Assistant Director of Threat Assessment

🇺🇸 Norfolk, VA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $60K - $65K 💻 Instructional Design 🗓️ June 4th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Old Dominion University is hiring an Assistant Director of Threat Assessment. The role involves identifying, assessing, and responding to concerning behaviors through a proactive, team-based approach, managing a high-volume caseload, ensuring timely follow-up and communication, and contributing to outreach and early intervention efforts to enhance campus safety.

Highlights

Advance university's capability in behavioral threat assessment and response.
Manage a dynamic caseload requiring ongoing monitoring and coordination.
Develop outreach efforts and improve reporting pathways for safety.
Require knowledge of threat assessment principles, risk factors, and multidisciplinary team models.
Strong skills in case management, communication, crisis engagement, and collaboration with law enforcement, clinical providers, and campus partners.
Basic experience supporting multidisciplinary behavior intervention or threat teams and managing sensitive cases.
Preferred certifications include Certified Threat Manager (CTM) and Structured Professional Judgement Tools like WAVR-21.
Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, psychology, social work, counseling, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Position requires fingerprint-based criminal history check, extensive background investigation, and polygraph.
Salary range is $60,000 to $65,000 annually, commensurate with education and experience.