Job Description

Description

Manager, Corporate Security

Competition Number

2023-053

Job Code

1437

Posting Date

May 15, 2023

Closing Date

May 28, 2023 (at 6:00pm)

Job Status

Permanent Full-Time

The City of Kitchener is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 270,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighbourhoods, its digital infrastructure and its diverse economy.

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Position Overview:

The Manager, Corporate Security is responsible for the overall safety and security services for all City of Kitchener employees, Council members, and members of the public visiting City facilities. In this position, you will be responsible for providing policy advice, creating corporate strategies and plans, and recommending actions to advance organization-wide security initiatives. You will be responsible for corporate strategic initiatives and projects to improve on service delivery, address complex and emerging issues, and facilitate progress on the strategic priorities for the City.

Responsibilities:

• Directly supervises the work of corporate security supervisor and provides leadership, guidance and advice to security staff.
• Reviews increasing security service level requirements due to growth and changing circumstances and provides short term and long-term solutions. Engages with various internal and external stake holders to understand changing and growing security needs to be able to develop long term strategic solutions.
• Attends various high level issues management meetings with internal and external stakeholders, provides higher levels of management advice and/or follows up on actions stemming for these discussions.
• Responsible for management of all Corporate Emergency Procedures and sub-processes as well as related communication and training (i.e. Floor Wardens, Emergency Evacuation, Emergency Response and Communication).
• Fire and Life Safety systems management.
• Develops agreements for temporary evacuation shelters in coordination with internal stakeholders as well as external stakeholders requesting to use City Facilities as temporary evacuation shelter.
• Provides guidance to Project Managers on construction projects as a subject matter expert. Projects include new facility construction, renovations, expansions or rehabilitations.
• Responsible for process improvements, Standard Operating Procedure development, data collection and reporting.
• Provides information and advice to city staff, public, and Council regarding enforcement procedures and policy interpretation; conducts site inspections and investigates high profile, complex, and/or volatile security situations; issues Provincial Offence Notices; reviews and prepares information for related legal notices in areas of inappropriate or criminal behaviour.
• Provides security related advise and recommendations for special events planning.
• Hires and manages contracts with external security service providers.
• Provides after hours support to staff and respond to emergencies as required.

Requirements:

• 3-year degree or diploma in relevant field (ie/ Security Management, Law & Security Administration, Police Foundations).
• 4 to 7 years of related experience.
• Valid Security Guard licence as issued by Private Security & Investigative Services Branch, Province of Ontario.
• Valid MTO Class G Unrestricted Driver\'s Licence.
• Clear Police Background Check including Vulnerable Sector Check.
• First Aid Certificate including CPR & Use of AED (can be attained post-hire).
• Certification in Use of Force & Handcuffing (can be attained post-hire).
• Leadership skills acquired through experience supervising staff or leading work teams.
• Current Employees: Must be reliable with a good attitude and employment record.

The City of Kitchener is committed to an equity-driven, inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free recruitment and selection process, and to ensuring our workforce reflects the full diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ persons, as well as other equity deserving groups.

We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at , or 519-741-2200 ext. 7261 to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants. Only candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.

Please note that as per Human Resources Policy HUM-HIR-110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":

"The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Directors, General Managers, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity.

The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:

1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full-time and part-time classifications.

2. within the same Division in the case of students."

Department

Infrastructure Services

Division

Facilities Management

Union Affiliation

Non-Union/Management

Number of Positions

1

Hours of Work

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location

Initial Location

City Hall

City

Kitchener

Compensation

Salary Range

$94,663 - $118,330

Grade/Band

11

City of Kitchener