Safety & Security Manager

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to its success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this position description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications, and job scope, but not limit the incumbent nor the organization to just the work identified. It is our expectation that each employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors.

Provides school-wide leadership for campus safety, physical security, emergency preparedness, and contracted security services. The manager maintains an all-hazards safety and emergency management program for Heathwood Hall's 26 buildings and 122-acre campus; coordinates prevention, preparedness, response, continuity, and recovery; and administers the relationship with the school's outsourced security team from Defender. The role protects students, employees, visitors, property, and continuity of operations while preserving the welcoming character of the school.

It requires calm, high consequence judgment, confidentiality, visible leadership, and close coordination across the school and with public safety partners.

• Maintains and continuously improves the school's all-hazards Emergency Operations Plan, including prevention, preparedness, response, continuity, recovery, evacuation, shelter in place, lockdown, severe weather, utility failure, medical emergency, missing child, building entrapment, and reunification procedures.
• Sets daily security priorities, post coverage, patrol expectations, arrival and dismissal support, visitor management practices, incident escalation standards, and special event security requirements in coordination with school leaders and Defender.
• Administers the Defender contract on the school's behalf; monitors coverage, post orders, officer qualifications and training, performance, incident follow through, invoices, and service levels; documents concerns and coordinates corrective action through Defender's management. Does not exercise employment authority reserved to Defender.
• Establishes access control governance with Maintenance, Information Technology, Human Resources, and senior leadership, including authorization standards, key and credential issuance, inventories, audits, lost key response, code and credential changes, separation procedures, master key controls, and phased modernization of locks and electronic access systems.
• Leads a campus wide safety inspection, hazard reporting, and corrective action program addressing buildings, playgrounds, athletic and event areas, pedestrian and vehicle circulation, construction, contractor activity, severe weather, wildlife, and other foreseeable campus hazards. Assigns corrective actions to the responsible department and tracks them through completion.
• Maintains an annual drill and tabletop exercise calendar; provides age-appropriate training and clear guidance for employees, students, substitutes, coaches, and event personnel; documents participation, observations, deficiencies, and corrective actions; and provides after action reports to school leadership.
• Serves as the principal operational liaison with the school resource officer, other law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, emergency management, and other response partners; maintains current contacts, campus information, emergency access procedures, and response protocols and supports periodic responder familiarization with the campus.
• Coordinates the…