"Associate Director of Public Safety & Emergency Management"

Job Description

The Manager of Emergency Management and Public Safety serves as the principal administrator in planning, directing, and managing comprehensive campus safety, general security, and emergency preparedness services for all components of Eastern Iowa Community College. Reporting directly to the Director of Facilities and Public Safety, the Manager of Public Safety and Emergency Management will assume a wide range of responsibilities including the general oversight of Eastern Iowa Community College will serve as the college's ambassador for all safety, security, and emergency preparedness initiatives, and will work closely with key strategic colleges, local, county, state, and federal partners.

Required Qualification

• Associate's degree in emergency management or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of recent and relevant full-time work experience in public safety, disaster planning or emergency management
• 1-3 years of supervision experience
• Experience in the National Incident Management System and the Incident Command System or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Knowledge of strategic planning, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources
• Experience with risk assessment and mitigation, security systems and technology and public safety communications.
• Experience and/or ability to learn and confidently navigate a variety of specific software solutions as well as business-related office software, such as Microsoft Office Suite

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Directs the administration, planning and organization of the safety, security, and emergency management services which includes campus public safety operations, and emergency preparedness
• Directs the college's efforts in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act)
• Works with individual safety, security, and emergency management unit leaders to develop rules, regulations, policies and procedures that govern the operations of each unit.
• Advises the