Chief of Police
Job Description
Full job description
Title: Chief of Police
Agency: Southside Va Community College
Location: Brunswick - 025
FLSA: Nonexempt
Hiring Range: Minimum $56,051, commensurate with experience and qualifications
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
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Job Description:
Thank you for considering employment with Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC). We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that enhances our status as a recognized Great College to Work For by the Chronicle of Higher Education for 12 years! With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity for all students, SVCC embraces diversity among our students, faculty, staff and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state and a call to action for a better future.
SVCC is located in a rural setting of rolling hills, pine and hardwood forests, and farmland. There is easy access to nearby metropolitan Richmond, Virginia, the state’s capital, as well as Raleigh, North Carolina, and Lynchburg, Virginia. The area is famous for its two lakes, Gaston and Kerr, and a multitude of state and national parks which offer recreational opportunities such as fishing, boating, skiing, jet-skiing, hiking, horseback riding, picnics, and relaxation. The area also offers sports arenas for baseball, softball, soccer and beautiful golf courses. There are cultural activities including various theaters and arts councils offering concerts, plays, and live entertainment, and there are many local festivals held throughout the year.
SVCC is located in a rural setting of rolling hills, pine and hardwood forests, and farmland. There is easy access to nearby metropolitan Richmond, Virginia, the state’s capital, as well as Raleigh, North Carolina, and Lynchburg, Virginia. The area is famous for its two lakes, Gaston and Kerr, and a multitude of state and national parks which offer recreational opportunities such as fishing, boating, skiing, jet-skiing, hiking, horseback riding, picnics, and relaxation. The area also offers sports arenas for baseball, softball, soccer and beautiful golf courses. There are cultural activities including various theaters and arts councils offering concerts, plays, and live entertainment, and there are many local festivals held throughout the year.
Job Description:
Interested in providing campus safety to a Community College?
SVCC is seeking a Chief of Police to provide campus safety through coordinated police operations, communication with stakeholders, strategically allocating resources, and complying with all regulations.
Some of the duties include, but are not limited to:
Interested in providing campus safety to a Community College?
SVCC is seeking a Chief of Police to provide campus safety through coordinated police operations, communication with stakeholders, strategically allocating resources, and complying with all regulations.
Some of the duties include, but are not limited to:
- Coordinate and manage the department's police and public safety program at all Southside Virginia Community College locations
- Develop and provide appropriate personnel training to ensure the college is proactive and compliant with public safety requirements
- Make independent decisions to ensure continuity of police services
- Manage operations and provide supervision of personnel
- Establish departmental goals and objectives
- Maintain positive relationships with other law enforcement agencies
- Build collaborative relations with other college departments
- Serve as Emergency Coordination Officer
- Keep college administration informed of major issues
- Provide safety and security services to the college community
- Enforce laws and college policies
- Ability to function under stress
- Valid driver’s license
- CPR/First Aid / AED certified
- Effective communication skills
- Supervisory and management experience in law enforcement
- Budget and expense management knowledge
- Working knowledge of law enforcement
procedures and techniques - Customer service and community policing knowledge
- Firearm and vehicle operation skills
- Ability to give instructions and explain policies
- Report writing capability
- Clean criminal background check
- Certification as a police officer
- 5 years of supervisory law enforcement experience.
- Training in law enforcement management and crisis response
- Personnel management experience
- Assist students, staff, faculty and visitors as needed
- Experience working with racially, economically and age-diverse individuals
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in a multi-location environment preferred
- Academic environment experience preferred
- VCIN / NCIC certification preferred
- Basic computer, records management, and NIMS / ICS knowledge preferred
Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer
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