Vice President, UNC Health System Public Safety, Security and Emergency Operations

Company: UNC Health Care
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: March 24, 2025

Job Description:

Description Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.Summary:The Vice President provides overall strategic leadership, planning, and coordination of public safety, security, and emergency operations across the UNC Health System enterprise. This includes oversight of system-wide law enforcement and security operations functions in collaboration with site-based leadership, development and operation of public safety and security-related shared services, development and implementation of emergency preparedness plans, and promotion of best practices. The Vice President will work collaboratively with a variety of executive stakeholders as well as local, state, and federal partners to promote the safety of UNC Health System patients, clinicians, staff, visitors, and facilities.Responsibilities: -Public Safety, Security & Emergency Preparedness: ---- Develop and implement comprehensive, system-wide public safety, security, and emergency preparedness strategies that support UNC Health's mission, vision, and values. ---- Identify and prioritize community safety and security risks and develop organizational infrastructure and system-wide capacity to address and mitigate identified risks utilizing all available resources. ---- Provide corporate-level oversight of site-based public safety and security leaders in collaboration with site-based executive team members. ---- Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging threats, and regulatory changes impacting healthcare safety and security and operationalize appropriate responses and best practices across the UNC Health System enterprise. ---- Represent UNC Health's public safety and physical security interests to relevant professional organizations, government agencies, and community forums. ---- Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for system-wide and site-specific security effectiveness, incident response, and compliance. ---- Develop and implement policies, procedures, and training programs to enhance security awareness and emergency preparedness across the UNC Health System enterprise. ---- Promote and facilitate continuous security assessments and audits utilizing internal and external subject matter experts to identify opportunities for improvement and facility hardening. ---- Consult on and when necessary, directly manage major security, law enforcement, or emergency management response incidents and assure coordination with external public safety partners and other external entities as appropriate. ---- Promote physical security measures and security technologies such as access control systems, social media and open-source data monitoring, surveillance cameras, and alarm systems and promote the concept of a system-wide domain awareness capability. ---- Facilitate and support system-wide and site-based emergency preparedness plans for all hazards including natural disasters, pandemics, active shooter situations, and other potential threats to UNC Health System operations. ---- Develop and sustain effective strategic partnerships with local, state, and federal public safety, emergency management, and emergency response partners to enhance UNC Health's public safety and security capabilities. ---- Develop and promote behavioral threat assessment and protective intelligence capabilities to proactively address and mitigate emerging threats to UNC Health System personnel and facilities. -Leading People: ---- Leads people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. ---- Embodies and adheres to the highest standards of ethical public service. ---- Provides an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. ---- Encourages workforce engagement by building a commitment to excellence and by promoting the organization's vision internally and externally. ---- Delegates' responsibility, clarifies expectations, and holds others accountable for achieving results related to their area of responsibility. --- Leads in a deliberate and predictable way and operates with transparency. --- Treats sensitive or confidential information appropriately. ---- Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods. ---- Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner. -Leading Change: ---- Acts as a catalyst for organizational change. Influences others to translate vision into action. ---- Brings about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. ---- Establishes an organizational vision and implements it in a continuously changing environment. ---- Is open to change and new information and rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles. ---- Deals effectively with pressure and remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity. ---- Recovers quickly from setbacks. ---- Formulates objectives and priorities and implements plans consistent with the long-term interests of the organization. ---- Capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks. ---- Takes a long-term view and builds a shared vision with others. -Results Driven: ---- Exceeds organizational goals and customer expectations.--- Makes decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. ---- Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. ---- Delivers high-quality services and is committed to continuous improvement. ---- Fosters a culture of safe and compassionate patient care. ---- Makes well-informed, timely decisions, even when data are limited, or solutions produce unfavorable results. ---- Positions the organization for success by identifying new opportunities and builds the organization by developing and improving services. ---- Leads the budgeting process. ---- Uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities, monitors expenditures in support of programs and policies, and identifies cost-effective approaches. -Business Acumen and Coalition Building:--- Develops a broad understanding of the organization's financial processes, including budgeting, procurement, contracting, cost-benefit analysis and expenditure practices as necessary to support public safety, security, and emergency operations. ---- Demonstrates the ability to develop subordinate managers and employees to increase their value and contributions to the organization. This includes recruitment, employee performance reviews, compensation and other human capital measures to improve unit performance.--- Maintains awareness of current technological developments that can impact the work unit including leveraging technology to achieve results and utilizing appropriate information security measures to manage access to the organization's vital and sensitive information. ---- Identifies internal coalitions and key decision makers and negotiates partnerships and agreements that promote the success of the work unit and advance the organization's public safety, security, and emergency operations goals and objectives. -QualificationsEducation Requirements:--- Bachelor's degree required in criminal justice, law enforcement, security, public administration, business administration, emergency preparedness, or a related field. A Master's or other advanced degree is desirable but not a position requirement.Licensure/Certification Requirements:--- None required. -Professional Experience Requirements:--- Requires 10 years or greater of senior executive leadership experience in a public safety and/or law enforcement organization serving a jurisdiction of substantial scope and complexity given the scale and statewide footprint of the UNC Health enterprise. Prior experience with an agency or entity that serves or has direct exposure to a clinical/health-care setting is desirable but not a position requirement.Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:--- Demonstrated professional expertise of law enforcement public safety, and physical security policies, practices, and standards. ---- Familiarity with emergency management protocols and operations, including incident command structure. ---- Ability to lead and/or coordinate emergency response and incident command for a variety of security, public safety, and emergency incidents within a complex, statewide health care delivery system. ---- Strong leadership skills to inspire, motivate, and direct a diverse team of law enforcement and security professionals. ---- Ability to develop and implement comprehensive public safety and corporate security strategies aligned with the organization's mission and goals. ---- Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing health system public safety and security landscape and respond to emerging threats and vulnerabilities. ---- Unwavering commitment to ethical practices and professional integrity in all aspects of public safety and security operations. -Job DetailsLegal Employer: NCHEALTHEntity: Shared Services
Organization Unit: System Security Operations Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: OnsiteWork Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC: Chapel HillExempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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