Associate Director
Career Family: Public Safety Professional Level: Associate Director Public Safety
Career Family Job Summary: Jobs in this career family provide a safe and secure environment. Functions include police leadership, police operations, police communications, and emergency management.
Professional Level Job Summary: Associate Directors are responsible for working closely with the Director to manage a department or specific areas of a department. These positions recommend strategy, have responsibility for fiscal and/or human resources and have the authority to act on the Director's behalf.
Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
Five (5) years of related professional experience of related professional experience in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field.
Optional Substitution: Related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree on a year for year basis.
Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree or terminal degree in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
Six (6) years of related professional experience of related professional experience in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution.
Demonstrate a commitment to providing outstanding customer service skills.
Demonstrate an exceptional understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion with a committment to developing equitable practices.
Ability to perform duties independently without guidance and direction from other professionals.
Ability to articulate the University's mission and the importance of the strategic plan
Ability to manage ambiguous situations and/or information and translate them into results
Ability to demonstrate exceptional management and leadership qualities
Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously while maintaining a high attention to detail
Ability to effectively plan and establish program goals and objectives
Demonstrate progressive supervisory qualities.
Supervision Exercised: No cap on supervision exercised. Should not supervise a higher professional level position.
FLSA Status: Exempt