FLSA Status: Exempt

Months Per Year: 12

Employment Status: Full-Time

Work Model: On-site

Seattle University will be one of the most innovative and progressive Jesuit and Catholic universities in the world, educating with excellence at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. We embrace an intersectional framework for defining diversity in its broadest sense, including differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, generational history, culture, socioeconomic class, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, political perspectives, geographic origin and physical ability. Seattle University strives to be a welcome, open and safe campus climate for all who learn, live and work at Seattle University.

Position Description

Department Summary
The Seattle University Department of Public Safety (DPS), part of the division of Student Development, is a community-and-solution oriented security organization. DPS plays an integral role in the university community by promoting a safe, secure, and welcoming campus environment, by grounding its work in the Jesuit educational tradition with a particular emphasis on cura personalis. DPS recognizes and promotes the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; and most of all, is dedicated to ensuring the dignity, respect, and safety of everyone in our community.

Position Summary
Reporting to the Vice Provost for Student Development, the Director of Public Safety provides comprehensive leadership and management for the Seattle University campus and administers all safety and security efforts. The director oversees all daily operations, including the development, administration, and evaluation of all safety and security functions, programs, policies, and protocols as part of a risk-based security program; advises faculty, staff, and students in response to threats or perceived threats; offers appropriate safety and crisis response training for the campus community; and facilitates campus emergency operations. The director ensures the protection of critical infrastructure, facilities, property, physical assets, and the educational enterprise; collaborates closely with aligned risk units in mitigating the community's exposure to safety and security risks; and develops integrated safety strategies in compliance with applicable federal and state laws. The director of campus safety leads, supervises, trains, and evaluates a team of Assistant Directors, public safety officers, shift supervisors, and dispatchers; and provides oversight for engagement with private security contracts.

Professional Competencies

• Consistently demonstrate a high degree of personal integrity and emotional maturity and ethics.
• Proven ability to effectively, continuously and discretely work with confidential and potentially sensitive information.
• Demonstrated and actualized commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Strong coalition-building skills and capable of developing collaborative relationships with diverse external and internal constituents and stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills both verbally and in writing, effectively presenting ideas and providing plans and procedures in a clear and concise manner to internal and external constituents and stakeholders, team members and senior university leadership.

Essential Functions

• Provides vision, leadership, and direction for the Department of Public Safety. Ensures that the Public Safety Department’s practices and objectives are aligned with the University mission. Facilitates and oversees the integration of the Department’s services into the broader campus community, actively promoting positive relations with the entire local community.
• Plans, organizes, directs and evaluates all Public Safety Department activities ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and adherence to all University policies and procedures.
• Provides administrative and operational support for a 24 hour/365 days a year department of non-sworn, uniformed officer level staff, dispatchers, shift supervisors and administrative leadership and support staff.
• Directs and participates as needed with investigations, crime prevention, community relations, special events and security functions.
• Assist with the analysis of risk exposures related to the health, safety, and security of the University.
• Serves on University committees related to public safety, including the Threat Assessment Team, CARE Team, and Emergency Management Working Group.
• Maintains positive working relationships with local, regional, and state law enforcement and emergency response officials (police, fire, rescue, emergency management, etc.), including serving on local and regional councils and task forces.
• Administers the operating budget and makes recommendations for the Department’s facilities, equipment, systems, personnel and operating needs.
• Oversees emergency management operations, systems, and technology.
• Assures the completion of necessary reports and the timely dissemination of pertinent information to the necessary constituencies, including the preparation and distribution of the Annual Campus Security Report.
• Collaborates with key campus stakeholders to review Clery Act crime statistics for accuracy prior to publishing Annual Campus Security Report.
• Develops and delivers training to University administrators, faculty, staff and students in the areas of safety, security and emergency management/response.
• Ensures ongoing professional training and development for the DPS staff and campus partners/stakeholders.
• Additional related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Education, or in a related field, and a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible law enforcement/security experience in a senior management capacity including staff supervision and training is required.
• Public safety training and experience in response to crimes in progress; crisis; and emergency management demonstrating the application of the knowledge, skills, and competencies required to lead the Department of Public Safety.
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant laws and current issues of public safety and private security functions is required. Experience in a higher education environment is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate is a thoughtful, decisive, and highly collaborative leader with the ability to facilitate organizational growth and change.
• The ideal candidate will also possess an understanding of and appreciation for campus public safety within the framework of a Jesuit/Catholic institution of higher education.
• Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience in financial planning, safety and emergency operations planning, innovative problem-solving, urban safety education programming, a strong and actualized commitment to diversity, equity, social justice, belonging, staff development and accountability.

The ideal candidate will also have the following: strong leadership, interpersonal and oral and written communication skills; the ability to establish, foster, and maintain positive working relationships with a diverse population of individuals at all levels of the University; an appreciation for cultural, religious, ethnic and lifestyle diversity; the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment that requires flexibility, tact and critical thinking; goal-oriented thinking, strong organization, leadership, strategic planning, and interpersonal skills; advanced organizational skills; a strong ability to build teams and develop and empower employees; the ability to always demonstrate and promote integrity and the highest standards of professional conduct; a broad knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and University regulations; the ability to work under pressure and respond quickly to emergency situations; and a thorough knowledge of current campus safety and/or police methods an understanding of the University environment; evidence of energy and commitment; a desire to approach student interactions with a restorative, community-and-solution oriented framework; the ability to remain composed, focused, and effective in emergency and conflict situations.

Application Instructions

Please attach a cover letter with your resume when applying. Job postings are open until filled, unless otherwise specified.

Compensation at a Glance:
Salary Range: $100,000 - $115,000
Seattle University has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, and not based on a candidate’s gender or any other protected status.

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. Seattle University provides generous leave, health plans, and retirement contributions that add to your total compensation package.

Benefits at a Glance:
Consistent with its fundamental Jesuit values, Seattle University offers a wide range of benefits designed to care for the whole person. Choose from three different medical plans, a dental, and vision insurance programs. Protect your income with life, short & long-term disability coverage. Plan for your future with up to a 10% employer contribution for retirement benefits, comprised of a 5% nonelective employer contribution and an additional dollar-for-dollar match of your voluntary contributions up to a maximum of 5%. You may also take advantage of 100% paid tuition benefits for the employee and dependents, a subsidized transportation benefit, a wellness program with free access to an onsite fitness facility, and a wide variety of campus events. Enjoy a generous holiday schedule, including a paid Holiday break closure in December, vacation and paid sick leave, and paid community service leave. For more information explore the Benefits website at: https://www.seattleu.edu/hr/benefits/