Police Chief - City of Bessemer
Police Chief - City of Bessemer
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TARGET CLOSE DATE:
05/02/2025PAY GRADE:
Grade 36TYPE:
Full timeJOB SUMMARY:
The City of Bessemer is seeking a highly qualified Police Chief to lead and manage the police department. This key leadership position involves planning organizing and directing the operations of the department to ensure the delivery of efficient and effective police services. The Police Chief will supervise all department employees including sworn officers and civilian staff while maintaining high standards of performance and accountability. Regular oversight is provided by the Mayor through meetings reports and annual performance reviews. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership management and communication skills to effectively guide the department and ensure the safety and wellbeing of the community.COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
The City of Bessemer provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance employersponsored retirement plan (pension) generous paid holidays sick and vacation leave and more. The pay range for this job is listed below:Bessemer: $99278 $154024
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are jobrelated qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:
Option A:
Current Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification.
Associates degree (or higher) in business or police administration criminal justice law enforcement public administration or a closely related field.
At least 3 years of experience in a supervisory capacity in law enforcement at the level of Police/Sheriffs Lieutenant (or equivalent) or higher rank.
Option B:
Current Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification.
Fifteen 15 years of law enforcement experience.
At least 4 years of experience in a supervisory capacity in law enforcement at the level of Police/Sheriffs Lieutenant (or equivalent) or higher rank.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are jobrelated qualifications deemed desirable by Merit System agencies. These qualifications may be considered by a hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.
Completion of professional law enforcement certification and/or training.
Bachelors degree or higher in business or police administration criminal justice law enforcement public administration or a closely related field.
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:
Prepares monitors and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends expenditure reports analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.
Represents the police department by meeting with citizen groups and businesses collaborating with other law enforcement agencies keeping the mayor city manager and/or city council updated on department activities and communicating with the media.
Oversees the training of law enforcement personnel within the department by approving training ensuring personnel are receiving required training and teaching training courses.
Prepares and presents reporting documents regarding department activity to relevant parties (e.g. citizens businesses mayor city manager city council state federal) by reviewing police reports compiling and analyzing statistics and preparing reports.
Participates in law enforcement activities by taking command or assisting the scene commander by overseeing incidents coordinating resources talking to the media and assisting with investigations.
Develops and oversees department activities by developing new policies and procedures to maintain compliance with local state and/or federal laws and guidelines improving existing policies and procedures and responding to citizen complaints regarding department personnel.
Plans organizes and directs department resources by obtaining required equipment and supplies obtaining and monitoring grants and determining personnel requirements.
Engages in activities designed to ensure professional development awareness of developments in the field and knowledge of relevant practices rules laws policies and/or guidelines.
Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work directing staff in their job duties monitoring progress of work providing feedback and/or training.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods. May involve occasional lifting of items or objects weighing up to 75 lbs. Work involves physical ability necessary to occasionally subdue or restrain a combative individual and exercise necessary selfdefense.WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is conducted primarily indoors in an office setting with occasional field visits to external locations such as crime scenes community meetings and public meetings. Work involves use of standard office equipment such as computer phone copier etc. Work may involve the use of specialized equipment such as firearms and handheld weapons.EEO STATEMENT:
The Personnel Board of Jefferson Countyprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agencyoperate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.
ACCOMMODATION:
To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at or phone at(select option 1 Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.
NOTE:
This job posting may close before or be extended beyond the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.
DISCLAIMER:
This job posting is not meant to be an allinclusive list of the job duties responsibilities or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
