Apply CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) and
ASIS International guidelines when assessing facility risk and
vulnerability.
Document assessment findings and produce reports with
prioritized, actionable recommendations for remediation.
Evaluate new construction and renovation plans against the
university's established physical security standards, applying the
existing baselines to design and specification reviews.
Verify that facilities, system installations, and vendor work
comply with the university's established physical security
standards, and flag and track non-compliance items through
remediation.
Continually assess the university's physical security standards
themselves, not just compliance with them, identifying gaps,
outdated requirements, or emerging risks, and recommending updates
through the appropriate governance process.
Major Responsibility: Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED) and Site Safety
- Assess campus lighting levels, fixture placement, and
maintenance to support natural surveillance and reduce concealment
areas along pathways, parking areas, and building exteriors.
- Evaluate landscaping, vegetation, and sightlines for blind
spots and overgrowth that compromise visibility, and coordinate
trimming or design changes with Facilities and Campus
Operations.
- Review pedestrian pathways, parking layouts, and building
entrances for natural access control, wayfinding, and territorial
reinforcement (signage, landscaping edges, and other cues that
distinguish public from private space).
- Evaluate the placement, coverage, and functionality of
emergency blue-light phones, callboxes, and other emergency
communication infrastructure across campus.
- Incorporate lighting, landscaping, sightline, and other
safety-through-design factors into new construction and renovation
reviews alongside access control and surveillance requirements
Major Responsibility: Cross-Functional Coordination
- Partner closely with the OIT's Public Safety Apps team on the
technical implementation of access control, video management, and
alarm systems, ensuring physical assessments and system
configuration stay aligned.
- Coordinate with Facilities and Campus Operations on building
conditions, maintenance schedules, construction or renovation
timelines, and day-to-day building use, event scheduling, and
occupancy patterns that affect physical security
infrastructure.
- Attend design and construction meetings for capital projects to
represent physical security standards and flag issues early in the
design process.
- Perform field inspections during construction and at final
commissioning to confirm security hardware is installed to
specification.
Major Responsibility: Security Request Evaluation
- Serve as a standing member of the team that reviews and
evaluates incoming departmental requests for new or modified
security measures (e.g., additional cameras, card readers, door
hardware).
- Assess each request against the university's established
security standards and risk criteria to determine need, appropriate
placement, and hardware requirements.
- Provide recommendations and consult with requesting departments
on scope, feasibility, and sequencing of approved work.
Major Responsibility: Continuous Improvement
- Monitor the effectiveness of implemented security measures and
standards, and recommend refinements as part of an ongoing,
continuous review process; this role is expected to actively help
evolve the university's physical security standards, not simply
verify adherence to them.
- Track industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices,
and bring recommended updates to standards forward through the
appropriate governance channels.
- Contribute to after-action reviews following incidents or
drills that touch physical security infrastructure.
Decisions free to make:
- Set day-to-day priorities for projects, troubleshooting and
break-fix of all University related security and safety
systems.
- Budget input and oversight on project spending
- Identify areas of weaknesses that need to be addressed
- Verify that facilities, system installations, and vendor work
comply with the university's established physical security
standards, and flag and track non-compliance items through
remediation.
Decisions that depend on position's advice:
- Primary owner of the hardware and software needed to provide a
safe and secure operations that must have the ability to exert
influence and set priority across a wide variety of departments
including DSPEM, OIT, Facilities Management, and Executive
Leadership.
- Serve as a standing member of the team that reviews and
evaluates incoming departmental requests for new or modified
security measures (e.g., additional cameras, card readers, door
hardware).
- Document assessment findings and produce reports with
prioritized, actionable recommendations for remediation.
Dimensions:
- Reports directly to the Vice President for Public Safety and
Emergency Management
- Effectively communicate and coordinate with University
Facilities and Campus Operations regarding the coordination on
construction, renovation, building maintenance, and day-to-day
operational impacts affecting security infrastructure.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- 8+ years of experience in physical security assessment,
physical security system design, or facilities/campus security
oversight.
- Bachelor's degree (preferred)
Required
- Working knowledge of access control and video management
systems (e.g., C• CURE, Genetec, etc) and standard door/lock
hardware.
- Demonstrated ability to read architectural and low-voltage
plans and translate them into security-relevant feedback.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills; proven ability
to work effectively across public safety, IT, facilities, and
operations teams.
Preferred
- PSP (Physical Security Professional) certification from ASIS
International.
- CPTED certification (Basic or Advanced).
- Experience in a higher education or large multi-building campus
environment.
Please include a cover letter when submitting your resume to the
application.
Criminal and education background check satisfactory to Brown
University.
Benefits of Working at Brown:
Please review additional information on the
Benefits of Working at
Brown.
Recruiting Start Date:
2026-08-25
Job Posting Title:
Manager of Campus Physical Security
Department:
Public Safety and Emergency Management
Grade:
Grade 11
Worker Type:
Employee
Worker Sub-Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
37.5
Position Work Location:
Onsite
Submission Guidelines:
The designated
Position Work
Location for each position determines the approved modality
of work. Positions are classified based on the operational and
business needs of the department and may be designated as on-site,
hybrid, or remote.
Employees with a designated position work location as remote must
reside and perform their work in a state where Brown University is
registered to do business. Brown University is a registered
employer in the following states: Rhode Island, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.
Please note that to be considered for a staff position at Brown
University, you must submit a separate application for each
position you wish to be considered for. Applications are reviewed
only for the specific position to which they are submitted and are
not automatically considered for future openings.
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Still Have Questions?
If you have any questions you may contact
employment@brown.edu.
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