Director Public Safety - Center City

The Director of Public safety provides oversight and leadership for the Public Safety functions, to include security, and emergency management for the Center City academic medical center, university, and supporting hospitals. Coordinates overall public safety for the Center City campus areas in partnership with academic/clinical leaders, local authorities having jurisdiction, students and community stakeholders to assure that safety is addressed in a comprehensive and strategic manner. Leads, plans, organizes and directs the administrative and operational functions and activities of the Center City defined areas of Public Safety, which includes physical security, campus investigations, and emergency preparedness. Ensures enforcement of all regulations, policies and procedures essential to a safe and secure campus and hospital environment. Provides enterprise support to the Senior Director and VP of Public Safety for strategy development and program planning. Directs the daily operations and oversees investigations of Jefferson Security Department. Maintains liaison with law enforcement agencies, community organizations, civic groups, etc.

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson
• Supervises, leads security department to include, structure development, strategic planning, shift management and ensures officer deployment is effective and efficient. Ensures that policy, post orders and protocols are reviewed and developed to maintain a safe and secure campus environment. Sets objective attainable goals for the security team.
• Chairs the Security amp; workplace violence sub-committee and serves as a member of the EOC committee. Coordinates with chairs of EOC and Emergency Management Committees to ensure department readiness and supports committee missions. Prepares Hazard Vulnerability Assessments are conducted, and mitigation strategies are implemented. Ensures departmental preparedness for civil disturbance, strike, bomb threat, etc... Makes safety recommendations as appropriate.
• Oversees the hiring of qualified personnel. Develops and oversees training program for initial training of new staff, and on-going training of existing staff. Ensures documents related to training programs are in order and long-range objectives for staff awareness, professional development and retention are realized.
• Manages the security, administrative and support staff departmental budgets and controls the expenditure of funds for related cost centers.
• Monitors internal investigations. Directs the activity of Security internal investigators and reviews all investigations. Coordinates investigative conclusions with Director of Investigations, university/hospital attorneys and risk management.
• Develops good relationships between university/hospital, law enforcement agencies and external public safety organizations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Senior Director

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-10 yearsrsquo; experience in proprietary Security, preferably in a healthcare environment.
• Bachelorrsquo;s Degree in related field required.
• Master#39;s degree preferred. Emergency Management or Disaster Preparedness experience.

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jeffersonrsquo;s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow#39;s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educashy;tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.