Director Security

Advocate Health; Rome (GA); In loco; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Advocate Health is seeking a senior security leader to oversee department operations across assigned facilities, ensuring a safe, secure environment for patients, staff and visitors.

The role directs staffing, budgeting, policy development, risk assessment and executive protection initiatives, with a focus on compliant, proactive security programs.

Competenze

• Leads department operations to ensure safety and regulatory compliance.
• Manages staffing, education, performance evaluations and scheduling across facilities.
• Develops and enforces security policies aligned with organizational goals and laws.

Mansioni

• Oversee staffing programs including screening, hiring, retraining and evaluations.
• Develop operational improvements and report activities across facilities.
• Assist with annual budget preparation within parameters.
• Develop and implement security policies and procedures to ensure compliance.
• Evaluate properties for risk and report security audits with recommendations.
• Provide executive protection as a leader and team member for system-wide security projects.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Budgeting

Staffing

Risk assessment

Executive protection

Project management

Formazione

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Master's Degree in Management preferred

Descrizione del lavoro

Provides professional leadership for the department in order to fulfill its mission of having a safe, secure and protected environment for its customers, employees and visitors. Maintains working knowledge of loss prevention/detection and protection of persons/assets. Provides administrative oversight of operations at assigned facilities. Assures that operations are compliant with applicable federal, state and local ordinances and regulatory agency standards.

Essential Functions

• Oversees all responsibility for the staffing functions and programs at assigned facilities such as: screening, hiring, education and retraining of personnel, competency evaluations, performance reviews, job descriptions, work schedule and time cards, wage and salary application, promotions to promote service excellence.
• Provides professional leadership in the development of operational improvement processes and the reporting of those activities within assigned facilities impacting the System.
• Assists with preparation and implementation of annual budgets in keeping with budget parameters.
• Develops and implements the security policies and procedures to help assure departmental compliance with organizational goals; applicable federal, state, and local ordinances; and regulatory agency standards.
• Evaluates all assigned System properties assessing risk, based on internal and external activity. Reports security audits with recommendations to assigned facility administrators.
• Provides Executive Protection for the System both as a leader and as a team member. Lead project teams consisting of a wide range of personnel in all facets of security.

Physical Requirements

Must be mobile throughout the entire hospital campus and/or System properties as well as in patient care areas. Faces exposure to combative patients, fire and other hazardous situations. Has responsibility to work in a safe and effective manner.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Bachelor's Degree required. Master's Degree in Management preferred. 5 years experience in leadership level position required. 2 years experience in security management preferred.