Special Officer
- Pay
- $40,480 – $58,345 per year
- Location
- New York City, NY
- Listed
- 11 days ago
About the role
OATH is seeking an ambitious, energetic, and experienced individual who embrace positive institutional change and fostering professionalism to serve as Special Officer. Under the supervision of OATH's Security Manager, the Special Officer provides physical security, safety, loss prevention and maintenance of order in accordance with agency orders and procedures. Specific duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Patrols designated areas of assigned locations to maintain order, preserve the peace and safeguard life and property against fire, vandalism, and theft.
- Gives routine information to visitors and directs them to the proper individuals, etc.;
- Prepare and write incident reports, maintain daily logs and documents safety hazards and conditions.
- Screens employees and visitors, operates and monitors security equipment.
- Ensuring health and safety protocols are met by members of the public.
- Discourages and ejects disorderly persons and when appropriate, arrests violators on premise.
- Transports, escorts and/or arranges for transport of persons in custody to police precinct. Prepares and transmits all necessary documents relating to the arrest.
Special Note
Only candidates who are currently serving as a permanent Special Officer with the City of New York are eligible to apply.
Qualifications & Requirements
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a state's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization; and
- Individuals serving in this title are designated as Peace Officers by the New York State Criminal Procedure Law. Therefore, all candidates must be qualified to serve as Peace Officers. Incumbents must satisfy the training requirements established by the State of New York for Peace Officers and obtain certification. Once obtained, this certification must be maintained for the duration of employment.
About Oath
The City of New York's Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is the nation's largest administrative tribunal, holding more than 250,000 trials and hearings a year. As the City's central, independent administrative law court, OATH adjudicates a wide range of matters filed by nearly every city agency, board and commission.
OATH also houses the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution which provides mediation and restorative justice support to City government agencies and the general public, and the Administrative Judicial Institute, a resource center that provides training, continuing education, research and support services for administrative law judges and hearing officers.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
From City of New York's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 30, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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