Traffic Safety Director

The The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) seeks a Traffic Safety Director to oversee management of the state traffic safety office, ensuring submission, execution, and compliance with the state's 3-year Highway Safety Plan.

This role will oversee management of the State Traffic Safety office. Ensuring submission, execution, and compliance with the State's 3-year Highway Safety Plan. Monitoring programs, data collection and analysis in order to meet goals and objectives. The selected candidate will work with a team to manage federal funds to support the facilitation of traffic and for the protection and conservation of life and property on Indiana's roadways.

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $75,010.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Plan, organize, direct, monitor, and participate in ongoing comprehensive development and implementation of specialized programs designed to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities on Indiana's roadways.
• Advise, reccomend and consult with other professionals concerning traffic safety, accident prevention and traffic facilitation.
• Coordinate programming and activities around the state to support positive outcomes for Indiana drivers.
• Determine, analyze, identify and implement long-range objectives and specifying the strategies, KPIs, and actions to achieve them.
• Analyze operations to evaluate performance of the specific program or its staff in meeting objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement, or policy change.
• Interpret and explain in-depth and complex policies, rules, regulations, or laws to organizations, government or corporate officials, or individuals.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans to solve departmental problems.
• Prepare and present reports for approval, including those for funding or implementation of services to executive leadership.
• Study proposed revisions and amendments to laws concerning traffic safety and make recommendations relative to those laws.
• Develop and oversee program financial or budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, or increase efficiency.
• Develop and monitor program requirements to ensure it meets federal and state policies and grants compliance.
• Develop and supervise training of employees and consultants on program requirements and usage.
• Develop and support programs for effective alcohol and drug countermeasures to protect and conserve life and property on Indiana roadways.
• Preside over, or serve on, boards of directors, management committees, or other governing boards.
• Recruit, select, onboard, and train employees to ensure role responsibilities and expectations are clearly understood while providing opportunities to continue professional development.
• Set expectations, measure progress, provide ongoing feedback, and evaluate the performance of employees. Ensure work adheres to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures.

The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours which may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.