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BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Public Safety Technology Coordinator is responsible for the maintenance, management, troubleshooting, and end-user support of evidence and security programs and associated software and hardware across multiple departments, including the Police Department, Fire Department, and Emergency Communications Center (ECC). This position will become the CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) Subject Matter Expert, ensuring proficiency in CJIS standards and practices. This position functions under the direction of the Chief Information Officer.

INITIAL SCREENING DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2024

OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Maintenance and Support: • Maintains and supports digital video evidence systems, investigative, administrative, and operational software, and hardware for the Police Department, Fire Department, and ECC. • Oversees the City of Peoria's CCTV and Access Control System to ensure its optimal functioning. • Provides end-user support, troubleshoots technical issues, and ensures quality control of all public safety technology systems.

Cybersecurity and Best Practices: • Stays updated with internal and external cybersecurity threats and implements changes to protect the agencies. • Researches, studies technical manuals, and recommends recognized best practices and CJIS standards. • Ensures compliance with CJIS standards across all technology systems. • Monitors and maintains security measures for public safety technology systems.

Hardware and Software Acquisition: • Takes responsibility for researching, budgeting, acquiring, and deploying new hardware and software solutions for the Police Department, Fire Department, and ECC. • Formulates Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to facilitate the procurement process.

Collaboration and Communication: • Communicates, coordinates, and works closely with department chairs, staff, vendors, project sponsors, technical partners, subject matter experts, end-users, senior management, and elected officials. • Coordinates involvement with outside stakeholders, including the State's Attorney's Office, area law enforcement agencies, and other relevant organizations.

Project Management: • Prioritizes projects, evaluates alternatives, determines time and cost estimates, assigns optimal resources, and develops project timelines. • Monitors project progress, makes necessary modifications, prevents or resolves issues, and performs postimplementation evaluations. • Participates in researching, identifying, and acquiring grant funding for the Police Department, Fire Department, and oversees the data management, collection, recording, and reporting of grant-related information.

Training and Leadership: • Coordinates and develops training programs for City staff regarding the program area, ensuring proficiency in system/project functionality. • Provides leadership and direction to support personnel assigned to the program area.

JOB REQUIREMENTS: -Description of Minimum Job Requirements
Formal Education - Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. Knowledge is normally acquired through four years of college resulting in a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Experience - Over five years up to and including seven years.

Supervision - Work requires functioning as a lead worker performing essentially the same work as those directed, and includes overseeing work quality, training, instructing, and scheduling work.

Human Collaboration Skills - Interactions have significant impact and may involve recommendations regarding potential policy development and implementation. Position evaluates customer satisfaction, develops cooperative associations, and utilizes resources to continuously improve customer satisfaction.

Freedom to Act -The employee normally performs the duty assignment according to his or her own judgment, requesting supervisory assistance only when necessary. Special projects are managed with little oversight and assignments may be reviewed upon completion. Performance reviewed periodically.

Technical Skills - Work requires a comprehensive, practical knowledge of a technical field with use of analytical judgment and decision-making abilities appropriate to the work environment of the organization.

Fiscal Responsibility - This job title does research for documents, compiles data for computer entry, and/or enters or oversees data entry. Has responsibility for monitoring budget/fiscal expenditures (typically non-discretionary expenditures) for a work unit of less than department size (programs, activities, projects or small organizational units) or responsibility for fiscal management of capital project(s). May recommend budget allocations.

Reading Intermediate - Ability to read papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Math Intermediate - Ability to deal with a system of real numbers; and practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions and measurement. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Writing Advanced - Ability to write editorials, journals, speeches, manuals, or critiques. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in at the college level or above. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Working Conditions Relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions or hazards. Office environment.

Certifications & Other Requirements: Valid state Driver’s License Bachelor’s degree in information systems, information technology, or a related field such as public safety is preferred. Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) certification preferred

IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES: Function as a lead worker. Knowledge of a technical field with use of analytical judgment and decision making. Ability to read papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias; to deal with a system of real numbers; and practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions, and measurement; and to write editorials, journals, speeches, manuals, or critiques. abilities appropriate to the work environment.

MENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must have the mental and physical capabilities to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Work is performed in a normal office environment relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions or hazards.