Safety Director jobs in Texas

The Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) is an official university-level research center at Texas State University. The TxSSC is tasked in Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code and the Governor’s Homeland Security Strategic Plan with key school safety initiatives and mandates. The TxSSC serves as the clearinghouse for the dissemination of safety and security information through research, training, and technical assistance for K-12 schools and junior colleges throughout the state of Texas. As a result, Texas has become a national leader in school safety practices and is relied upon for assistance and guidance from jurisdictions throughout the nation.

The TxSSC welcomes applicants for the position of Associate Director of School Safety Readiness who have extensive leadership and supervisory experience within an organization that serves at the local, state, or federal level. This position will be responsible for effectively implementing and overseeing the statewide review of multi-hazard emergency operations plans for all school districts, open-enrollment charter districts and junior community colleges in Texas. This position will also be responsible for effectively implementing and overseeing the statewide data collection and reporting of safety and security audit data for all school districts, open-enrollment charter districts and junior community colleges in Texas. Further, this position will be responsible for effectively implementing and overseeing the Texas School Safety and Security Consultant Registry and other duties as assigned to this leadership role for the TxSSC.

Job Duties

• A successful applicant must be able to support the implementation of the Texas School Safety Center mission and vision, manage the daily operations of the School Safety Readiness Division and meet critical deadlines. This position must be able to set and achieve data-driven strategic objectives, develop and ensure adherence to organizational standard operating procedures, develop evaluation and improvement systems, ensure all performance measures are met or exceeded, and communicate/report performance data to the Director, funders, and other stakeholders as needed.
• The Associate Director of School Safety Readiness will work directly with the Associate Director of Training and Education to develop training and resources that will assist school districts with successfully meeting school safety compliance measures. This position will be responsible for working directly with the Associate Director of Information Technology to help with development and continuous improvements strategies of internal systems to facilitate the statewide review of emergency operations plans and the Texas School Safety and Security Consultant Registry. Additionally, this position will be responsible for working with other Associate Directors at the TxSSC to ensure organizational policies and procedures are followed.
• Additionally, this role may entail performing other duties as assigned to support the needs of the team and organization.
• This position will also represent the TxSSC at various stakeholder meetings and/or presentations such as partner state agencies and school districts as needed. In addition, this position will support the Director in effectively representing the TxSSC in all external communications to the public.
• This position will be responsible for leading and supervising staff. Finally, this position will support the Director in achieving the mission of the TxSSC and legislatively prescribed mandates.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working in an educational setting or with government agencies for a minimum of 5 years
• Demonstrated experience supervising staff for a minimum of 5 years.
• Demonstrated experience in developing resources and training for schools in emergency operations planning.
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering training for adult audiences.
• Demonstrated experience working in the field of compliance at the local, state, or federal level.
• Demonstrated experience in project management.
• Demonstrated experience managing various projects simultaneously and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience in understanding and interpreting complex laws, policies, rules, or regulations.
• Demonstrated high attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience in data collection and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in using MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated strong written, verbal, and public speaking skills.
• Master’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of state and federal agencies, policies, and priorities related to school safety.
• Training and practice in team resolution or conflict management.
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing a statewide initiative or program.
• Demonstrated experience in understanding program design and delivery, program analysis, organizational development, and instructional design.

Additional Information to Applicants

• Occasional overnight travel for various meetings and/or presentations with stakeholders in Texas.
• This position is in-person at our San Marcos location with up to 30 days of remote work allowed per fiscal year.
• You will be required to give a 10–15-minute presentation on a topic of your choice related to school-based emergency management planning.

Position closes 6/7/24.

To apply visit https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/46996.