Transit Police Officer Information Session - August 14th (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, 19107) - Full-time

p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"strongspan style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"In preparation for a new Police Academy class anticipated to start in the near future, the SEPTA Recruitment Department is holding a Transit Police Officer Information Session on August 14th for candidates who are interested in learning more about career opportunities as a SEPTA Transit Police Officer./span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"strongspan style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"See salary and benefits information detailed below!/span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"If you are thinking about a career as a Transit Police Officer at SEPTA, this session can help answer any questions you may have./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"We have speakers scheduled to address the following areas:/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"•            General information about Transit Police Officer recruitment: work experience and education requirements, physical fitness tests, background checks and how to apply (Recruiters amp; Police Dept. Representative)/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"•            “A Look into the Life of a Transit Police Officer” (Current Transit Police Officers)/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"•            Review of Police Officer Training Program (Police Dept. Representative)/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"•            Information on the pre-employment testing for Police Officer (Police Dept. Representative)/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"•            Employee Benefits Overview (Recruitment Manager)/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"There will be a Qamp;A session at the end of the presentation./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"The session will be held on August 14th, from 4:30 to 6:00 PM. Seating is limited to registered participantsstrong. Please register soon to reserve your seat!!/strong/span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"If interested, click on Apply to register for this event. You will be prompted to complete your profile, if you haven’t done so already. Register early because seating is on a first-come first-served basis. Provided seating is still available, you will receive an email with your registration confirmation./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"Also, if you have not already applied for the position of Transit Police Officer at SEPTA, please do so now. Click on View All Jobs and find this posting: Transit Police Officer (0007) Req. #5409. Follow the directions within the posting to formally apply for a SEPTA Transit Police Officer position./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"In order to qualify as a SEPTA Police Officer, candidates must pass the Pennsylvania State (MPOETC) physical fitness requirements. Click on or copy the following link into your address bar to find the specific physical fitness requirements for your age and gender: emstrong /strong/em/span/span/spanemstrongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"a href="https://mpoetc.psp.pa.gov/training/Documents/Revised%20Training%20Documents/Basic%20Police%20Officer%20Training/Physical%20Fitness/MPOETC%20Fitness%20Charts.pdf"span style="color:#0563c1"Transit Police Officer Physical Requirements/span/a/span/span/span/strong/em/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"strongspan style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"We are planning to hold the Physical Agility portion of the Transit Police Officer physical test in the coming months. Start your conditioning now to pass this test! /span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"strongspan style="font-size:15.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Calibri#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:#1d2d3e"We look forward to meeting you at our Information Session!/span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"strongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"-   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -    -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - /span/span/span/strong/span/span/p p /pdiv/divpspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"strongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"SALARY AND BENEFITS INFORMATION:/span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"strongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"SEPTA Police Officers’ salaries are competitive with Police Departments throughout the Philadelphia region/span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"strong                               /strong/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"$29.83 Per Hour - Starting rate for six months at the Police Academy/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"$32.93 Per Hour After Training to 12 months of service/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"$37.48 Per Hour - 13 to 24 months/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"$39.38 Per Hour - After 24 to 36 months of service/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"$40.68 Per Hour- After 36 months/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"strongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"SEPTA provides outstanding benefit and retirement programs:   /span/span/span/strong/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Medical Benefits – Current HMO annual premium contribution = 1.5% of 40-hour hourly rate/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Prescription Benefits Program (no employee annual premium contribution)/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Dental Benefits  (no employee annual premium contribution)/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Vision Benefits  (no employee annual premium contribution)/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"strongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Additional benefits we offer:/span/span/span/strong/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Defined Benefit Pension Plan/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Voluntary Governmental 457B Deferred Comp Plan/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Life Insurance/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Tuition Reimbursement/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"SEPTA employment also qualifies for the federal Public Loan Forgiveness Program/span/span/span/span/span/li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Paid Time Off/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"SEPTA Transportation Pass – FREE travel on all SEPTA modes of transportation/span/span/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Tremendous training opportunities  /span/span/span/span/span/li /ul pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"strongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"-   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -    -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   - /span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"strongspan style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"SEPTA POLICE DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:/span/span/span/strong/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Since 1981, the SEPTA Transit Police Department has been dedicated to keeping customers safe and secure, while protecting SEPTA property and staff./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"SEPTA Transit Police Officers are responsible for policing the entire regional SEPTA system, covering an area of five Pennsylvania counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia) and three states (Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania)./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Nearly 220+ officers serve and protect within the 2,200 square-mile SEPTA service area. There are three patrol districts, allowing officers to easily respond to emergencies while empowering them to quickly make decisions and address local issues./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"span style="font-size:13.5pt"span style="font-family:#39;Arial#39;, sans-serif"span style="color:black"The SEPTA Transit Police Department extends beyond the regular patrol with units of specially trained officers. These units receive an additional level of training andstrong /strongprovide specialized support in policing a public transit system./span/span/span/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0pt"span style="font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" /span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:16.0px"SEPTA is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. /span/p