The Department provides 24-hour, 7 days a week safety and security services to the District's students, staff, visitors, and physical assets. The span of control for this position varies depending on the specific assignment. Campus safety span of control is sergeants, campus safety and administrative personnel. Operations span of control is sergeants, armed patrol officers. The lieutenant will provide leadership, command, coordination, and management of their assigned team. Depending on assignment within the Department of Climate Safety under the direction of the Department's Deputy Chief and Commander for Campus Safety.

 

This position will require the applicant to carry a firearm while on duty. Provides emergency response and supervisor oversight for all Department of Climate and Safety (DoCS) personnel as necessary. The position will also address any issues that could potentially negatively impact any division within the DoCS and communicate and collaborate with school leaders on site-based safety and security issues.

 

This position ensures that scheduling, assignments, evaluations, and standards of service are conducted and adhered to. The person in this role assists the Deputy Chief and Commander in planning and training for the division.

• Ensures all levels of the assigned division staff comply with the District and Department policies, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements. This includes compliance with existing local, state, or federal laws and ordinances pertaining to unlawful activities on or about school properties. Ensures that the applicable standards of service requirements are adhered to by all staff, including campus safety officers, patrol officers, and sergeants
• In conjunction with the Training Sergeant, oversee and coordinate new hire training and annual in-service training for all new and existing staff. Assist as needed with coordinating the Safe Routes to Schools Program and participates in the Traffic Safety Task Force consortium with the City and County of Denver
• Responsible for the oversight and management of the assigned Division within the DoCS. Take supervisory charge, overseeing and directing the activities of all DoCS staff during critical incidents while on duty or as directed. Ensuring assigned sergeants are directing, reviewing, and following up on daily officer functions such as preparing and submitting reports, time sheets, and other necessary documentation for daily activities
• Develop effective and harmonious working relationships and active partnerships with law enforcement and other emergency services. All members of the DoCs will be involved in coordinating, communicating, and managing department activities with other internal/ external stakeholders and the district's physical assets
• Complete personnel performance evaluations fairly and consistently and within departmental or district guidelines
• Assists the DoCS leadership in various administrative functions, i.e., develop, improve, and implement policies, procedures, and processes for the assigned division. Perform other duties and accept additional assignments and responsibilities as requested\
• Ensure the compilation of accurate statistical and other data that may be required. This will include, but not be limited to, activity statistics, incident analysis, time sheets, and other pertinent data related to the effective management of personnel and programs
• Maintain availability during the off-duty time for consultation or callout due to emergencies impacting the District and unforeseen circumstances. Ensure appropriate staffing levels to maintain the district-wide deployment of personnel resources as directed by DoCS Leadership and the organization's needs
• Serve as a member of the Department's command and management team. Respond as necessary to requests for safety and security assistance from individual schools/sites and assume supervisory control of safety personnel

 

Shared Core values 

As a values-based organization, achieve goals through our shared commitment to Students First, Integrity, Equity, Collaboration, Accountability and Fun.

 

The Leadership Investment Framework for Talent (LIFT) 

The LIFT framework is comprised of five (5) main competency groups (called LIFT Drivers), which are integrated into every Essential Function. The "LIFT Evaluation Category" (or Level) for this position's category is specified above. The Core Competencies Evaluation (CCE) framework includes one additional category identified below.

 

1. P&V Personal & Values

2 V&S Vision & Strategy

3 O&O Operational & Organizational

4 P&C People & Culture

5 C&E Community & Equity

6 P&P Policy & Procedure (CCE only)

 

For more details about DPS growth and performance systems (LIFT & CCE) - click here 

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

• Operational excellence: manage and work with respective teams to implement policies, procedures, programs and initiatives that pertain to their functional unit. Set clear goals, organize work plans, and divide work accordingly. Assure adherence to daily operational items, such as budgets, schedules, and performance. Lift Driver-Vision & Strategy.

• Program management: apply managerial thinking and decision making to deliver results and ensure project/team success. Provides leadership to teams in their area of responsibility:
• Problem analysis: solve for problems, including defining, tackling and mitigating issues or situations. Map or assess situations, formulate options and provide guidance within a defined latitude.
  Measure success: establish targets, analyze performance and follow up to ensure achievement plan is attainable. 
  Process improvement: analyze past trends, identify gaps, and understand district to provide recommendations.
  Complexity & discretion: work on issues that require thorough analysis; apply discretion for decisions that could impact short term goals. Uses set guidance, policies and procedures to make decisions and address operational challenges. Lift Driver-Operational & Organizational / Personal & Values.
• Communication: collaborate with other functions, peers and teams. Gain credibility and cooperation across the organization. Convey progress and goal results with functional areas. Conduct trainings, present findings & materials and other deliverables. Lift Driver-Community & Equity.
• Team management: improves team performance through coaching, feedback and mentoring. Entrust and motivate direct reports by providing direction, and facilitate skill building. Lift Driver-People & Culture.

 

What You’ll Need:

Education - Minimum:

• Bachelor's or relevant work experience (Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in related discipline)

Education - Preferred:

• Master's Degree

Experience

• 7+ years of verifiable full time supervisory experience in law enforcement or multi-task security operations

Licensure & Certifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a City and County of Denver Merchant Guard License and/or Denver Code Enforcement Authorization.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities 

Required

• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations
• Strong organizational and analytic skills and strong attention to detail
• Self-starter/leader who can anticipate department needs in a proactive (versus, reactive) manner
• Ability to develop and interpret data and manage resources
• Ability to motivate and influence others
• Ability to effectively lead a team
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Suite and Google Workspace
• Ability to multi-task and juggle management of several high-priority projects in parallel
• High degree of integrity in handling confidential information
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to lead a high-performing team
• Knowledge of industrial or school emergency response and reporting systems
• Ability to work any shift, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including working holidays and days where the District is closed due weather or other circumstances
• Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in our community, along with believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education. 
• Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us.  
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position.

Preferred

• Possess high level of knowledge of criminal justice system, local, state, and federal laws and ordinances and the ability to work closely with all persons responsible for enforcement.
• Complete knowledge of duties and responsibilities of Campus Security Officers
• Familiar with all operational procedures and policies of the department and the base functions of other divisions and units of the department.
• Possess a very high degree of positive work and professional ethics and dependability
• Must demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able and willing to take physical control of persons who are committing crimes against others while on school district property.
• Ability to interact with diverse customer populations and workforce and to mitigate potentially volatile situations.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct thorough preliminary investigations including interviews of victims and witnesses, recognition and collection of evidence, and accurate report writing and documentation of information received.
• Familiarity with the geographic boundaries of the School District and a good working knowledge of all buildings.
• Ability to apply independent thinking to decision making within confines of established procedures.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions.

• Bilingual in Spanish

   
   
  Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or any other status protected by law or regulations. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
   
  Students First. Integrity. Equity. Collaboration. Accountability. Fun

   

 

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.  

DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth.  Learn more at dpsk12.org.