Assistant Director, Police Academy

Immediately

Salary commensurate with experience

40 hours weekly

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.

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.

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).

• 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.

• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Accurately defines the key elements of complex, ambiguous situations.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Pays attention to others' input and perspectives, asks questions, and summarizes to confirm understanding.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. Equips others to handle day-to-day tasks effectively on their own. Integrates systems to improve quality and service.
• Strategic Mindset: Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies. Effectively integrates long-term opportunities and challenges with day-to-day activities.
• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders. Works to identify all relevant issues and satisfy the interests of multiple stakeholders during the decision-making process.
• Builds Effective Teams: Builds strong-identity teams that apply their skills and perspectives to achieve common goals. Champions the decisions of the team and operates in a way that builds team spirit.

• Doctoral/JD and 8 years of experience, OR
• Master's degree and 8 years of experience
• 3 years of supervisory experience
• Peace Officer License
• Master certification issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education

• Doctoral
• Certified TCOLE instructor
• Experience with Canvas learning management system
• Academic or policy academy teaching experience
• Prior rank of Lieutenant or above

• Driving of UT owned vehicle required.
• Driving is required and an essential part of the position.
• Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished).
• May work in extreme temperatures.
• May work in all weather conditions.
• May work around standard office conditions.
• May work around biohazards.
• May work around chemicals.
• May work around electrical and/or mechanical hazards.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
• Use of manual dexterity.
• Climbing of stairs.
• Climbing of ladders
• Lifting and moving objects.
• Uses standard office equipment
• 10% Travel
• Requires occasional evening or weekend hours

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.

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.