Associate Director of Security

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Associate Director of Security is part of the Operations Leadership Team and reports to the Chief Operating and Financial Officer. The Associate Director of Security must possess detailed knowledge of current security issues within an independent school setting. This role is responsible for developing, refining and updating the safety and security policies of the school in areas related to crisis management, campus safety and risk management, and security operations. The Associate Director of Security must also be well versed in using technology as a security and risk management tool.

Key Responsibilities and Job Expectations:

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Building relationships with campus leaders to plan for and manage safety and security matters, including patrols of school buildings and grounds.
• Maintaining a visible and welcoming presence during student arrival, dismissal, events, and transitions. Coordinating this work with the Director of Community Outreach and administrators who are managing events.
• Responding to alarms, disturbances, and other security-related incidents, taking appropriate action and notifying relevant personnel during and outside of school hours.
• Managing the CrisisGo alert system, including training school employees, creating manuals and guides, and ensuring that the data captured within the system is operating properly.
• Leading the crisis management program across the campus locations.
• Collaborating with local emergency responders and public safety officials to coordinate drills, including fire drills, and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Participating in risk assessments, incident reviews, and recommending improvements to campus infrastructure and operations.
• Monitoring compliance with school safety policies and contributing to the policy updates as needed.
• Leveraging functionality within the Security Help Desk work order system and Veracross, as well as the school’s employee and student information system, to manage the various functions of this position.
• Managing security technology, including access controls, alarm systems, communication devices, and security cameras.
• Administering card key access and key access systems.
• Organizing, planning, and executing projects related to Safety and Security.
• Administrative tasks, such as managing budgets, maintaining security logs, incident reports, and other records.
• Serve as an on-call administrator for emergency situations with the ability to respond to BB&N campuses within 15 minutes during non-working hours.

Skills and Competencies:

• Presentation of self as a leader within the school community, a person others look to for advice and a sense of calm who is even-headed during emergency situations. .

• Commitment to build on one’s own and teams’ proficiency in the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion goals.

• Highly developed interpersonal skills to work effectively with and supervise a diverse group of people, including faculty, students, staff and other community members.

• A professional and resourceful style with the ability to work independently and as a team player, to take initiative and manage multiple tasks and projects at one time.

• Represent the institution positively to all internal and external constituents.

• Contribute positively to the overall morale of people within the institution.

• Flexibility with work schedule as this position may require evening and weekend work.

• Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and foster relationships internally and externally.

• Proficiency with computers and working knowledge of Excel, Word and Google applications and ability to learn and use access software used by BB&N..

Qualifications:

• Ten or more years of Security or Law Enforcement or similar experience.

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Security, Criminal Justice or Emergency Management.

• Valid Massachusetts drivers license.

• First Aid and CPR certification.

About Buckingham Browne & Nichols:

Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Buckingham Browne & Nichols is a day school that engages students in grades Pre-K through 12 in a rich and invigorating educational experience of the highest quality. The school excels at helping students discover their unique talents and passions and develop those strengths to the fullest. The curriculum is challenging, forward-thinking, innovative, and flexible, designed to help qualified students, from a range of backgrounds and with a wide spectrum of talents and interests, reach new levels of accomplishment. Co-curricular opportunities in athletics, the arts, community service, and other areas add important dimensions to students’ learning. Students learn on three age- and developmentally-appropriate campuses. At every grade, BB&N takes full advantage of the range of opportunities its locations afford.

BB&N is committed to becoming an anti-racist institution. This commitment is integral to the mission and vision of the School. BB&N’s mission is to promote scholarship, integrity, and kindness in diverse, curious, and motivated students. The School prepares students for lives of principled engagement in their communities and the world. At BB&N, we value a diverse and inclusive community that fosters respect for the identities and perspectives of all. The different perspectives and experiences of our students define the fabric of our community and contribute to the growth of the individuals who call BB&N their alma mater and shape the classroom and extracurricular experiences. To have classmates and friends who are different from oneself, to come to truly know the background, experiences, and beliefs of a new friend is to learn more deeply about oneself and our world. There is no more important attribute in the preparation for global citizenship.

The vibrancy and vitality we feel in the classrooms, hallways, stages, and playing fields of BB&N derive from the people who are here. At its root are the varied interests and experiences, the different backgrounds, cultures, religions, views, and perspectives that our students and faculty bring to their classes and families bring to myriad activities. Each of us adds to the richness of another’s experience. Working and playing together teaches us lifelong lessons about appreciating, knowing and understanding, and learning from each other.