Director of Neighborhood Safety

The Neighborhood Safety Director leads the Neighborhood Safety Department within the Office of Community Safety. It oversees the City's violence prevention/intervention initiatives and other prevention, response, and restoration services needed for community safety delivery in the City. The Neighborhood Safety Director reports to the Community Safety Commissioner, and act as the key City leader on community safety matters that relate to violence prevention/intervention and response options that are not provided by Police and Fire. This position provides service within the Office of Community Safety and collaborates with Police, Fire, 911, and Emergency Management as well as other City departments. This position will work to reduce violence and increase neighborhood safety by using a combination of community engagement and data. This position will work to expand Minneapolis' community safety ecosystem, encouraging collaboration and new solutions to the root causes of safety challenges.

• Develop comprehensive vision for strategies and tactics on community safety matters that are non-law enforcement, non-fire, and non-emergency management related.
• Oversee a department of approximately 20 FTEs that provides services including but not limited to community outreach, gun violence prevention, youth violence, and non-traditional options.
• Develop and lead strategies on violence prevention.
• Manage external relationships with the community.
• City lead for establishing and maintaining relationships with Federal and other national violence prevention partners, technical assistance, experts in violence prevention, and funders.
• Lead the development of innovative strategies and modify existing programs based on community needs and best and promising practices.
• Establish collaborative, effective, and professional relationships with all levels of representatives from other City departments, and external agencies such as the Minneapolis Public Schools, Minneapolis Parks, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Minnesota Department of Health, Hennepin County, local public health agencies, state and federal agencies, leadership from other jurisdictions and levels of government.
• Lead and represent county, state, and federal agencies violence prevention and non-enforcement community safety strategies.
• Oversee the preparation of and present grant applications to initiate or support innovative community-based programs. In addition, seek out funding partnerships for large scale enterprise and department initiatives.
• Direct staff in establishing work priorities and procedures which respond to community needs.
• Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and accountability of program functions and reporting. Ensure that program work is conducted in accordance with grant and city requirements.
• Oversee the development of written and oral reports for policy makers and community members at the state, Federal and local level.
• Keep current with emerging integrated public health and safety findings and best practice approaches.
• Develop and implement measurements and metrics to evaluate program and department effectiveness. Monitor impact of programs on neighborhoods and the community.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree in public health, violence prevention, criminal justice, social work, public administration, public policy, or a related field

Minimum Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of management experience of increasing responsibility in health and/or human service positions with an emphasis in administration, community engagement, stakeholder management, planning, personnel management, program development and evaluation, and budgeting and financial management.

An equivalent combination of related education and experience MAY be considered.

Licenses/Certifications:

None

Selection Process:

The selection process will consist of one or more of the following steps: a rating of relevant education and experience and/or an oral examination (100%). It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. This information will be used to determine which candidates will proceed in the selection process. A submitted application is also used to verify the answers to any supplemental questions. Only those candidates who attain a passing score (70%) on each step in the selection process will be placed on the eligible list. The City of Minneapolis Human Resources Department reserves the right to limit the number in any phase of the selection process.

Drug and Alcohol Testing:
All job applicants must pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol test once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Applicants will be required to sign a notification and consent form prior to undergoing drug and alcohol testing. Applicants who do not consent to undergo drug and alcohol testing will not be required to do so and the City will withdraw the conditional job offer, resulting in the job applicant no longer being considered for the position.

Union Representation:
This position is NOT represented by a collective bargaining agreement between the City of Minneapolis.

Eligible List Statement:
The names of applicants who meet minimum qualification and who pass the screening process shall be placed on the eligible list for employment consideration. This list will be certified to the hiring manager who may use the list to fill a vacancy of the same job title. This eligible list will expire two months after it has been established.

Interview Selection:
The hiring authority reserves the right to determine the maximum number of candidates to interview from the established eligible list. If the hiring authority decides to interview other than by exam score order, they may select additional people to interview based on a candidate's education or experience related to the field, work history, or skills uniquely related to the operational needs of the position.

• Demonstrated blend of strong management and leadership experience including ability to foster a supportive, collaborative, creative, and innovative environment that develops staff capacity.
• Solid communicator with the ability to forge partnerships and collaborations with diverse groups and teams of people at all levels in both the public and private sectors with an emphasis on working collaboratively with City departments to move forward department interests.
• Ability to lead violence prevention work across the city enterprise including working with departments, elected officials and community leaders.
• Demonstrated cultural agility: awareness of, and sensitivity to, the needs and concerns of individuals from different perspectives, cultures, and backgrounds.
• Ability to create a racially equitable work environment: develop policies, practices, and make strategic investments to reverse racial disparity trends, eliminate institutional racism, and ensure that outcomes and opportunities for all people are no longer predictable by race.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large scale projects consisting of implementing multiple programs and interventions in a collaborative, urban environment, particularly with community agencies, health care organizations, schools, health and social service providers, worksites, and federal, state, county, and local levels of government.
• Demonstrated ability to advance organizational and governmental policy at all levels.
• Working knowledge of violence and violence prevention, social determinants of health status, and disparities among subpopulations defined by socioeconomic status or racial or ethnic group.
• Working knowledge of existing evidence-based practices of violence prevention strategies.
• Working knowledge of the community safety ecosystem in which the City and other governmental and non-profit partners provide critical services and resources to members of the public; this includes the City's ongoing work to advance the Minneapolis Safe and Thriving Communities Report.
• Proven ability to manage and complete projects on schedule and within budget.
• Knowledge of grant and contract management requirements.
• Proven ability to successfully obtain in-kind and financial support and sponsorships for a variety of large-scale initiatives.
• Ability to coordinate many simultaneous activities to meet department goals and objectives.
• Ability to work with policy makers.
• Past success working with federal, state, and local jurisdictions.
• Ability to work unconventional hours to respond to community needs and crisis.
• Ability to work with law enforcement and criminal justice systems.
• Ability to launch and grow new programs and services within the department, particularly for violence prevention and new response and restoration services.
• Ability to develop metrics and measurements to assess program and department effectiveness.

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