Police Chief

The City of Mountain Home has a fantastic opportunity for a proven, experienced, law enforcement leader to head a department committed to serving our residents with integrity, professionalism, and a strong sense of community partnership. You will lead a department of 26 sworn officers in a growing community, 40 miles southeast of Boise, committed to ensuring public safety.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in law enforcement, police science, criminal justice, justice studies or a related field, or
• Equivalent education and experience in law enforcement, and
• Extensive (measured by ten or more years) progressively responsible experience in law enforcement, including several years at a senior management level;
• Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) basic certification is required and possess, or qualify to possess an Intermediate or Advanced Certification through Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training is preferred;
• No disqualifying criminal or motor vehicle record;
• Possession of a valid driver’s license issued by the State of Idaho at time of hire.

General Statement of Duties: The Police Chief is appointed by the Mayor, with the consent of the City Council and will be expected to plan, direct, control, and manage the long-term programs and activities of the Mountain Home Police Department and the Mountain Home Animal Control Center and will exercise supervision over the work and personnel of these departments.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of:

• The principles and practices of modern police administration and management including program planning, budgeting, direction, coordination and evaluation, and human resource management functions and associated tasks;
• Laws, principles, and accepted practices and procedures that apply to patrol, traffic control, criminal investigation, animal control and crime prevention;
• Standards by which the quality of police service is evaluated, the use of automated and manual police records systems and their application to police administration;
• Types and use of firearms, communications, and automotive equipment used in modern police work;
• Budgeting processes and fiscal management;
• Principles and practices of effective management and supervision;
• Strategic and operational planning principles, practices and techniques, including facilities management, planning, maintenance, and forecasting.

Ability to:

• Plan, implement, direct, coordinate and evaluate department programs and personnel;
• Lead, motivate, and maintain a high level of discipline and morale;
• Develop, present, and gain acceptance for programs and budgets;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with city officials, other local governments and state and federal authorities, civic leaders, other department heads, and the general public;
• Effectively prepare and present oral and written informative material relating to the activities of a police department;
• Analyze police administrative concepts, problems, and situations, and propose effective and reasonable courses of action;
• Provide quality services in a cost-effective manner and to recommend improved methods of performing the work;
• Instill judgment and discretion into those with arrest or enforcement authority;
• Communicate effectively in a professional, pleasant, courteous manner, both orally and in writing,;
• Develop long-term plans for service delivery expansion and plan and organize work to achieve long-term goals;
• Physically perform the essential functions of the job;
• Make sound and reasonable decisions in accordance with laws, ordinances, regulations and established procedures;
• Perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines;
• Demonstrate integrity, ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

All candidates are required to pass the following to be considered for appointment:

• Physical fitness test;
• Interview with a board appointed by the Mayor;
• Background investigation;
• Polygraph exam;
• Psychological evaluation;
• Interview with the Mayor;
• If hired, you must live within a fifteen (15) mile radius of the police department, preferable within the City limits of Mountain Home;
• With a conditional offer of employment, you must also pass a medical exam and pass a pre-employment drug test.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $8,505.47 per month

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Dependent health insurance coverage
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $8,505