DIRECTOR OF SAFETY & RISK MANAGEMENT

The City of Columbia seeks a Director of Safety & Risk Management to lead the planning, development, and implementation of citywide safety and risk management programs. Responsibilities include strategic planning, budget oversight, and collaboration with city departments on safety initiatives. The role requires physical abilities for occasional standing and walking. The position is based in Columbia, SC, and involves liaising with various organizations and evaluating program effectiveness.
Description This position is responsible for providing leadership to and direction in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of citywide Environmental Health and Safety management system, all hazards emergency management and business continuity programs, and risk management and loss prevention programs to ensure a safe working environment and more resilient city. The work is considered sedentary in nature and involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a recurring basis, 20 pounds occasionally, or routine keyboard operations. The work requires the following physical abilities to perform the essential job functions: feeling, hearing, mental acuity, speaking, talking, and visual acuity.

Work environment involves exposure to no known environmental hazards; and is safe and secure that may periodically have unpredicted requirements or demands. Essential Job Functions Develops and directs the strategic plan, policies, budget, and operating procedures; monitors and evaluates effectiveness, and effects changes required for improvement of the Safety and Risk Management division; Designs, establishes and maintains an organization structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the safety and Risk Management division's goals and objectives; Oversee the safety and Risk managements division's development of collaborative city-wide safety and risk management; Oversees the development and maintenance of a high level systematic risk assessment, based upon sound risk management principles (E.G. hazard identification, risk/vulnerability analysis, and impact/consequence analysis)

For city administrators to prioritize risk and mitigation efforts; Develop and monitor collaborative initiatives and projects, based upon best practices, to promote risk awareness and reduction, loss prevention, emergency preparedness and response, and workplace safety; Assists with the Emergency Management Program including development and oversight of the budget, contracts, policies, procedures, annual work plans, and personnel; Participates in the City of Columbia Incident Command System Type III All-hazards Incident Management Team (IMT) and serves as one of the IMT's Type III All-hazard Incident Command; Represents and acts as spokesperson for City of Columbia environmental health, safety, risk and emergency management issues and works on a peer-to-peer basis with senior management throughout the city and community. Services on and leads a variety of city safety related committees; Acts as the chief representative of the City to and liaises with relevant local, state, regional, federal, and national environmental health and safety, risk management and emergency management organizations, agencies, groups, and committees; Builds and maintains relationships with professional organizations and personnel at other institutions to provide input and feedback on program effectiveness, national standards and best practices; Evaluates the results of overall operations regularly and systematically and reports these results to the Hr Director, Assistant City Manager, members of the senior leadership team, City Manager and other related entities as necessary; Initiates and negotiates memoranda of understanding, and other instruments with federal, state, local, and private organizations; seeks out, researches applies for and manages grants that assist with mitigation, loss prevention, planning, training, exercising, responses, and recovery; Undertakes a variety of special projects to access and recommend strategist to improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency of reporting departments; Supervise supervisory subordinate and support staff. Supervisory duties include instructing; assigning, reviewing and planning work of others; maintaining standards; coordinating activities; selecting new employees; allocating personnel; acting on employee problems; approving employee discipline and discharge; Reviews the work of subordinates for completeness and accuracy; evaluates and makes recommendations as appropriate; offers advice and assistance as needed; Acts as a role model for customer service and improved quality; Demonstrates commitment to the city's affirmative action and equal opportunity goals and plans, and provides leadership at the department heal level; and Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK: Bachelor's degree in risk and safety management, or a closely related field; Four (4) years of relevant prior experience; Valid South Carolina Class "D" Driver's License. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Knowledge of basic algebra involving variables and formulas and/or basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, circumferences, areas and volumes, and/or computing discounts and interest rates; Knowledge of personal computer and peripheral equipment with skill in the use of Microsoft Office 2000 preferred, and utilizing Outlook, word processing, spreadsheet and power point software programs; Ability to synthesize or integrate analysis of data or information to discover facts or develop knowledge or interpretations; changes policies, procedures or methodologies based on new facts, knowledge or interpretations; Ability to counsel or instruct/train others through explanation, demonstration and supervised practice or making recommendations based on technical expertise; Ability to handle or use machines, tools or equipment requiring brief instruction or experience, such as computers for data entry, fax machines, copiers, telephones or similar equipment; may service office machines, including adding paper and changing toner; Ability to perform work involving the application of principles of logical thinking or scientific, medical or legal practice to diagnose or define problems, collect data and solve abstract problems with widespread unit or organizational impact; Ability to read journals, manuals and professional publications; speaking informally to groups of co-workers, staff in other organizational agencies, the general public, people in other organizations; presenting training; composing original reports, training and other written materials using proper language, punctuation, grammar and style; Ability to perform professional-level work requiring the application of principles and practices in a wide range of administrative, technical or managerial methods in the solution of administrative or technical problems; or the coordination of entry-level managerial work; requires general understanding of operating policies and procedures and the ability to apply these to complex administrative problems; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressures; and Ability to make decisions, affecting a large segment of the organization and the general public; works in a dynamic environment; responsible to assist in developing policy and practices.