Penn State Job Catalog

Additional levels that exist for this job profile can be seen below.

Police Managers oversee the overall operation, management, and administration of University law enforcement and safety services; supervise staff and/or a major program area; evaluate needs and develops strategies; organize, implement and maintain effective programs for public safety and security initiatives; lead employees and provide professional expertise through coaching and mentoring; ensure that established standards of continuous quality improvement are met and provide leadership for outstanding customer service at all levels of the organization; define goals and assess resources needed to attain them; implement policies and procedures; communicate regularly with other work units as well as community police and emergency responders to ensure good community relations.

• Oversee all public safety operations under assigned Command including budget management, policy development, compliance, daily operations, and resource allocation
• Supervise all staff of both sworn and non-sworn personnel under Command; recommend staffing changes; evaluate candidates; conduct background investigations; evaluate employee performance and provide training and development opportunities
• Coordinate all operations of the police force including complaint investigations, disciplinary process, hiring, promotion, authorizing vacation requests, reviewing employee timecards, interpreting, and communicating laws and policies, assuring staff comply with established laws and policies, and assisting with the development and delivery of training and case management
• Represent the department on appropriate committees and law enforcement agencies
• Perform all duties of Police Officers when needed
• Conduct and manage investigations involving employee conduct
• Complete special projects to include policy development, VIP special event planning and security operations, and specialized research for initiatives being considered by the department as assigned
• Provide administrative oversight for all facets of the daily operations of assigned district, ensure compliance with the University, state and federal laws, policies, regulations, and CALEA accreditation standards.
• Responsible for planning and coordinating police services for emergency operations
• Coordinate with Public Safety Directors all Police & Public Safety Operations under Command

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 18
• Minimum – $163,000.00
• MidPoint – $207,800.00
• Maximum – $252,700.00