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
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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…