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Form of workMinimum Hiring Annual Salary:
$73,368.00
Maximum Hiring Annual Salary:
$77,036.40
Included with Aims Full-time Employment is a generous package of Benefits, most are listed below:
- Benefits are effective immediately
- 100% employer provided medical & dental coverage employees (employee only option)
- 85% employer provided medical & dental coverage for employee's spouse and/or family
- Voluntary vision insurance
- Staff Annual Leave (minimum accrual of 15 days) & Sick (minimum accrual of 12 days)
- 17 paid holidays and 3 personal days each year
- Summer schedule: 4 day work week - Fridays Off
- Employer paid long-term disability and life insurance premiums
- Tuition waiver & reimbursement for employees
- Tuition waiver for dependents
- PERA employer (see www.copera.org for comprehensive benefits)
- Additional supplemental benefits & retirement programs available
- Access to the PERC (Aims gym) for employee & one guest
- Free parking on all campuses
Job Description:
Aims Community College actively supports an environment that embraces the College’s Mission, Vision, Values, BaJEDI (belonging, justice, equity, diversity, inclusion), and Innovation. The College embraces and seeks to hire individuals who want to be a part of this environment and has the skillsets necessary to be successful in this position
The Police Academy/Police Studies/Criminal JusticeProgram Director oversees the state-regulated Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Basic Peace Officer Academy which confers the following certificates: Basic Peace Officer Academy; Standard Field Sobriety Test; Tactical Casualty Care for Law Enforcement Skills; Arrest Control, Driving, and Firearms. Primary focus is on POST compliance and ensuring all objectives are met for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office Basic Peace Officer Academy. The Program Director also oversees the Police Studies and Criminal Justice Associate Degree programs.
The Program Director performs management duties including, but not limited to, developing and implementing short/long term planning, budget responsibility, program leadership and supervision. This role interviews, recommends for hire, trains, & supervises full-time and part-time Faculty and Assistant Instructors working in the Police Academy/ Police Studies and Criminal Justice degree and certificate programs. This role serves as an initial point of contact for employee and student grievances or complaints for the degree and certificate programs, and responds appropriately or moves the issue up the chain of command.
Records:
- Oversees, prepares, and maintains POA records and files as required by state agencies, internal policies, and internal and external reviews.
Police Academy, Police Studies, & Criminal Justice Direction, Oversight, & Compliance:
- Provides direction & oversight of the Police Academy to ensure compliance with POST requirements as per Rule 21 of the POST P&P.
- Schedules classes and instructors, places book orders, facilitates the POA selection process.
- Provides direction & oversight of Police Studies program.
- Provides direction & oversight of Criminal Justice program.
- Provides observation, orientation, training, support, and evaluation to program faculty/staff and students; forwards up-to-date information (e.g., e-mails, phone calls, etc.) on changes in the law, policies and procedures, officer survival, and so on as it relates to the CRJ, Police Studies and POA programs.
- Develops and implements short/long term planning for respective program areas.
Supervision:
- Hires & supervises full-time and part-time faculty as well as assistant instructors to teach or assist with teaching in POA, Police Studies, and Criminal Justice.
- Oversees curriculum being taught and day-to-day activities of staff/faculty.
Advising:
- Provides student advising for the POA certificate program, the Police Studies, and Criminal Justice degree programs.
Recruitment, Retention, & Marketing:
- Creates, prepares, reviews and disperses promotional materials; participates in recruiting for the CRJ/ Police Studies/Police Academy department and retention activities, contacts prospective students and alumni.
Internal & External Collaboration:
- Attend and participate in meetings, committees, taskforces, etc., as program liaison, both internally and externally to the college (national, state & local levels) to provide and receive program input on such things as curriculum standards; mandated policies and procedures (e.g., POST Board); techniques to enhance students’ learning, retention and recruitment; maintain required accreditation for the CRJ/Police Studies/POA; meet the needs of the community/agencies/workforce.
Budget:
- Monitors and makes development recommendations regarding Police Academy, Police Studies, & Criminal Justice budgets.
- Provides recommendations for off-campus training sites/contracts and articulation agreements.
Other Duties as Assigned
