Securing the City (STC) Program Director
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Boston Police Headquarters - 1 Schroeder Plaza
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- A Master’s degree or higher in political science, public policy, public health, psychology or behavioral sciences, sociology, criminology, international affairs, international security, emergency prep
- Knowledge and understanding of DHS policy and related regulations.
- Prior experience supporting DHS, particularly in a field setting and in collaborating and working with community partners or law enforcement.
- Prior experience in branding and public engagement, operations and management support, business process improvement, and communications strategy skills.
Full description
Overview
This is a temporary, grant-funded position.
The City of Boston strives to prevent acts of terrorism and targeted violence by engaging communities and law enforcement stakeholders at the national and local-level through education, awareness, training, and grant programs to build a safe, thriving City. The Boston Police Department (BPD) aims to leverage community members to help prevent individuals from mobilizing to violence before it becomes a law enforcement matter.
BPD is actively hiring a Program Director to provide professional support services to local field staff. The successful candidates will support the City of Boston in designing and implementing violence prevention activities.
Under the direction of the Boston Police Department Office of Homeland Security (DHS), the Securing the Cities (STC) Program Director is responsible for assisting with the creation, implementation, and management of the STC program to ensure compliance with grant mandates and provide solutions to any conflicts or contingencies that may arise within each of the STC committees. This position will assist the BPD Office of Homeland Security to provide region-wide leadership and administration of all STC initiatives in federal homeland security grants awarded to the City of Boston, in direct support of BPD homeland security strategies.
The Program Director supports local field staff and may provide:
- Operational support for local field staff implementing a violence prevention framework.
- Expertise relating to Counterterrorism (CT)/Countering Violent Extremism (CVE).
- Stakeholder relationship management.
- Conference facilitation and public engagement support.
- Digital communications, operations and strategy support.
The STC initiative is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program that will provide nuclear/radiological detection equipment and training to prevent, mitigate, and recover from an incident where this type of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is utilized.
The successful candidate will be required to travel when necessary.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the Securing the City (STC) regional subcommittees, governance structure, and processes to ensure effective program implementation and attainment of STC program goals.
- Establish business rules for effectively and efficiently conducting STC program-related business among the STC regional partners.
- Establish standard processes for drafting, routing, and review of all STC documents at the subcommittee level and ensure that they are followed by all participating agencies/members.
- Identify tasks and sub-tasks associated with each element in the STC Implementation Schedule and provide the CWMD STC PM with a list of these tasks/subtasks and status on a monthly basis.