Job Posting Title
Operations Captain (Internal Employment Opportunity)
Classification Title
Administrator 3-Captain
Appointment Type
Professional Faculty
Closing Date
This is an Internal Employment Opportunity
The Department of Public Safety is seeking an Operations Captain. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, public safety professional position.
Building on 150 years as Oregon’s land grant institution, Oregon State University serves the state, the nation and the world as a premier 21st-century research university.
The Department of Public Safety is seeking an Operations Captain. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, public safety professional position.
Building on 150 years as Oregon’s land grant institution, Oregon State University serves the state, the nation and the world as a premier 21st-century research university.
MISSION—As a land grant institution committed to teaching, research, and outreach and engagement, Oregon State University promotes economic, social, cultural, and environmental progress for the people of Oregon, the nation, and the world.
We will be welcoming and foster belonging and success for all. We are a diverse community, defined by the rich palette of cultures we share, and we will strive to eliminate achievement gaps among sub-groups of students and inequities in the advancement of faculty and staff. We will foster the personal success of each member of the university community and instill a commitment to serve Oregon, the nation, and the world.
OSU is building an organizational culture founded on the values of inclusion, mutual respect, good physical and mental health, collaboration, and humility, so that people from every background are welcomed and thrive, our community is diverse, and our leadership advances both excellence and innovation.
The OSU Department of Public Safety will support and emulate the mission, core values and goals as outlined in SP 4.0 by providing for a safe campus for students, faculty, staff, and visitors that facilitates Oregon State University’s educational, research, and community service goals; and to provide these services with the highest standards of inclusivity, transparency and accountability.
The provision of public safety on OSU’s Corvallis campus will undergo a transition when the three intragovernmental agreements for licensed law enforcement services with Oregon State Police end on December 31, 2020. OSU leadership has determined the best course of action to ensure the continuation of law enforcement services in a manner that is aligned with the values and principles of OSU is to bring this function within the university.
Effective January 1, 2021, pursuant to ORS 352.118 and 352.121, OSU will utilize its own sworn officers to provide law enforcement services for the Corvallis campus.
The Department of Public Safety is now recruiting lateral, sworn law enforcement professionals to lead, supervise and expand a foundation of complex, compassionate, and diversified safety services for the university community. Now is the time to join the new adventure and opportunity to develop, lead, and supervise within the newly constituted Department of Public Safety (DPS): as the OSU Police Captain
Reporting to the Associate Vice President of Public Safety & Chief of Police, the OSU Police Captain is a sworn position responsible for the supervision, planning, coordination, and oversight of the activities and operations of staff assigned to the police and public safety patrol, investigations, and operations. This position will work independently in performing regular assignments, reviewing, and participating in the work of law enforcement. This position provides leadership, support, development, and accountability for police officers and security/public safety officers assigned to DPS.
The OSU Police Captain will have regular daily contact with all members of the Oregon State University campus community, including students, faculty, staff, visitors, and members of the public.
The OSU Police Captain oversees day-to-day patrol-related operations; monitors, observes, and assists police sergeants, police officers, public safety
officers, and other staff as necessary. This position will provide short-term and long-term guidance, coordination, and evaluation of work assignments. This position will supervise sworn sergeants who supervise sworn police and security/public safety officers and act in the capacity of a sworn officer to the full extent of all federal, state, county, and university laws, regulations, and policies as necessary. This position participates as a member of the Department of Public Safety leadership team to contribute to the strategic and operational oversight of the full department and will stand in for the Chief as necessary