Job Description
This role is responsible for the overall research, review, and evaluation of community policing programs, strategies, initiatives, procedures, and operations. In addition, this person will advise and assist the Chief of Police or designee in creating, integrating and modernizing the policing Police Department.
In this position, you will serve as a part of the Police Department’s senior management team while working on assignments including areas of program or operational responsibility, which may include working with interdepartmental groups, a citizen task force, councilors, consultants, and/or individual staff. You will also act as a liaison to the LGBTQIA+ community, communities of color, and other designated communities within the City of Raleigh and serve as a liaison to the RPD Interfaith Community Ambassadors for Responsible Engagement (ICARE) team. Also in this role, you will communicate and work with c itizens, officials and employees of other departments, other units of government and agencies and divisions to discuss and implement long term sustainable goals.
The ideal candidate for this position possesses exceptional people skills and the ability to bring opposing groups together for measurable outcomes. Additionally, the ideal candidate is a self-starter who is able to operate with little supervision but understands the necessity of relentless follow up and strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepares grants processing and conducts staff studies to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of community policing procedures, operations, and programs
- Reviews departmental statements of objectives and assists in developing performance and productivity standards
- Analyzes community police programs and operations while preparing recommendations to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness
- Research benchmark strategies that help develop the Raleigh Police Department Community Policing initiative
- Prepare written reports for the Police Chief or designee regarding programs relative to community initiatives and partnerships
- Facilitates community meetings to gather information that direct strategies and resources
- Compiles social, economic, and crime data for use in the planning function
Typical Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in criminal justice, law enforcement or social work and two years of directly related experience
OR
An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation.
Licensing and Certifications:
- Valid North Carolina Driver’s License Class C or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire
Additional Information
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Exercises independent judgment and initiative in accomplishing assigned objectives
- Develops initiatives and strategies which relate to community issues that help improve the quality of life
- Ability to implement team approach to community initiatives
ADA and Other Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require: fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
Sedentary Work:
Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Working Conditions:
Work is routinely performed in an indoor, office environment.