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Associate Director of Public Safety and Emergency

at SIU Medicine in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Description
The primary responsibilities of an Associate Director of Public Safety & Emergency Management to plan, administer, and deliver public safety services for the department and the university. Major work areas include police patrol, community policing, criminal investigations, crime prevention, training, parking operations, event management, personnel administration, policy development, program administration, and emergency management. Work is performed independently under the general review of the Director of Public Safety/ Chief of Police.
 Examples of Duties
I. Administration 75%

A. Leadership
1. Provide leadership, management, and supervision while modeling core values and maintaining productivity and efficiency in executing department operations and the department mission.
2. Mentor, manage, lead, supervise, guide, evaluate, correct, and facilitate engagement with all department personnel.
3. Maintain and demonstrate high ethical standards including the department values all while self-regulating response to stressors.
4. Routinely represent and act on behalf of the Chief during the Chief's absence.
5. Manage personnel, timelines, goals, and resources to achieve required program outcomes while creating an engaging and inclusive work environment.
6. Remain accountable for self and for assigned units and areas outcomes including delegate authority to appropriate personnel with specified accountability for the assigned duties.
7. Regularly evaluate, provide feedback, and recognize the excellent performance of assigned staff.
8. Participate in meetings with other university divisions, community groups, law enforcement agencies and other entities including provide leadership and management for coordinated efforts, programs and plans with those entities.
9. Prepare special reports, analyze, determine cause and develop recommendations for correcting security or safety problems.
10. Determine and submit budgetary requests to Chief for units and areas assigned as well as for the department and manage the approved budget allocations for assigned units and areas.
11. Screen official reports filed to determine the acceptability of their content, consistency with department policies and procedures, conformity with statutory and criminal justice system requirements, and determine information to be shared with other units within the department and university.

B. Emergency Management
1. Assist in the development and maintenance of the comprehensive Emergency Management program for the SIU School of Medicine.
2. May perform the role of Incident Commander for the maintenance, auditing, and alignment of the SOM All Hazard Emergency Operations plan as mandated by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. This also includes the implementation of an annual tabletop exercise for the entire SOM campus.
3. Assist in the evaluation and preparedness of the SIU School of Medicine campus.
4. Serve on the Campus Violence Committee and other SOM committees and task forces as required.
5. Stay abreast of new trends and innovations if the field of emergency operations.

C. Communications
1. Assists in the accuracy of information sent to the Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the National Incident-Based Reporting system.
2. The position assists with maintaining compliance with state and federal laws, including the University's response to the Jeanne Clery Act. Compliance may involve the issuance of timely warning notices or immediate notification, statistical data collection, and conducting crime reporting training.
3. Utilize excellent written and verbal skills to manage effective relationships with law enforcement agencies, university departments, news media, social services, emergency management agencies, special interest groups. Effectively recognize impact of own communications styles on maintaining relationships and creating advocacy.
4. Routine communications with direct reports to identify barriers, engage in problem-solving, assist personnel in getting resources needed to complete work assignments. Effectively communicate daily assignments, mission and goals to department staff, especially staff in currently assigned units or areas.
5. Represent the department at meetings with other law enforcement agencies; local, state and federal entities; university entities; and special joint operation teams in planning, problem-solving and implementing strategies and programs.
6. Participate in campus task forces or work groups brought together to create and implement policies and programs designed for the protection, security and safety of the university. (e.g. anti-terrorism measures, threat assessment/behavioral intervention, alcohol response measures, Clery and other federal campus safety mandates, disaster planning, etc.)
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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Job Posting: 11883503

Posted On: May 11, 2024

Updated On: Jun 03, 2024

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