Police Captain (Promotional) en City of Napa, CA
City of Napa, CA · Napa, Estados Unidos De América · Onsite
- Senior
- Oficina en Napa
About the Department
***This is an internal promotional recruitment, only open to City of Napa full-time classified employees.***
The Napa Police Department is dedicated to providing unparalleled service to our community. A career with us offers many rewards: competitive salaries and excellent benefits; chances to create significant positive impact on people in your community; an amazing variety of work and challenges; and a fulfilling public service career.
Driving Principles: The Napa Police Department is unified in Safety, Support, and Service.
- Safety of the Community
- Support the Future
- Service Over Self
We are looking for our next Police Captain and in that, a contemporary law enforcement leader with a proven passion for community policing. You excel in long-term and big-picture thinking, and can strategically prepare your assigned Division for the future. Comfortable with leading change, you should be open to new approaches from a variety of sources, and be adept at balancing competing demands and priorities. As one who encourages ideas and input from others, the individual selected will have a history of working collaboratively with partners on shared challenges and major initiatives. Partnering with the community to improve the quality of life and crime issues by being innovative, courageous, and compassionate is the Napa PD community-based policing philosophy.
As an inspiring leader and strong people manager, the candidate selected will exercise a steadfast commitment to the continuous development of leaders at all levels of the organization. The ideal candidate will be a progressive servant leader, that is an effective mentor who genuinely values people and embraces the opportunity to lead and develop a department, while being skilled at holding others and themselves accountable.
As an inspiring leader and strong people manager, the candidate selected will exercise a steadfast commitment to the continuous development of leaders at all levels of the organization. The ideal candidate will be a progressive servant leader, that is an effective mentor who genuinely values people and embraces the opportunity to lead and develop a department, while being skilled at holding others and themselves accountable.
Previous experience serving as an effective collaborator with a history of success with building relationships that strengthen the fabric of a community will be expected. You will convey sophisticated cultural competency and offer a hardworking track record of maintaining public safety in close partnership with a community. Positive and upbeat in nature, the ideal candidate will be extremely approachable and relatable. Sensitive to the varying information needs of internal and external partners, you're a credible and open communicator. As one who values ongoing two-way communications, you will display a sincere commitment to maintaining productive relationships.
We are a dynamic and progressive police agency dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to the City of Napa. The culture of Napa Police Department is supportive and highly collaborative. We take pride in our work and our relationships with the community. Our organization works as a cohesive group, with other City Departments, towards common goals and addressing our community’s needs. Similarly, we work closely with our local and regional agencies in the criminal justice system, as well as our community partners throughout the region.
In addition to meeting qualifications, you will have experience in demonstrating:
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills: Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in functional areas related to the position of Police Captain; maintains a solid understanding of policies, procedures and the law; keeps up with current developments and trends in law enforcement.
- Decision Making: Demonstrate an ability under pressure to identify priorities and assert command and control over a major incident or incidents to promote public safety through managing, deploying and directing personnel and resources; think critically; communicate effectively; understand and employ the Incident Command System (ICS) as appropriate. Identify and understand problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
- Building Trust: Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one's intentions and those of the organization.
- Emotional Intelligence: Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting own and others’ emotions and behavior; using insights to effectively manage own responses so that one’s behavior matches one’s values and delivers intended results; listens and shows understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern and professional courtesy.
- Managing Conflict: Dealing effectively with others in an antagonistic situation; using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or more people.
- Mentoring: Providing timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
- Leadership Disposition/Inspiring Others: Demonstrating the traits, inclinations, and dispositions that characterize successful leaders; exhibiting behavior styles that meet the demands of the leader role/using interpersonal styles and methods to inspire and guide individuals toward higher levels of performance.
- Community Policing: Fostering trust within the community; understanding community dynamics to enhance crime prevention. Engaging community residents in developing strategies for neighborhood safety.
- Continuous Learning / Self-Development: Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application.
- Optimizing Diversity: Establishing and supporting organizational systems, policies, and practices that reduce barriers and use the capabilities and insights of individuals with diverse backgrounds, cultures, styles, abilities, and motivation.
- Aligning Performance for Success: Focusing and guiding others in accomplishing work objectives.
- Strategic Planning: Obtaining information and identifying key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long range goal or vision; committing to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and organizational values.
PROMOTIONAL SELECTION PROCESS ELIGIBILITY
In order to participate in a promotional examination an applicant must meet the following requirements at time of application:
- Have permanent status in the classified service at the City of Napa.
- Have received an overall satisfactory rating on most recent evaluation report.
- Be receiving a salary less than the salary of the position for which the exam is given.
- Possess the minimum qualifications of the class.
For a full, detailed job description for the classification of Police Captain, click here.
This recruitment and examination is being conducted to establish an eligibility list. This eligibility list may be used to fill future similar vacancies as they occur during the active status of the employment list. The active status of this employment list will be for six (6) months unless abolished sooner or extended beyond that date in accordance with the Civil Service Rules.
Other Qualifications
MISSION STATEMENT for the City of Napa
Rooted in public service, our mission is to grow a vibrant, sustainable community for all who live in, work in, and visit the City of Napa, through thoughtful leadership and dedication to excellence.
CORE VALUES for the City of Napa
Integrity - Consistently demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct with accountability and pride.
Service - Engaging in meaningful work to care for our community through resourceful dedication and humble actions.
Inclusion - Creating a sense of ease and belonging through respect, acceptance, and mindfulness of our collective diversity.
Collaboration - Working together with a shared purpose while respectfully considering all voices to achieve common goals, solutions, and greater outcomes.
***NOTE: CITY OF NAPA EMPLOYEES SHOULD USE A PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS***
SELECTION PROCESS
The City of Napa utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad outreach efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to take part in a process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, an eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments and eligible lists may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.
Candidates who have participated in a testing process for a recruitment are not eligible to re-take the same test within six (6) months.
What happens next?
- We will review your application and all supplemental materials to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the selection process. Application appraisal includes a review of qualifications, education, training, and experience related to the job, as well as supplemental questions if applicable.
- Applicants moving forward in the selection process may be asked to participate in any combination of the following (at any phase of the selection process): online assessment, written examination, job-related exercise, phone interview, and panel interview. These testing steps may be conducted on a pass/fail basis, and/or percentage-based scoring methodology.
- Based on the City Charter, the final phase of the selection process is the Probationary Period, which in most cases is six (6) months but may be twelve (12) months depending on the classification.
- When three or fewer candidates are available, the testing procedures outlined in the Job Announcement may be waived by the Human Resources Department.
Language Equity
- If you need assistance with the recruitment and selection process in Spanish, contact us at 707-257-9505. These request will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
- Si necesita ayuda con el proceso de reclutamiento y selección en español, contáctenos al 707-257-9505. Estas solicitudes se evaluarán caso por caso.
Reasonable Accommodations
The City of Napa Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination process to accommodate qualified disabled applicants. Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the testing process must inform the HR Department in writing by the final filing date. A Reasonable Accommodation Request Form is available from HR and may be obtained by calling 707-257-9505, or dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service, offering free text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, and Spanish-language services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The City of Napa is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace will maximize our talents to benefit the residents we serve. Solicitar ahora
