Forest Hills, New York
New York, New York
San Rafael, California
Andover, Massachusetts
Forest Hills, New York
New York, New York
Posted: 12-Jun-26
Location: Washington, D.C.
Type: Full Time
Salary: $105,000-$145,000 -- DOE
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Preferred Education:
Organizational Background
From the top of Mount St. Alban, St. Albans School looks up to the Washington National Cathedral and out to the United States Capitol. Our location serves as an embodiment and constant reminder of the School’s motto: Pro Ecclesia et Pro Patria, for Church and for Country. The School was established in 1909 by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation (PECF). Our mission is to prepare boys in grades 4 through 12 to develop and use their spiritual, intellectual, artistic, and physical gifts not for themselves alone, but in service of the greater community. As an Episcopal school, we welcome and embrace boys of all faiths and backgrounds to this caring community that learns, prays, plays, sings, and eats together. We are committed to a diversity among students, faculty, and staff that shapes and enriches our shared experiences.
St. Albans collaborates closely with other institutions under the PECF’s umbrella: the Cathedral, the National Cathedral School (all-girls, grades 4 - 12), and Beauvoir (co-ed elementary school, pre-K through grade 3). St. Albans partners particularly closely with the National Cathedral School through coordinate academic, athletic, and arts programs.
Job Description
Reporting to the Assistant Head of School for Finance and Operations, the Director of Security Strategy and Operations (Director) is responsible for leading the school’s overall efforts around life safety, physical security, and emergency management. The Director maintains relationships with PECF security officers, external contractors, and internal groups to ensure a coordinated approach of responsiveness and readiness at the school. This critical role oversees all plans, programs, procedures, and training related to school safety and security, providing guidance and relevant technical assistance to the community as appropriate. The role provides both guidance and operational support, requiring leadership and hands-on presence.
Specifically, areas of responsibility include:
Strategy and Guidance
- Conducting strategic planning for the school’s safety and security program and coordinating with members of the community on its goals and objectives;
- Creating, reviewing, implementing, and enforcing safety and security guidelines while ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations;
- Leading the school’s internal Crisis Management Team to ensure highest levels of coordination for safety and security matters;
- Developing and communicating programs that promote and enhance safety and security, including training and resources for emergency threats;
- Providing regular and timely briefings to leadership and administrators on critical safety and security programs, concerns, or objectives.
- Creating and executing a long-range plan for campus safety and security based on senior management direction, feedback from consultant reports, community input, and observations.
Operational Leadership
- Coordinating the school’s overall operational response in a threat or emergency situation and providing round-the-clock, on-call coverage for this purpose;
- Partnering with Athletics, Facilities, Information Technology, Campus Operations, Auxiliary, and Communications on safety and security matters affecting the campus;
- Partnering with Facilities to regularly monitor all campus facilities for necessary safety and security-related functioning and repairs, including fire alarm systems and physical access controls;
- Acting as the primary point of contact for all safety, traffic and security operations related to summer programs;
- Leveraging technology solutions to enhance safety and security by identifying, resourcing, and implementing best of breed solutions, including door access controls, camera monitoring, and campus visitor tracking and protocol systems;
- Utilizing a communication protocol for awareness of and participation in the school’s safety and security program, including communication during emergencies;
- Managing projects for safety and security, including providing recommendations for prioritization of efforts, estimating costs of initiatives, executing against plans, and monitoring budgets;
- Overseeing and managing the Front Desk Receptionist to ensure a welcoming environment while enforcing the School’s security posture;
- Directing parking operations to include issuing hangtags and maintaining a database of all current tag holders;
- Providing guidance and onsite assistance for School drop off and pick up;
- Administering the door access control system in coordination with access control badges, including obtaining approved schedules and establishing lines of communication to ensure the daily needs of the community are met while maintaining a secure perimeter;
- Planning and executing all drills and review of all associated protocols, including accurate accounting of community members (i.e., attendance);
- Maintaining compliance with fire code regulations, supervising building inspections with government representatives, and maintaining and submitting inspection and drill records as required;
- Coordinating with Human Resources for on-boarding and off-boarding employees with regard to access, including badges, cards, and keys.
PECF Coordination
- Developing and maintaining working relationships, operational partnerships, and service agreements with the PECF;
- Partnering with PECF for Close-wide security initiatives, including emergency management protocols and tabletop exercises;
- Providing strategic guidance while understanding tactical support needed for PECF security officers to include investigative patrolling and community policing;
- Coordinating with the PECF to ensure appropriate safety and security measures are enacted for events at the school, including large-scale events such as graduation as well as events that may impact the campus;
- Coordinating with the PECF on flow of traffic and parking as it relates to safety of the community;
- Working with PECF to leverage technology solutions that enhance safety and security by identifying, resourcing, and implementing best of breed solutions, including door access controls, camera monitoring, and campus visitor tracking and protocol systems;
- Working with the PECF on assignments and schedules of PECF/ SROs to maximize the impact of this resource on campus safety and security;
The position may perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the school leadership and/or direct supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position or responsive to the emergent needs of the school.
Minimum Experience: A minimum of 8 (eight) years of relevant experience
