School Safety Intelligence Analyst
Position description
At the direction of the Ohio School Safety Center (OSSC) Administrator within Ohio Homeland Security (OHS), formulate & implement plans, policies & procedures for the receipt of locally & federally-generated time-sensitive threat information (e.g. policies & protocols for state & local governmental entities in homeland security, school safety, emergency management, counterterrorism & protection of critical infrastructure & resources in the State of Ohio) in order to: assess local implications of time-sensitive & emerging threat information; identify the dissemination of time-sensitive & emerging threat information to all homeland security partners (e.g. schools, first responders & other disciplines); Serve as resource person & technical advisor in the area of school safety (e.g. respond to public information requests pertaining school safety, emergency management, & anonymous reporting system inquiries & resolutions; represent OHS in meetings); Gather locally-generated information (i.e. suspicious activity reporting, open source media scanning information, etc.) based on time-sensitive & emerging threats; Independently review & analyze problems related to sophisticated &/or complex school safety and emergency management-related activity from other Ohio Department of Public Safety (ODPS) intelligence units & user agency personnel; Research, track &/or manage school safety, emergency management, security & vulnerability assessment, anonymous reporting & physical safety trends/data for review & reporting; Develop alerts & bulletins; Develop proper research tools, methods & intelligence request forms to appropriately accommodate intelligence information; Develop & analyze informational databases, spreadsheets & reports allowing information to be easily ex-changed & understood; Prepare intelligence reports, products & briefings for presentation to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), Governor's Ohio School Safety Working Group, classified briefings & other administrators; Coordinate research activities with other departmental units &/or outside agencies; Ensure compliance with applicable federal statutes & Ohio Revised Code (ORC) by conducting various audits (e.g. phone, email & contacting law enforcement); Assist in reviewing & recommending software & hardware equipment.
