Student and Staff Safety Manager

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of:

• State and federal laws, regulations, rules, codes, and standards of workplace safety, emergency preparedness, restrictive procedures, and workplace environment safety issues;
• how safety can impact students, staff, and other occupants;
• how social-emotional learning practices support student needs;
• best practices with regard to emergency planning, workplace safety, threat, and security assessments, emergency/crisis tabletop drills, and full-scale emergency drills;
• best practices to promote and maintain security and safety of staff and students;
• the student populations served in District 287 programs and the safety issues presented in different instructional settings;
• principles and best practices of comprehensive program development, process improvement, and official documentation standards.

Skills in:

• Design, model, and deliver comprehensive Crisis & Behavior Intervention courses; incorporating interactive presentation methods, verbal de-escalation, crisis posture, risk assessment, and safe physical disengagement and evaluate internal staff and instructor competencies.
• Supervise and maintain active credentialing, compliance, and physical/verbal proficiency for Crisis & Behavior
• Intervention instructors, adapting programs to meet changing workplace regulations and safety best practices.
• Technical writing and documentation efforts to establish standard operating procedures (SOPs), operational guides, and framework support for managing, de-escalating, and responding to challenging student behaviors.
• Guide and support multi-site teams through structured post-critical incident debriefs and reviews to drive continuous improvement in building safety efforts and best practices.
• Apply organizational leadership, effective written/oral communication, and intercultural awareness to build collaborative relationships across diverse populations, departments, and external agencies.
• Incident Command Structures and Operations.

Ability to:

• Work without supervision as well as collaboratively with teams;
• design, implement, and document new safety programs, operational processes, and compliance workflows;
  expand knowledge of social-emotional learning best practices with teams;
• proactively identify and suggest ways to reduce safety risks and liability, prevent and manage workplace safety;
• perform assessments of safety-related issues and provide statistical data and reports to district and site leaders;
• apply a culturally responsive and trauma informed lens to student behavior.

Essential Functions
The following identifies the essential functions of the position and is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all duties.

• Monitor, investigate, and evaluate staff injury reports to ensure appropriate responses are initiated.
• Serve as the District 287 liaison with law enforcement, medical, fire, and other first responders to promote interagency training, collaboration, drills, and communication for crisis scenarios in the absence of the Sr. Manager of Health, Safety, and Security.
• Facilitate and support the Return-to-Work program
• Guide/support teams through post-critical incident reviews and evaluate restrictive procedure and workplace injury data to objectively assess and refine individual student interventions.
• Partner with Special Education, Student Supports, and site administration to coach staff on complex student behavior, problem-solving, and evidence-based solutions.
• Promote equitable safety practices and positive learning outcomes by embedding social-emotional learning, community building, and restorative practices across all building safety efforts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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Location: Based out of the District Service Center in Plymouth, MN
Reports to: Senior Manager of Health, Safety, & Security
Start Date: Anticipated start date in November/December 2026
Contracted days: 261 days
This position follows the Employment Guide for Administrators and Unaffiliated Employees
Salary: Minimum starting salary for Unaffiliated Managers is $79,000
Benefits:

• Low cost medical insurance
• No Premium Employee-Only (Single) Medical Insurance
• Infertility benefits
• $40 copay for outpatient mental health services
• Low cost dental insurance
• District funded HRA account
• Life insurance and long-term disability
• Optional health care flexible spending account (FSA)
• Optional dependent care flexible spending account (FSA)
• Extensive wellness services that includes 6 free confidential counseling sessions
• Retirement benefits through PERA
• Optional 403b with district match after one year
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Mental Health benefits
• Ongoing professional development
• More details can be found on our webpage: Contracts/Benefits – Intermediate District 287