Lead Security Officer - Nights
Job Description
Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
Position Summary
Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of security services across City of Hope Duarte campus, ensuring the protection of patients, visitors, employees, and assets. This role assists with shift operations, emergency response on-site, and helps ensure security systems, parking operations, and safety processes run efficiently and effectively.
As a successful candidate, you will:
- Lead and supervise security staff during assigned shifts across campus and offsite locations
- Oversee daily security operations including access control, CCTV, alarms, investigations, and traffic/parking management
- Coordinate initial response to emergency incidents and partner with leadership and emergency services
- Conduct investigations into incidents, complaints, and security concerns while recommending risk mitigation strategies
- Maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, law enforcement, and regulatory agencies
- Assist with security budgeting, monitoring performance, and supporting operational goals
- Support business continuity planning, drills, and emergency preparedness initiatives
- Ensure compliance with safety regulations, reporting standards, and organizational policies
- Prepare reports, review incident documentation, and contribute to continuous process improvements
Your qualifications should include:
- Associate’s degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of security experience (hospital or healthcare environment preferred)
- Prior leadership or supervisory experience preferred
- CA Driver’s License
- Guard Card
- Pepper Spray Permit
- CPR (within 3 months of hire)
- Strong communication, customer service, and organizational skills
- Ability to respond effectively in high-pressure and emergency situations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and security-related systems
Additional Information:
City of Hope employees’ pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.
Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $26.48 - $38.25 / hour
The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.
City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.
