Salary: $82,487.00 - $97,050.00 Annually
Location : Thurston County - Olympia, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number:Department: Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Division: Student Engagement and Support
Opening Date: 08/28/2026
Closing Date: 9/13/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
DescriptionWASHINGTON MANAGEMENT SERVICEJOB ANNOUNCEMENTComprehensive School Safety - Program Supervisor
$82,487 - $97,050 annually
Closes September 09,2026 The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) seeks to fill the Threat Assessment and HIB Program Supervisor position. This full-time position is based in Olympia, Washington. This position may be eligible for partial to near full-time telework. Telework is a combination of in-building and off-site days.
During your onboarding period (first 6 - 8 weeks) you will be required to be in the office 3 days per week. After you've completed your onboarding period, you may have the option to work a flexible telework schedule (days of the week to be determined with Supervisor approval). While we're happy to offer this balance of in-office connections and telework flexibility, this isn't a fully remote position. Position OverviewThis position is housed within SESP and reports to the Director of Student Support. It provides statewide strategic leadership, program oversight, and cross-sector systems knowledge for comprehensive school safety and emergency preparedness - leading interagency coordination, legislative bill analysis, and policy development to strengthen statewide prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery systems, and to build district and ESD capacity in partnership with education, emergency management, law enforcement, and community organizations.
The Program Supervisor leads the statewide ESD Comprehensive School Safety Coordinator network; supports emergency operations planning, school security, and related readiness initiatives; and translates law, policy, evidence, and stakeholder needs into practical guidance, training, resources, and sustainable systems for districts and partners.
The position facilitates and staffs the School Safety and Student Well-Being Advisory Committee (SS-SWAC), stewards the relationship with the Task Force on Gangs in Schools, plans the annual Safety Summit, manages assigned grants and contracts, leads legislative and proviso reporting, coordinates statutory data activities, represents OSPI in statewide emergency-management forums, and serves as the primary Safety Center lead for elevating significant safety concerns and emerging issues to agency leadership.
The position develops and recommends, in partnership with OSPI leadership, statewide approaches for complex, sensitive, and evolving school safety matters. The position is expected to exercise political awareness, build trust across sectors, and engage OSPI leadership proactively on program direction, risks, and opportunities.
This portfolio operates primarily under RCW 28A.300.630 (State School Safety Center), RCW 28A.300.635 (School Safety and Student Well-Being Advisory Committee), RCW 28A.310.510 (regional school safety centers), and RCW 28A.320.125 (safe school plans), along with other applicable state and federal school safety and emergency-management requirements.
Key Responsibilities- Serve as OSPI's comprehensive school safety lead and representative for statewide networks, legislative work, community partnerships, the state Emergency Management Council, and cross-agency initiatives, providing strategic direction and applying systems-level, cross-sector judgment to recommend statewide methods, policy or legislative changes, and long-term Safety Center direction.
- Facilitate and staff the School Safety and Student Wellbeing Advisory Committee (SS-SWAC); steward the Task Force on Gangs in Schools relationship; lead the annual Safety Summit; and lead or support related task forces, interagency meetings, and stakeholder engagement.
- Facilitate and coordinate with the ESD Comprehensive School Safety Coordinator Team, including monthly meetings, regular communication, shared tools, statewide alignment, and peer learning; facilitate the SRO Community of Practice as assigned.
- Design and deliver peer learning opportunities, technical assistance, and training for districts and ESDs - including, but not limited to, emergency operations planning, drills and exercises, incident command/NIMS awareness, site assessment, crime prevention through environmental design, gang prevention and transportation safety - building sustainable local capacity through clear roles, effective teams, and durable systems.
- Respond to parents, districts, ESDs, community members, and partners regarding complaints, requirements, implementation challenges, emerging situations, and requests for technical assistance; provide guidance or referrals within OSPI authority.
- Understand and articulate laws, rules, policies, and grant requirements and translate them into actionable guidance.
- Monitor program implementation, outcomes, grants, contracts, advisory work, training, statewide supports, access, equity, fiscal performance, and service quality; analyze quantitative and qualitative information to identify progress, needs, risks, disparities, and opportunities; and use data, stakeholder input, and equity analysis to recommend corrective actions, risk mitigation, and system improvements.
- Lead or support advisory groups, workgroups, interagency meetings, and stakeholder engagement, using resulting feedback to inform program, policy, funding, and implementation decisions.
- Build and maintain relationships across OSPI and with districts, ESDs, Tribes, emergency management, law enforcement, behavioral health, facilities, community organizations, education associations, families, students, and other partners; coordinate related initiatives to improve alignment, reduce duplication, and strengthen collective impact.
- Coordinate regularly with the Threat Assessment and HIB Program Supervisor, particularly when incidents, legislation, advisory priorities, or initiatives cross portfolios.
- Promptly brief agency leadership on significant safety incidents, emerging concerns, legislative or policy implications, context, and needed supports.
- Lead assigned statutory data collections and reporting, including the comprehensive school safety three-year cycle and annual security-staff data.
- Prepare required reports, data products, issue briefs, executive summaries, presentations, and partner communications; write or coordinate the SS-SWAC legislative report and other proviso, grant, incident, evaluation, and decision-support products.
- Communicate program direction, decisions, timelines, risks, and expectations clearly and consistently.
- Integrate program work within the division's MTSS framework by coordinating across SESP teams, identifying connections across tiers and initiatives, and supporting a coherent continuum of whole-child supports for districts and students.
- Manage or influence assigned budgets, grants, contracts, subawards, staffing, and other public resources - including school safety grants, potential facilities-partnership funding, professional-learning contracts, and emergency-planning procurements.
- Lead procurements and contracts, develop and manage scopes of work, partner with and monitor vendors through the full lifecycle; monitor performance, allowable costs, deliverables, audit readiness, and corrective action.
- Advise leadership and partners on funding, staffing, capacity, and sustainability; identify fiscal risks and resource gaps; and ensure resources are used responsibly, equitably, transparently, and in compliance with applicable requirements.
Required Qualifications:Required Education, Experience, and Competencies:- Bachelor's degree in public administration, public policy, systems or organizational leadership, emergency management, education, criminal justice, public safety, public health, social services, or a closely related field; and at least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in systems coordination, cross-agency program leadership, emergency management, policy implementation, technical assistance, comprehensive school safety, or related public-sector work.
OR- An equivalent combination of education and professional experience totaling seven (7) years that demonstrates progressively increasing responsibility in systems coordination, cross-agency program leadership, emergency management, policy implementation, technical assistance, comprehensive school safety, or public-sector program management.
Additionally:
- Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate groups of experienced subject-matter professionals - across agencies, sectors, districts, ESDs, Tribes, emergency management, law enforcement, behavioral health, facilities, and/or community organizations - toward shared decisions and outcomes; this role's effectiveness depends on relationship strength as much as technical expertise, and doesn't require equivalent technical depth in each domain.
- Demonstrated systems-level thinking: able to see how policy, funding, practice, and relationships interact across a fragmented, multi-agency landscape, and to design coordination structures rather than simply execute existing ones.
- Experience managing or implementing grants or contracts.
- Experience briefing leadership and handling sensitive or urgent matters with composure, political awareness, sound judgment, and appropriate confidentiality.
- Ability to interpret laws, policies, funding, compliance or grant requirements and translate them into actionable guidance.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to develop plain-language guidance and synthesize complex or sensitive information for field, leadership, and public audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, respond effectively to emerging issues, meet deadlines, follow through, and exercise sound independent judgment.
- Demonstrated ability to advance equitable, culturally responsive, inclusive practices and understand how safety systems and policies affect historically underserved students and communities.
- Demonstrated stewardship of publ
