Overview
Director of Campus Safety Jobs in Kent, Connecticut, USA at Kent School
Title: Director of Campus Safety
Company: Kent School
Location: Kent, Connecticut, USA
Type: Full Time
Category: Management, Security
Location: Kent
Reports to:Director of Facilities
Schedule:Full-time calendar year position. The typical schedule is Monday through Friday. Additional hours, including evening and weekend hours will be required. The work schedule will vary according to the needs of the Department and Kent School.
FLSA:Exempt
Classification:Staff
Housing:No
Position Summary:
The Director of Campus Safety will maintain a safe and secure environment for the safety and protection of all students, employees, and visitors by helping to develop, establish and enforce safety and security policies, access control procedures, visitor management protocols, accidentpreventionefforts, risk management efforts, incident response plans, fire, safety, and emergency management procedures, and parking control and traffic enforcement programs.
As part of maintaining a safe and secure campus, the Director of Campus Safety performs tasks in developing, implementing and managing programs designed to effectively address security and school safety needs. This employee is responsible for coordinating a comprehensive school safety program, which includes working with local law enforcement agencies. This employee works extensively with school administration as well as the broader Kent community on all aspects of school safety and security.
Work also involves implementing training programs pertaining to matters of safety and security for campus-based community members. This employee is also responsible for leading a team that will inspect all buildings and various campus areas to ensure proper operation (i.e. heat working, no water leaks, buildings properly locked, etc.).
The successful candidate will integrate into the community, spending limited time at a desk and lots of time walking the campus and interacting with the entire community, both students and adults. In addition, the successful candidate must have goodcommunication skills, both written and verbal, and must continue and improve Kent’s ongoing commitment to the safety of students, staff and visitors while fostering a creative, warm, caring and effectivelearning environment.
Kent School Campus Safety focuses on monitoring, reporting, and de-escalating issues. This is not a law enforcement position.
Specific
Duties & Responsibilities:
Manage a team of approximately 8 safety officers, including hiring, supervising, and evaluating.
Manage various 3rd party vendors who assist with campus safety efforts, including equipment vendors and an outsourced campus safety officer firm.
Establish a working relationship with local authorities, including the Town of Kent Resident State Trooper, the Town of Kent Emergency Response Manager, and the local volunteer fire department.
Build and manage the Campus Safety budget, including working within operating budgets to ensure completion of necessary capital improvements.
Coordinate and ensure school safety compliance with applicable federal, state and local regulations by studying existing and new requirements, and overseeing and enforcing school-wide adherence to requirements.
Acquire a working knowledge of important equipment and ensure this equipment is working appropriately – fire panels, fire suppression systems, elevators, electronic access control systems, mechanical locks, cameras, visitor management technology, speakers for masscommunication, gated entrances, AED machines, first aid kits, emergency phones.
In partnership with the Dir…
