SPECIALIST, SAFETY TRAINING

DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY, NE TERMINAL

235 work days

FTE: 1.0

Salary Range: $47,665- $57,896

Essential Functions and Objectives:

Administers and manages activities within a specific area of a responsibility. Serves as the subject matter expert and applies gained knowledge to execute, maintain and improve systems, programs, or processes.

Assists in the development and coordination of multiple complex project schedules, production budgets and logistics of safety training operations; oversees complex projects to achieve results in a timely and cost effective manner by providing direction, facilitation and control of resources.

- Provides various support and conducts activities related to logistics, reporting, training, communications, and processes. Participates in the planning and implementation of new initiative.

- Assesses and troubleshoots escalated problems and applies expert understanding to resolve complex challenges of stakeholders; focuses on root cause identification in order to achieve systemic and sustainable improvement. Approves and documents exceptions for compliance record keeping and reporting.

- Ensures appropriate key stakeholder involvement in planning, goal-setting, and implementation to achieve buy-in of work products. Ensures purposeful, positive and professional interactions and relationships with all stakeholders; enables consistent application of work products across the district.

- Identifies opportunities for improvement, prioritizes, and recommends solutions to management. Implements approved enhancements to ensure consistency across the district. identifies opportunities to reduce costs; analyzes available data, trends, and feedback, and ensures compliance with expectations for optimal operation and goal achievement.

- Develops and monitors annual and long-range safety department training programs. Directs the design and distribution of surveys, interviews and questionnaires for conducting training needs assessment

- Oversees the research, development and delivery of a comprehensive program of training courses. Coordinates instructor scheduling, facility availability and associated budgets.

- Supervises/assists in the production and distribution of various publications (e.g., training reports, calendar schedules, workbooks, instructional guides, newsletters, etc.).

- Directs the preparation of comprehensive reports (e.g., staff studies, evaluations, needs assessments, grants solicitations, etc.) to document events or specific needs.

- Remains current in Job Specific procedures in order to apply the most appropriate methodologies by attending conferences, education programs and seminars, reading professional publications, using the internet and participating in professional organizations.

- Confers with University and College officials and other professional training personnel to define curricula for training programs for college class credit.

- Supervises/assists in the production and coordination of trainings and training requirements (e.g. training manuals, videos).

- Maintains current knowledge of Dept. of Safety procedures as well as District policies to ensure DPS is leader in K-12 Education.

- Maintains District inventory of Training supplies and associated budget.

- Reviews training materials and provides annual updates.

- Instructs/teaches/facilitates training programs.

- Identifies, develops and monitors the use of subject matter experts who provide curricular and instructional content of training courses.

- Must be self-directed and posses the ability to work independently.

- Works closely and effectively with all members of the Safety Department, its partners and stakeholders.

- Work experience in private or public law enforcement or security, military, FEMA, CEMA or other emergency management organization.

- Experience in training presentation and delivery.

- Operate and use general office equipment and supplies, telephones, personal computers, related software and equipment (e.g. printer). Operate audio-visual equipment required for training presentations.

- Will oversee and supervise internship and apprentice programs and their participants.

- Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:

- 2+ in Criminal Justice, security, business, management, education or closely related field.

- Must be able to obtain and maintain all required licenses issued by the County and City of Denver and/or a Denver Police Special Police Officer Authorization. Valid Colorado Driver's License. Driving record must meet District's insurability requirements at hire and during employment. Maintain all licenses and certifications required now or in the future.

- CPR/First Aid Certification, Successful completion of NIMS Incident Management (IS) courses required within first 6 mos of employment. NIS IS100.

- Knowledge with Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel and Outlook.

- Effective time management and organizational skills.

- Effective communication skills.

- Strong attention to detail.

- Effectively handle multiple demands and competing deadlines.

- The ability to take responsibility for one\u2019s own performance.

- Work collaboratively with others on a team.

- Aptitude for variety and changing expectations and fast-paced environment.

- Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to interact and maintain good working relationships.

- Ability to work independently with little supervision performing complicated assignments inside established deadlines.

- Possess strong analytical and computational skills with ability to present to many audiences. Familiar with federal, state and local laws as relate to Training requirements.

Education Requirements:

- Associates in Criminal Justice, security, business, management, education or closely related field or relevant work experience.

- Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice, security, business, management, education or closely related field is preferred.

Other information:

The Safety and Security team strives to promote safe school communities by emphasizing Safety, Service and Enforcement. The Department provides a wide range of services that include armed patrol response, school based security, dispatch and communications, investigations, emergency preparedness, system specialists and administration. Our officers work closely with the Denver Police Department to ensure our schools remain safe for students and staff to learn and thrive. We incorporate the DPS Shared Values of Students First, Integrity, Equity, Collaboration, Accountability and Fun in everything we do and constantly look for opportunities to provide learning experiences outside of the classroom. Our officers are well trained on a variety of topics and we set high expectations for ourselves on being a service oriented department.

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Susana Cordova and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.