Assistant Chief/Senior Officer in Charge

Reporting Authority: Chief of Police

General Function: The Assistant Chief / Senior Officer in Charge assists the Chief of Police in implementing the College's security policies and procedures and maintain peace, order, safety, and security for students, faculty, staff, and the public. This position protects the College' physical facilities, ground, and property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal activities. This position supervises four (4) plus police officer. This position must be held by a current APOSTC certified police officer.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Essential Job Functions:
The essential job functions listed are not comprehensive and duties and responsibilities may change without notice.

•Ensure increased efficiency and effectiveness of the department by enforcing procedures, methods and policies.
•Provides campus security, law enforcement protection, and assists in civil defense preparedness.
•Supervises and schedules security officer to ensure coverage after hours, weekends, and holidays.
•Provides foot and vehicular patrol of campus.
•Safeguards students, faculty, staff, authorized campus visitors, college property, buildings, and equipment.
•Responds to and investigates all incidents on campus including but not limited to criminal, security and safety, and college violations.
•Coordinates storage of criminal evidence and destruction of evidence upon completion of criminal cases.
•Ensures all campus facilities are secured at appropriate times.
•Monitors student activities and other events on campus to ensure security, safety, and adherence to college policies.
•Prepares accident and incident/offense reports.
•Manages college parking enforcement program .
•Assists in coordinating drills and exercises, including evacuation and lockdown drills in every building in compliance with current policy directives.
•Assists in providing training to faculty and staff concerning indicators of potentially problematic behaviors so that positive behavioral intervention scan allow the at-risk individuals to thrive.
•Assists in coordinating training for college personnel on matters of safety and security.
•Assists in the development of plans and procedures for campus security, emergency response, and other related matters.
•Must be willing to work on campus/instructional site and on all shifts based on the needs of the college.
•Assist in publishing an Annual Security Report by October 1 of each year and distribute to all students and college staff annually.
•Maintain a Daily Crime Log as required by the Clery Act.
•Assists the Chief of Police in developing partnerships with outside agencies and organizations that can contribute to the quality and success of campus safety and security·
•Comply with policies of the Alabama Community College System.
•Other duties as assigned by the Chief of Police.

Salary: Salary Schedule C3 - 03 $69, 509 - $107,176

Minimum Requirements:
•A minimum of a high school diploma or GED Certificate is required.
•Minimum of three (3) years of employment experience as a police officer.
•APOSTC minimum Standards Certification must be current.
•Must have experience using MOVE system to include eCrime, eCrash, MapClick and eForms
•Valid Alabama driver's license.
•Must be insurable by the College's insurance carrier.

Preferred Requirements:
•Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice or related field.
•Employment experience as a police officer in a college setting.
•Police officer experience at an administrative supervisory level.

Application Procedure:

Position announcements and employment applications are available athttps://www.schooljobs.com/careers/accs/bishopstate?Applications currently on file must be resubmitted for this position. Delinquent and/or unsigned application packets and/or documents will not be accepted.

Only complete application packets will be given consideration for employment.

A completed application packet consists of:

• Completed Bishop State Community College employment application (must be signed)
• Letter of interest with reference to the position announcement
• Current resume
• Applicable Transcript with conferred date (While an unofficial transcript may be submitted as part of the application packet, an official transcript must be received before the date of hire.)

Application Deadline:

More than one position in the same job classification may be filled from the applicants for this position should another vacancy occur during the search process. In accordance with Alabama Community College System policy and guidelines, the applicant chosen for employment will be required to sign a consent form and to submit a nonrefundable fee of $17.40 (additional charges may apply) for a criminal background check. Employment will be contingent upon receipt of a clearance notification from the criminal background check. Bishop State Community College is an active participant in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-verify). E-verify electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the United States as required by the Department of Homeland Security.

Other Information:

The Selection Committee will screen all applicants for the position. The Committee will select applicants for in-person interviews which may consist of question/answer session and /or skills assessments. Applicants must adhere to the College’s prescribed interview schedule and must travel at their own expense. The College reserves the right not to fill the positions in the event of budgetary or operational constraints. Bishop State Community College is a multi-campus organization, and employees of the College are required to travel among various work sites for both day and evening responsibilities and must provide their own mode of transportation. Bishop State Community College is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Alabama Community College System, including postsecondary community and technical colleges under the control of the Alabama Community College Systems Board of Trustees, that no employee or applicant for employment or promotion, on the basis of any impermissible criterion or characteristic including, without limitation, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, disability, sex, age, or any other protected class as defined by federal and state law, shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment. Bishop State Community College will make reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled applicants or employees. Bishop State Community College reserves the right to withdraw this job announcement at any time prior to the awarding.