Assistant Director, Police Academy

FLSA Status

Exempt

Earliest Start Date

Immediately

Salary

Salary commensurate with experience

Hours per Week

40 hours weekly

Hiring Department

Police

Required Application Materials

A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

About Us

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's thirteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

Purpose of Position

Assists the Executive Director of Police in guiding and supervising all aspects of law enforcement activities throughout the U. T. System. Responsible for the organization and oversight of all programs, services, and activities related to the Police Academy and Criminal Justice program, including teaching responsibilities, for the Office of the Director of Police (ODOP).

Essential Functions

• Law Enforcement Strategy Formation : Lead the development and implementation of strategy for the Office of the Director of Police, anticipating complex law enforcement issues, challenges, and opportunities and ensuring integration with wider functional strategy.
• Leadership and Direction : Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the Academy's strategy within the Office of the Director of Police; explain the relationship to the broader UT System's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these tenets and do extraordinary things to achieve goals.
• Budgeting : Manage budget plans for the Office of the Director of Police. May involve development or delivery or both.
• Policy Development and Implementation : Develop functional or operational law enforcement policies and help develop policy frameworks for the Office of the Director of Police. Take responsibility for creating underlying procedures and monitoring their implementation.
• Policies and Procedures Development : Develop law enforcement policies, procedures, and related guidelines for UT System and its institutions, ensuring compliance with external requirements and integration with the broader UT System law enforcement policy framework.
• Improvement / Innovation : Initiate, formulate, and implement new law enforcement practices within a specific discipline while managing the development and / or delivery of a significant element of the UT System's change management program.
• Business Planning : Develop and propose annual plans for the Office of the Director of Police, ensuring alignment with strategy. Recommend financial and headcount budgets; propose targets, schedule key activities / projects, ensuring integration with other elements of the department.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Identify and manage stakeholders up to and including leadership level, finding out their needs, issues, and concerns and reacting to them by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of information and decisions.
• Performance Management : Manage and report on performance within the Office of the Director of Police; set appropriate performance goals for direct reports and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual goals.
• Organization Structure : Contribute to the definition of department structure by recommending reporting lines, identifying interfaces between elements of the department, and proposing roles and responsibilities, to align with the UT System structure and principles.
• Organizational Capability Building : Evaluate the capabilities of staff within the department to identify gaps and prioritize development activities. Implement the UT System's development frameworks within the area of responsibility. Coach and mentor others to support the development of the department's talent pool.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Working Conditions

Additional Information

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to a minimum of 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. Participation in TRS is mandatory.

A background check will be conducted on candidates under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following : criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request form the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.

EO / AA Statement

The University of Texas System Administration is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu .