Threat and Risk Assessment Coordinator

Threat and Risk Assessment Coordinator

Position Purpose: 

The District Threat Management Coordinator leads the district's efforts to implement and sustain a comprehensive, districtwide behavioral threat assessment and management program. This position works directly with schools to build and support multidisciplinary threat assessment teams or integrate these responsibilities into existing site-based teams. The coordinator also oversees school facility risk assessments conducted by nationally qualified assessors, ensuring findings are translated into actionable strategies that reduce risk and support safe learning environments.

Safety Sensitive Designation:

This position has been classified as Safety Sensitive in accordance with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and Board Policy G-37-R3 Medical Marijuana & Safety Sensitive Positions Regulation. All candidates selected for hire or transfer into a Safety Sensitive position must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening. Employees in Safety Sensitive positions may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination, if they test positive for marijuana components or metabolites, regardless of medical marijuana license status.

Essential Duties:

Great Learning (Instructional Infrastructure)

• Ensure risk assessment and threat management practices minimize disruptions to instructional time.
• Provide actionable recommendations that directly support safe and effective teaching and learning.

Great People (Talent Development)

• Partner with principals to build, train, and sustain school-based threat assessment teams or integrate responsibilities into existing structures (e.g., student support teams).
• Deliver ongoing training, tabletop exercises, and coaching to threat assessment teams on national protocols and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Provide consultation during threat assessment cases to ensure consistency, equity, and adherence to established protocols.

Great Systems (Support & Accountability)

• Coordinate and monitor districtwide threat assessment and management protocols, ensuring alignment with national standards and district policy.
• Oversee facility risk assessments using CPTED and other nationally recognized assessment frameworks, tracking completion cycles and action plans.
• Develop district systems for data collection, tracking, and analysis of threat assessment trends, team activity, and mitigation measures.

Great Culture (Service & Equity)

• Promote a culture of safety, trust, and equity across all schools.
• Ensure that safety and threat assessment services are accessible and consistent across diverse campuses.
• Provide transparent communication and collaboration with district departments, families, and community partners.
• Uses social media monitoring platforms to investigate threats and self-harm indicators, promoting proactive intervention and student safety.

Key Focus Areas

• Completion of mandated risk vulnerability assessments at all school sites by required timelines.
• Ensure completion and quality of all mandated risk vulnerability assessments.
• Management and continuous improvement of behavioral threat assessment and management protocols.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Security, Operations, and Academic divisions to ensure alignment of safety efforts with district priorities.

Performance Indicators

• 100% of school sites complete risk vulnerability assessments within state-required timelines.
• Districtwide consistency in behavioral threat assessment protocol implementation, as evidenced by case audits.
• Timely completion and documentation of threat assessment cases in accordance with established protocols.
• Year-over-year improvement in school leader confidence in threat assessment and safety support services.

Job Specifications: 

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required):

• Associate's degree preferred or similar experience in Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Social Work, Public Safety, Emergency Management, or a related field.
• Three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in behavioral threat assessment, student support services, school safety, emergency management, law enforcement, mental/behavioral health, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience conducting or supporting multidisciplinary assessments, safety planning, or case management involving students or vulnerable populations.
• Knowledge of nationally recognized behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) frameworks, such as:
  • U.S. Secret Service NTAC model
  • Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines
  • Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG)
  • Other evidence-based multidisciplinary threat assessment protocols
• Understanding of school safety practices, risk/vulnerability assessments, and CPTED principles.
• Knowledge of key Oklahoma requirements, including OSSI best practices and state-mandated risk/vulnerability assessments.
• Ability to interpret legal and regulatory guidance related to school safety, FERPA, crisis response, and student support processes.
• Proficiency with data tracking, analysis, and case management or incident management platforms.
• Ability to learn and use social media monitoring tools and interpret indicators of safety concerns (e.g., threats, self-harm statements).

*Relevant experience may be substituted for formal education at a 2:1 ratio.  Therefore for every 1 year of college lacking, 2 years of directly relevant experience may be substituted.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

The working conditions and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer.
• Ability to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear, understand, and speak in audible tones in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone.
• Physical agility, able to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, walk, reach, and climb stairs.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 30 pounds.
• Work involves safety-sensitive essential job functions

Reports To: Director of Safety & Emergency Management

FSLA Status: Exempt

Compensation:

Work Days:     242

FTE: 100

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. The employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the supervisor or appropriate administrator.  Oklahoma City Public Schools reserves the right to, update, revise or change job duties as the need prevails. This document is for communication only and not intended to imply a written or implied contract of employment. The Board of Education and Superintendent may approve alternatives to the listed qualifications.