Assistant Compliance & Accreditation Manager

Why Westerville Division of Police?

At WPD, we live by our core values:
Integrity, Commitment, Accountability, Respect, and Empathy. These principles guide how we serve our community, support one another, and pursue excellence in every aspect of our profession—including how we measure, document, and improve our performance.

Accreditation and compliance are mission‑critical functions that support transparency, operational excellence, and public trust. We are seeking a highly motivated professional who takes ownership of complex projects, demonstrates persistence in long‑term initiatives, and brings a strong sense of urgency to organizational priorities.

The most successful candidate will be self‑directed, highly organized, and comfortable working independently on complex projects that require precision, technological competence, discretion, and sustained focus. This position requires professionalism, confidentiality, attention to detail, and the ability to think critically at both the operational and executive levels.

The Assistant Compliance & Accreditation Manager plays a vital role in maintaining and advancing the Division’s accreditation and compliance efforts, with a primary focus on CALEA Public Safety Communications Accreditation. This position is assigned to the Accreditation Manager and supports agency leadership by ensuring policies, documentation, audits, and internal processes reflect best practices, professional standards, and organizational values.

This is not a passive administrative position. It is a high‑trust, high‑impact role that requires initiative, persistence, analytical thinking, and the ability to follow complex projects through to completion with minimal supervision.

Assistant Compliance & Accreditation Manager

Salary Information: $33.62‑50.42 hourly

• Dedication: A strong personal commitment to accuracy, quality, and organizational excellence.
• Sense of Urgency:
  The ability to proactively manage deadlines, accreditation cycles, and compliance requirements without constant direction.
• Persistence:
  Willingness to track issues, close gaps, and sustain long‑term initiatives through reassessment and reaccreditation cycle.
• Ownership: A mindset that treats accreditation, policy, and compliance as mission‑essential function.
• Professional Credibility:
  The ability to collaborate with executive leadership, communications personnel, and Division members with confidence and professionalism.

• Coordinate and support the Division’s CALEA communications accreditation program.
• Monitor accreditation timelines, standards, and deliverables to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Assist in developing, reviewing, and revising policies, general orders, and SOPs.
• Conduct internal reviews, mock assessments, audits, and inspections.
• Maintain organized, accurate accreditation files and proof documentation.
• Compile and analyze data, statistics, and reports for leadership and accreditation bodies.
• Prepare presentations, reports, and recommendations for executive staff.
• Train Division personnel on accreditation standards and compliance responsibilities.
• Assist with Ohio Collaborative, Power
  
  DMS, and other compliance initiatives.
• Support on‑site and remote accreditation assessments and agency preparation.
• Research best practices, emerging issues, and policy improvements.

Please read and review the Westerville Division of Police standards for employment prior to completing application, linked here: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Assistant Compliance & Accreditation Manager is responsible for coordinating and maintaining the agency’s accreditation with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) under the Public Safety Communications Accreditation Program. This position will assist the Division in achieving compliance with CALEA standards for our communications center and will play a critical role in preparation, documentation, policy development, internal audits, and other responsibilities assigned that are necessary for a successful assessment and future reaccreditation cycles.

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