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Grand Canyon Education, Inc.

Senior Manager of Public Safety Communications and Real-Time Operations Center

Grand Canyon Education, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, United States


Primary Responsibilities /Accountabilities/ Essential Functions:

  • Manages all full-time and part-time dispatch staff by assigning/directing work, conducting employee evaluation, staff training and development, and taking appropriate disciplinary/corrective actions for subordinate personnel.
  • Manages all permanent and temporary staff assigned to the RTOC.
  • Monitors activity on GCU property using campus security cameras and systems from a central location.
  • Watches for irregularities, such as security breaches, emergency situations, crimes in progress and facility and safety hazards.
  • Leverages technology to act as a force multiplier for the Public Safety Department.
  • Coordinates response of police and security personnel based on real-time information gleaned from security camera and other systems.
  • Maintains awareness of calls for service to track evolving situations, identify possible suspects and suspect vehicles, locate fleeing suspects, and relay information when necessary.
  • Provides information and documentation to Public Safety management on shift activity and special issues.
  • Serves as department ACIJIS System Security Officer (SSO) and performs all necessary duties and audits to ensure compliance.
  • Develop policies and procedures, short- and long-term objectives.
  • Analyze workflow, data and technology including existing or new communications technologies/methods and budgetary proposals and makes written and verbal recommendations to improve efficiency.
  • Communicate with outside agency personnel, and other emergency service providers to ensure proper emergency services to the GCU community and compliance with communications procedures/regulations.
  • Work collaboratively with surrounding law enforcement agencies.
  • Completes required paperwork, evidence impounds, etc.
  • Creates investigative support material, such as Photographic Line-ups, Crime Bulletins, Fliers, etc.
  • Impounds property or evidence by following Impound Procedures in Public Safety Department policy manual.
  • Creates, updates, or maintains spreadsheets, timelines, or other digital records of largescale or high-profile investigations.
  • Attends court hearings for the purpose of testifying to job duties, reports, etc.
  • Maintain confidentiality and security of sensitive information and other records.
  • Works cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
  • Performs other related duties as required.
Equipment Used and Responsibility
  • Records Management System (RMS)
  • Surveillance camera system
  • License Plate Reader (LPR)
  • Access control systems
  • 2-way radio system
  • Emergency Notification System
  • University databases
  • ACJIS
  • MS Office suite
Supervisory Responsibilities

This position will manage a team of Communications Supervisors, Dispatchers and RTOC staffing.

Experience/ Education
  • High school diploma or G.E.D.
  • Retired or prior law enforcement dispatch/RTOC supervisory experience preferred.
  • Possess technical knowledge and understands relationships between disparate but relevant investigative software packages.
  • Possession of, or ability to obtain after hire an Arizona Terminal Operator Certification (TOC) Level A.
  • Must pass pre-employment background investigation.
Physical Requirements:
  • Sitting: 6-7 hours a day
  • Standing: 1-2 hours a day
  • Walking: 1-2 hours a day
  • Lifting: Occasionally
  • Carrying: Rarely
  • Pushing: Rarely
  • Bending: Occasionally
  • Squatting: Rarely
  • Kneeling: Rarely
  • Climbing: Rarely
  • Reaching: Occasionally
  • Grasping: Frequently
  • Fine Eye to Hand Coordination: Continuously
  • Driving: Rarely
  • Work Environment: Office building on site. Work performed is primarily inside, subject to variations in temperature and weather, equipment noise and dust.