Job Description

Location: Des Plaines/Skokie, IL Category: Administrators Posted On: Mon Jul 29 2024 Job Description:

Basic Function and Responsibilities

Direct and oversee all police, fire and emergency management activities and responsibilities at Oakton Community College.  Act as Oakton's Clery Coordinator.  Protect people who work, study and visit Oakton, as well as property, buildings, equipment and grounds.  Prepare budgets, hire and train department personnel, create successful partnerships, both on-campus and off, sufficient to ensure the ethical and professional delivery of all services.  Exercise independent judgment and discretion on confidential matters. Promote a strategy of community policing while working together with College persons and groups in an atmosphere of open, professional collaboration.

Characteristics, Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the organizational structure of the Department in accordance with professional standards and best management principles.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise and evaluate the daily activities of the Police Department's personnel.
• Establish, issue, and enforce policies and procedures for employees of the Department.  Ensure that written directives conform to legal requirements, reflect best practices, and provide practical, useful direction to personnel.
• Hold employees accountable for the ethical, effective, and efficient performance of their duties in accordance with written directives.
• Plan, organize, coordinate, train, and exercise the College's Emergency Management Plan.  Ensure that written emergency plans meet the requirements of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
• Plan, organize, coordinate, and conduct periodic emergency exercises.
• Serve as a member of the College's Emergency Management Team during weather emergencies and all critical events.
• Keep accurate records of Police calls for service, criminal offenses, traffic accidents, citations, arrests, student code of conduct violations, and on any and all other requirements of the College and of statute.
• Ensure that the College meets all requirements of the Campus Crime and Reporting Act.  Accurately report all required data to the Department of Education regarding campus crime, while meeting required timeframes.
• Prepare and submit an annual report of financial needs of the Police Department and Emergency Management areas.  Oversee and recommend purchases within approved budget parameters.
• Direct activities associated with purchasing, maintaining and checking out of Police and College transportation vehicles.
• Treat all persons within the scope authority in a civil, professional, and ethical manner while taking action to ensure the protection of their civil rights.
• Continually seek to determine the Police and Emergency Management needs and expectations of the College, to act upon those needs and expectations, and to inform the College community of the resulting procedures developed to improve the delivery of Police and Emergency Management services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Qualifications and Working Conditions

• Bachelor's Degree Required.  Master's preferred.
• Minimum of five years of experience in leading police personnel, as a commander or comparable level of supervisory experience in leading police officers.  Experience in leading emergency planning and management, preferred.
• Proven track record of ethical, effective leadership in Public Safety and/or Law Enforcement.
• The ability to think and plan strategically, to exercise excellent judgment and decision-making in stressful situations, and to problem-solve in a collaborative manner.
• State certification as a peace officer.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and training in the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
• Demonstrated commitment to establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with diverse College constituencies.  Understanding, sensitivity, and commitment to meeting the needs of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of the student, employee, and community populations.
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills.
• Working knowledge of legal issues related to campus police administration including, but not limited to, the laws of arrest, search and seizure, use of force, civil liability, FERPA, FMLA and the Jeanne Clery Campus Crime and Reporting Act.
• Exposure to outside weather on a year round basis.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, walk, talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. Must be able to lift and/or move items weighing up to 30 pounds and exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

• Employee is on call 24/7/52 to respond to campus security and/or safety problems.

Additional Information:

Supervision Received

Administrative supervision is received by the Vice-President for Administrative Affairs.

Supervision Exercised

Administrative supervision is exercised over all Police department employees including police officers, classified staff, and student cadets.

Applicants will be required to complete the following, prior to employment:

Background Investigation
Psychological Exam / Medical Exam / Drug Test

Salary Range: $95,000-$105,0000

About Oakton College

For 50 years, Oakton College has been the setting where thousands begin or continue their college or career studies. Educating people of all ages, from all walks of life and from more than 40 nations, Oakton focuses on improving the quality of life for everyone who enters its doors.

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