Crime Prevention Coordinator

City of Seattle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Overtime eligible

Job summary

The City of Seattle is hiring a Crime Prevention Coordinator to work with communities and SPD personnel to reduce crime and enhance public safety. You will be assigned to precincts as needed and collaborate with city departments and stakeholders to address crime and nuisance issues.

Responsibilities include crime prevention training, CPTED surveys, data analysis, and public outreach. Requires a Bachelor's degree and at least one year in public relations or related services, with evenings and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus experience in public relations or social services or equivalent background.
• Experience delivering social services or public-facing programs preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse communities and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement crime prevention strategies informed by data analytics.
• Analyze crime data, identify hotspots, and prepare reports for officials and community leaders.
• Engage communities and businesses to address crime problems with tactics and programs.

Skills

Public relations

Communication

Community outreach

CPTED knowledge

Crime data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in public relations or related field

Job description

The Seattle Police Department is seeking a dynamic Crime Prevention Coordinator to join the Seattle Police Department. The primary objective for this position is to work with the community and personnel to reduce and prevent crime. This position may be assigned to any one of five precincts and is subject to change.

The Crime Prevention Coordinator will provide crime prevention expertise, training and support to community members to increase their capacity to take action individually and collectively to reduce their chance of becoming a victim of crime and, in general, to reduce opportunities for crime to occur. The Crime Prevention Coordinator will support Seattle Police operations, directing crime prevention interventions at locations generating a high volume of calls for police service, and addressing community members' public safety concerns requiring crime prevention information or support. Finally, the Crime Prevention Coordinator will perform as liaisons representing the Seattle Police Department in problem-solving efforts with precinct and department-level units, stakeholders from local and other government agencies and a wide array of community stakeholders to address emerging and long-term nuisance, crime and safety issues.

About the Department

The Seattle Police Department is comprised of approximately 1,600 dedicated law enforcement professionals all committed to creating and fostering a work environment that is collaborative, innovative, and leading the way in law enforcement principles and practices. Ours is a culture that encourages top performers to adhere to a standard of excellence in the identification of and resolution to complex challenges. At SPD we acknowledge and honor the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals and pledge ourselves to creating and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences.

• Develops and supports the implementation of a broad array of crime prevention strategies that are informed by the department's data analytics.
• Analyzes SPD data analytics and input from the community to develop profiles for areas throughout the City; assesses crime trends, hotspots, and prepares reports for presentation to department, individuals and groups, including community leaders, and elected officials.
• Works with communities, businesses and individual community members to identify and define crime problems; develops tactics and strategies to address problems and assists in implementing solutions.
• Develops and plans concepts and methods to encourage community member participation in department crime prevention programs and projects; plans, organizes, publicizes, and conducts community and business group meetings to disseminate information, encourage responsibility for dealing with problems and enlist participation in organized crime prevention activities.
• Responds to inquiries from the general public via phone, in-person, social media, email, or in writing; provides information about crime statistics and crime prevention techniques and programs; researches and resolves complaints and problems.
• Employees are expected to complete and maintain professional certification in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).
• Conducts CPTED security surveys of single and multi-family residences, commercial and public spaces; recommends improvements and provides technical information concerning appropriate security equipment; and prepares written reports of findings and recommendations.
• Collaborates with other City departments to provide crime prevention and CPTED feedback on plans and projects.
• Organizes special Seattle Police Department functions such as Night Out, Community Clean Up and help organize and participate in annual Precinct Picnics.

Required Qualifications

Requires a bachelor's degree in public relations, communications, education, criminal justice, urban studies, social sciences or a related field and a minimum of one year of experience in public relations or the delivery of social services or a combination of education and/or training and/or experience which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class.

Desired Qualifications

• Two or more years of experience in public relations or the delivery of social services.
• Experience analyzing crime incident reports, collating crime statistics and developing profiles for areas throughout the City.
• Experience assessing crime trends, determining methods of criminal operation and preparing reports for presentations to individuals and groups, including community leaders, elected officials and the media.
• Experience planning, preparing content, and conducting educational presentations on crime prevention or related topics to the general public, business organizations and community groups.
• Experience engaging members of diverse and under-represented communities with sensitivity and respect.
• Accomplishments in developing displays, setting up and staffing booths at fairs and trade shows. Developing and providing public service announcements for the media on crime prevention or related programs.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Involves sensitive contact with the public who are in crisis or recent victims of crime.
• Requires working evenings, weekends and holidays to conduct individual and group meetings and provide follow-up services.
• Requires traveling extensively around the City of Seattle, including in high crime areas.
• Requires standing for long periods of time during group presentations.
• Frequent exposure to possible physical and biohazards.

Position Requirements

• Must be able to pass SPD civilian background investigation.
• Current State of Washington driver's license.
• Must perform work onsite. No remote work option is available for this position.

The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and their dependents. More information about employee benefits is available on the City's website at: https://www.seattle.gov/human-resources/benefits.

The full salary range for this position is $47.60 - $55.61 per hour.

New employees begin at Step 1 of the pay progression, which is $47.60 hourly. Current City employees' starting rate of pay will be based on Personnel Rules regarding promotions. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) regular position with full benefits. This is a Civil Service position eligible for overtime.