Reporting to the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President oversees emergency preparedness, focusing on community education, training, and collaborative response strategies, while also ensuring the implementation of effective public safety and environmental health measures for the Westchester and Loyola Law School campuses.
The Vice President works to establish and maintain key partnerships across all LMU campuses and with external organizations to create a sense of security and inclusion where all community members feel valued. This role emphasizes proactive engagement and responsive safety protocols that enhance trust and transparency.
In collaboration with student affairs, campus safety personnel, and other stakeholders, the Vice President promotes restorative justice practices, conflict resolution mechanisms, and community-building efforts to strengthen relationships and foster a harmonious campus climate.
Direct reports to the Vice President include: Director of Public Safety, Director of Administration and Compliance, Director of Security Technology and Access Control, and. Director of Emergency Management.
Champion initiatives that promote a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment where all members of the LMU community feel respected and supported. Develop and lead strategies to maintain a campus safety framework that aligns with the diverse needs and values of the university, with particular focus on protecting vulnerable populations. Establish and oversee effective communication channels to ensure transparency, foster collaboration, and build trust among all campus stakeholders.
Oversee all university safety operations, programs, and activities including assessment, training and continuous process improvement. This includes campus patrols and safety coverage, appropriate staffing and control of campus entrances and exits, and investigations of reported infractions and incidents.
Oversee environmental health and safety operations, compliance, programs, and activities including assessment and continuous process improvement.
Oversee campus security technology in coordination with other departments, such as One Card, ITS, and Facilities Management.
Lead emergency preparedness efforts including but not limited to the following: on-going risk assessment and leadership communication; ensure best practices are adopted; plans are current, well documented, and communicated; training and programming is on-going; and relationships are strong with our first responders and other external partners.
Manage areas in a manner that ensures adherence to university policies and procedures, including fiscal and personnel resources; develop performance goals and measurement procedures to ensure success and accountability.
Oversee tactical plans to ensure yearly compliance goals are met including but not limited to the following: a campus fire prevention program, Westchester campus meets Federal, State, County, and City fire and safety codes; Emergency Preparedness plans are current, training and exercises are taking place in support of the Plans; compliance with University policies and procedures, Title IX, VAWA, etc.; Clery, campus safety reporting, and other reporting is timely and accurate.
Build and maintain relationships with the campus community, neighbors, and emergency community including but not limited to LAPD, LAFD and other governmental agencies.
Serve on the Senior Management Team of the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Represent LMU at professional organizations or associations, serve on committees as required.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.
Loyola Marymount University Expectations
Exhibit behavior that supports the mission, vision, and values of the university. Promote LMU's distinctive religious identity. Communicate and employ interpersonal actions that model high standards of professional, responsible, accountable, and ethical conduct. Demonstrate a commitment to community partnership and respect.
Demonstrate an orientation of challenging themselves, staff, students and their colleagues to be actively anti-racist and work toward greater diversity, equity and inclusion.
Demonstrate the ability to lead a complex team, be creative, understand technical personnel and manage complex projects with dependencies, deadlines, budgets and outside resources.
The incumbent must have the ability to initiate ideas, develop concepts and review the effectiveness of processes to ensure professional standards and high quality.
The incumbent is able to work effectively and independently with internal and external constituencies.
The incumbent has the ability to operate in an environment in which skilled relationship management and consensus building is required to deliver successful outcomes.
Requisite Qualifications
- A Master's degree is typically required, preferably with a specialization in emergency management and disaster science, communications, business management, or a related field. A Bachelor's degree in communications, business, or a related field is also acceptable. Incumbents are expected to continually update their knowledge, skills, and abilities to stay current with regulatory and policy changes.
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in the safety, security, and compliance field, with increasing levels of responsibility, is required, preferably within higher education.
- Experience in a leadership role, demonstrating a hands-on, collaborative style with cross-disciplinary direct reports and/or teams.
- Exceptional communication skills and strong presentation abilities. Possesses active listening skills to ensure that the thoughts and feelings of others are understood, supported, and respected. Able to motivate and inspire creative solutions with colleagues, constituents, leaders, and governance boards.
- Proven experience managing projects and executing initiatives across multiple communication channels and disciplines.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and entrepreneurially, with experience creating, developing, and implementing new initiatives.
- Evidence of an energetic, flexible, and creative leadership style that produces high-quality deliverables with meticulous attention to detail. Must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding, and community-oriented environment. Significant experience in leading successful outcomes and navigating political dynamics within complex organizations (both internal and external) is required. Must be willing and able to adapt to changing demands and shifting priorities.
- Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills, including negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution abilities.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work assigned. This is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of executives so classified.
The hiring salary range is: $171,700 - $240,400
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Loyola Marymount University, a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal, state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being, life experience, and beliefs to apply. (Visit www.lmu.edu for more information.)
