Director of Security

City Colleges of Chicago’s vision is to be recognized as the city’smost accessible higher education engine of socioeconomic mobility and racial equity - empowering all Chicagoans to take part in building a stronger and more just city. The community college system’s more than 3,500 faculty and staff serve more than 60,000students annually at seven colleges and five satellite sites.

Reporting to the college President or an assigned executiveadministrator, the Director of Security manages and oversees all aspects of security operations at a college campus and itssatellite sites, accountable for ensuring the safety and security of students, faculty, staff and visitors, and the safeguarding ofcampus property.

The Director of Security provides relationship-based leadership,working in close collaboration with the campus community to establish and maintain a welcoming and safe environment with an effective security presence that promotes a student-center learning environment.

The Director of Security is also responsible for maintaininginstitutional and compliance mandated records and crime statistic sin compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act; preparing various reports related to incidents, crimes, and security operations; and scheduling and ensuring staff compliance with required securitytraining. Performs related duties as required.

• Plans, establishes, and monitors appropriate security and emergency procedures and implements work operation plans for thesafety and protection of the campus community, campus grounds,facilities, and assets.
• Provides leadership and guidance in times of crisis, conflict,and other challenges regarding the overall safety of the campus community. Maintains on-call status to ensure appropriate response to emergency incidents.
• Prepares annual, monthly and weekly reports on work activities,crimes and incidents to include: incident reports, daily logs,crime log, operational reports, and the college’s Annual Security Report and crime statistics required under the Clery Act.
• Reviews daily incident reports for completeness and ensures follow-up actions, including investigations, are taken by appropriate security staff, college administrators or law enforcement agency, as required. Maintains records related tocampus security.
• Serves as part of college’s leadership tram; attends various meetings including President’s leadership meetings; contributes asa member or co-chairs safety committees including Violence Prevention and Supportive Intervention Committee (SIT).
• Functions as a key advisor to college administrators on campus safety issues and security operations and ensues adherence to lawsand regulations impacting campus security including Clery Act,Title IX, and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
• Prepares and administers the department’s annual operating budget; monitors, reviews and approves expenditures; prepares longrange equipment proposals.

• Supervises college’s security staff; observes security officer sin performance of duties for adherence to work procedures.
• Partners with Human Resources in the interviewing and hiring of security officers. Coordinates on HR matters to include payroll andtimekeeping, and performance and disciplinary issues
• Monitors day-to-day operations and activities across various shifts. Prepares work schedules and makes work assignments toensure security posts and patrols are properly staffed on allshifts. Monitors daily staffing and arranges for staffreplacements.
• Responds to and participates in the investigation of complaints and alleged crimes, acts of vandalism, violations of rules andother disturbances or activities as required to ensure the safetyand well-being of the campus…