Executive Director Neighborhood Safety (NCS) - Mayor's Office

Executive Director Neighborhood Safety (NCS) - Mayor's Office
Компания: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Город: Baltimore
**THIS IS A NON-CIVIL SERVICE POSITION**
_**Salary Range:**_
_**$157,684.00 - $260,224.00 Annually**_
_**Hiring Salary Range:**_
_**$157,684.00 - $208,954.00 Annuall**_y
**Get to Know Us**
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**Job Summary**
The City of Baltimore is seeking a highly qualified candidate to serve as the inaugural Executive Director to lead the newly established Department of Neighborhood Safety (DNS). The DNS will oversee, provide, coordinate, and evaluate community-based safety services, including alternative response, violence prevention, and other non-law enforcement strategies intended to promote public safety and well-being. The Executive Director will establish and execute the City’s vision for alternative response and violence prevention. This leader will provide strategic, structural, and administrative direction for the department, aligning people, programs, policies, and resources to achieve measurable community safety outcomes. The successful candidate will be both a visionary and an effective executor, capable of setting a clear direction, building organizational alignment, engaging community in codesigning strategies, and driving implementation across complex systems and diverse stakeholders.
**Essential Functions**
Leadership & Strategy
* Provide executive leadership for the Department of Neighborhood Safety, establishing the department's vision, strategic direction, and organizational priorities in support of the mayor’s public safety agenda.
* Advise the Mayor, City Council, and executive leadership on community safety policy, emerging issues, legislative priorities, and evidence-based practices.
* Develop and oversee the implementation of evidence-based and trauma-informed strategies to improve community and personal safety outcomes. • Establish department-wide goals, performance expectations, governance structures, and accountability systems.
* Develop and implement a comprehensive departmental strategic plan integrating alternative response, violence prevention, and other community safety initiatives.
* Lead organizational development, change management, and continuous improvement initiatives across all divisions.
* Provide executive oversight of talent development initiatives, ensuring employees are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to achieve department objectives.
Executive Oversight of Department Operations
* Provide executive oversight of all department divisions through Division Directors – including Alternative Response Division Director and other Division Directors as established, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and City priorities.
* Evaluate divisional performance and hold leadership accountable for operational, fiscal, and programmatic outcomes.
* Resolve cross-divisional priorities and ensure coordinated service delivery.
* Establish department standards for performance management, quality assurance, and data governance.
* Oversee execution of the Department’s core operating model through Division Directors and program leadership.
* Oversight of training design and workforce certification for team members in partnership with division leadership, consultants and HR.
Budget & Enterprise Resource Management
* Develop and administer the department's overall operating and capital budgets.
* Allocate financial and personnel resources across divisions to support strategic priorities.
* Approve major contracts, grants, and procurement activities while ensuring sound fiscal stewardship.
* Identify and secure sustainable funding opportunities including braided financing strategies that leverage Medicaid/insurance reimbursement through Maryland’s AHEAD model, hospital partnerships, and philanthropic investment.
Executive Partnerships & Public Leadership
* Build executive-level partnerships with City agencies, elected officials, healthcare systems, community leaders, housing and homelessness service providers, philanthropic organizations, and state and federal partners.
* Establish department-wide community engagement strategies that promote transparency, trust, and shared accountability.
* Serve as the department's principal spokesperson before elected officials, community organizations, media, and the public.
Governance & Accountability
* Establish departmental policies, governance frameworks, and strategic priorities.
* Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, grant requirements, and City policies.
* Evaluate department-wide outcomes and recommend policy or organizational changes based on performance data.
* Provide oversight of data governance, implementation of necessary data use agreements and provide analytic oversight of data and outcomes being tracked.
**Minimum Qualifications**
**Education:** Possession of an advanced degree from an accredited college or university in Public Health, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Work, Criminology, Emergency Management, Behavioral Health, or a closely related field.
**AND**
**Experience:** Have ten (10) years of progressively responsible management and leadership experience in public health, behavioral health, emergency response, human services, public policy, criminal justice, or related governmental or community-based programs, including oversight of multidisciplinary staff, complex operations, and significant programmatic and fiscal resources. Previous experience in local, state, and/or federal government is preferred but not required.
**OR**
**Equivalency Notes:** Have an equivalent combination of education and experience.
**Licenses, Registrations, and Certificates:** Have a valid Maryland Class C Noncommercial driver's license or an equivalent driver's license and be eligible to obtain a Baltimore City driver’s permit**. PROVISIONAL DRIVER’S LICENSES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.**
_**NOTE: YOU MUST UPLOAD A COPY OF YOUR VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE WITH THE APPLICATION AT THE TIME OF APPLYING**._
**Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
* Strong administrative and management skills.
* Strong strategic, organizational, and project management skills.
* Excellent relationship-building skills with experience collaborating across agencies, community organizations, public safety partners, and diverse stakeholders.
* Exceptional written, verbal, and public communication skills, with the ability to influence, build consensus, and navigate sensitive issues.
* Results-oriented with a proven ability to implement strategies, achieve organizational goals, and foster interagency accountability.
* Knowledge of alternative response, violence prevention, community engagement, and data-driven decision-making.
* Knowledge of data governance, privacy frameworks (HIPAA), relevant cross-agency behavioral health and public safety data sharing.
**Additional Information**
**Background Check**
Eligible candidates under final consideration for appointment to