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Global Safety

The Global Safety Manager oversees the University's international travel risk management framework, ensuring that global travel policies and procedures reflect best practices in health, safety, and security; oversees the Global Safety Office; leads the University's 24/7 international emergency response operations; provides strategic direction for programs and systems that support the safety of students, faculty, and staff traveling abroad; interacts with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including senior administrators, faculty, students, partner organizations, and the University's international insurance providers.

• Lead, mentor, and supervise employees; oversee team operations, staffing needs, professional development, and performance management
• Serve as a subject matter expert on international health, safety, and security risk
• Develop strategic recommendations and advise University leadership on policy updates, mitigation strategies, and procedures for complex global travel challenges
• Coordinate and conduct travel risk assessments for study abroad programs, non-credit experiences, fieldwork, conferences, and other University-affiliated international activities
• Lead the University's 24/7 international emergency response; advise senior leadership on emergency action plans, response protocols, and traveler support measures
• Coordinate emergency communication and response efforts with external partners, including the University's international emergency medical and security assistance provider
• Develop, implement, and maintain global operations policies, best practices, and procedures designed to support safe and compliant University-affiliated international travel
• Manage the restricted travel exception request workflow and communications with travelers, faculty leaders, administrators, and other stakeholders
• Collaborate with Penn State IT regarding the maintenance and enhancement of international travel systems used to record and monitor international travel; ensure alignment of travel-related systems and practices with institutional policies, regulatory requirements, and global safety standards
• Develop workshops, presentations, and informational materials on global travel health, safety, and security; may conduct pre-departure orientations and risk-related trainings for students, faculty, and staff
• Engage with academic units, program leaders, and University stakeholders to promote safe travel practices; collaborate with stakeholders across the University to ensure integrated and effective risk management practices
• Develop multilateral in-country representation proposals, regional strategy planning, and provide support to strategic partner initiatives and for global agreements
• Represent Penn State Global on committees, working groups, and project teams related to international travel, emergency management, and global operations

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 13
• Minimum – $86,300.00
• MidPoint – $107,900.00
• Maximum – $129,500.00