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Associate Director

Career Family: Public Safety Professional Level: Associate Director
Career Family Job Summary: Jobs in this career family provide a safe and secure environment. Functions include police leadership, police operations, police communications, and emergency management.
Professional Level Job Summary: Associate Directors are responsible for working closely with the Director to manage a department or specific areas of a department. These positions recommend strategy, have responsibility for fiscal and/or human resources and have the authority to act on the Director's behalf.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • A bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field from an accredited institution. 
  • Five (5) years of related professional experience of related professional experience in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field.
  • Optional Substitution: Related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree or terminal degree  in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field from an accredited institution. 
  • Six (6) years of related professional experience of related professional experience in business administration, public administration, public relations, emergency management, homeland security, city/regional planning, or a directly related field from an accredited institution. 
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally. 
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution. 
  • Demonstrate a commitment to providing outstanding customer service skills.
  • Demonstrate an exceptional understanding of access and engagement with a commitment to developing equitable practices. 
  • Ability to perform duties independently without guidance and direction from other professionals. 
  • Ability to articulate the University's mission and the importance of the strategic plan 
  • Ability to manage ambiguous situations and/or information and translate them into results 
  • Ability to demonstrate exceptional management and leadership qualities
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously while maintaining a high attention to detail 
  • Ability to effectively plan and establish program goals and objectives 
  • Demonstrate progressive supervisory qualities.
Supervision Exercised: No cap on supervision exercised. Should not supervise a higher professional level position.
Salary: Grade 9
FLSA Status: Exempt
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