

Primary Function:

Performs assigned patrols on the San Marcos main campus and offsite educational centers to provide for a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, staff and campus visitors; ensures enforcement of the California Penal Code, Vehicle Code, other applicable statutes/codes, and District policies and procedures; conducts investigations and makes arrests.

Salary:

$6,635.94

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive compensation structure, Palomar College also offers an extremely generous benefits package.

Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO, and the vision plan (additional plans are available that require employee buy up/monthly contribution)
Vacation, sick leave and 25 paid holidays
$80,000 employee term life/accident insurance policy (additional buy up options available)
Employee long-term care insurance
Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) - Free counseling, financial, legal, personal and professional development resources
Additional buy up options available for other voluntary insurance benefits
Enrollment in CalPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System)

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits package is approximately $41,360 annually.

Minimum Qualifications:

To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:

Experience: Current employment as a police officer or deputy sheriff in California, or successful completion of the California Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) basic course, or POST requalification course, within the past three years or by time of appointment.

AND

Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade. Palomar College Police Officers are expected to maintain ongoing training mandated by POST to maintain their skills and retain their Peace Officer status.

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at https://www.naces.org/index, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http://aice-eval.org/.

Diversity Statement: Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and antiracism. We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

Access - We make education possible for everyone.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities.
All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

To Apply: Visit https://palomar.peopleadmin.com/postings/23855 for full details and required application materials.

About the District:
Palomar College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive, two-year community college that serves the greater North San Diego County region. Palomar College offers over 200 associate degrees and certificate programs to approximately 25,000 full- and part-time students. A favorite in the community among local institutions of higher education, the College is recognized as one of the top 100 Colleges and Universities in the nation for serving Hispanic students. Palomar College is just 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 30 miles away from all of the exciting cultural activities that San Diego has to offer.

Palomar College is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).