General Summary of Position:
This being a promotional opportunity, only current UML Employees within the same Bargaining unit are eligible to apply for this position.
As part of the command staff, Support Operations Lieutenant, will assist the Chief and Deputy Chief of Police, in the management of the day-to-day operation of the Police Department. Will provide leadership and direction to all Sergeants and or patrol officers under his control, with regards to the day-to-day operations of the police department.
Women and underrepresented minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Minimum Qualifications (Required):
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of police administration.
- Knowledge of the techniques of conducting employee performance evaluations.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of supervision.
- Ability to determine proper format and procedure assembling items of information.
- Ability to write concisely to express thoughts clearly and develop ideas in logical order.
- Ability to plan training or instruction.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of investigation, interview and interrogation, fact-finding, and summation.
- Knowledge of the provisions of the state laws governing administrative hearings.
Minimum Entrance Requirements:
- Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full-time, or equivalent part-time experience in governmental police force or in law enforcement work and (B) of which at least one year must have been in a supervisory capacity, or (C) any equivalent combination of the required experience and substitutions below.
Substitutions:
I. An Associate’s Degree with a major in police science, law enforcement or criminal justice may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required (A) experience.
II. A Bachelor’s Degree or higher with a major in police science, law enforcement or criminal justice may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience. *
*Education toward such a degree will be prorated based on the proportion of the requirements actually completed.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Significant experience in a governmental police/security force and completion of graduate level degree requirements in criminal justice, criminology, behavioral science or sociology
Special Requirement:
- Possession of a current and valid Massachusetts Class 3 Motor Vehicle Operators License.
- Appointee must be eligible for appointment as a University Police Officer under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 75 ss 32A, Chapter 22C; ss 63, and Chapter 37; ss 3 and appointment as Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County.
- The appointee shall have completed a certified police academy that meets acceptable standards applicable to the Municipal Police Training Committee.
- Appointee will be licensed to carry and qualify with a firearm as a condition of employment.
**Given the nature and responsibilities of the position, only U.S. persons (any individual who is a citizen of the United States, a permanent resident alien of the United States, or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C.1324b(a)(3)) will be considered for this position.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
This being a promotional opportunity, only current UML Employees within the same Bargaining unit are eligible to apply for this position.
This is an International Teamsters Union Local 25 position, Grade 22E. Only internal International Teamsters Union Local 25 Bargaining candidates will be considered.
Required: Must pass an oral board and a review of the applicant's past performance.
Please include a resume and cover letter with your application. Names and contact information of three references will be required during the application process.
