Director of Safety & Security

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Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy. Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program. Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs. A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho. For more information, visit www.housingworks.org

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

Benefits:
We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements. Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Salary Range: $90,000-$95,000 annually

The Director for Safety and Security is responsible for strategic planning, organizing, implementing, managing, and taking initiatives to ensure a safe, and accident-free environment for all employees. Their position requires: performing safety audits, conducting safety training sessions, and creating initiatives to reduce and prevent accidents & incidents on site, identification of opportunities for improvement across all operation and approving all scope of work and proposal to ensure work is following approved safety practices. Secondary Responsibility Manages, supervises, trains, and develops the Safety & Security Specialist and the contracted Security Concierges.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for monitoring the safety and security operations for the organization.
• Maintain and implement safety and security policies and regulations to make sure the environment is safe for employees, clients, and visitors.
• Participate in all investigations involving all safety, security, and risk management related issues.
• Maintain and update security plans, emergency plans, and policies and procedures, in accordance with best practices and ensure their implementation.
• Provide advice and counsel to management on matters relating to employee, client and property safety and security.
• Leads Quarterly Safety & Security Agency Wide Meetings and monthly Site Safety Meetings.
• Analyze data and trends to help support and recommend businesses decisions and best practices for the organization.
• Supervises and develops the Safety & Security Specialist and the outsourced Security Concierges in facilities to support the department’s businesses.
• Conducts monthly safety audits and reports on findings in monthly site safety meetings.
• Oversee and enforce compliance with all OSHA, and other regulatory agencies while maintaining awareness of regulatory changes that could impact the company.
• Promotes a team environment, enlisting active participation of fellow staff members, displays emotional intelligence and understands equity and collaboration.
• Takes ownership, has a strong work ethic with an ability to problem solve and achieve desired outcomes.
• Maintains a high level of professionalism, integrity, and communication with other staff.
• Self-motivated, can self-assess, takes initiative, and demonstrates personal accountability.
• Communicates with clarity, timely and effectively; is flexible and open minded.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal, and written, for explaining security & safety concerns, policies, and training for staff, clients, consultants, volunteers and consistently applying them at all levels.
• Participate in the Organization’s committees.
• Conduct weekly facility visits, weekly meetings with security concierges.

Develop, facilitate and implement safety & security training, which includes:

• Incident Reports, De-Escalation, Active Shooter, Fire Safety, Law Enforcement, Trespassing, OSHA, Key/Key Cards, Cameras
• Co-lead the Quarterly Safety & Security Committee and monthly facility meetings with Safety & Security Specialist.
• Analyze & Report data on incidents monthly, quarterly and annually.
• Oversee the contract with the security vendor for both the clinics and businesses.
• Establish a baseline for when the agency decides when a security concierge is needed and where.
• Monitors security conditions; liaise and coordinate with external agencies.
• Scenario planning, security plan development, crisis/contingency planning
• Analyze CCTV and keycard access needs and manage vendor relations.
• Demonstrate understanding of emergency and security concerns and appropriate responses to them.
• Participate in advocacy and direct action to end the twin crises of homelessness and HIV/AIDS.