Training Specialist - Police

About the role

• Department: Public Safety - Police Operations
• Training Division
• Position Title: Training Specialist - Police
• Job Family Group: Professional Staff

Job Description Summary

The Training Specialist, under direction of the Training Division Manager, will be responsible to design, develop, and deliver a wide range of training programs for the department to ensure all personnel meet departmental, state, and national standards. The Training Specialist will manage the scheduling and registration of personnel for outside training.

Training documentation, record keeping, and CPOST reporting will be the responsibility of the Training Specialist. Additionally, the Training Specialist will operate as the department quartermaster and is responsible for purchasing and maintaining equipment and uniform items. The Training Specialist must be experienced with law enforcement equipment, tactics, procedures, and constitutional law.

Additionally, the Training Specialist will assist with other duties when required as assigned by the Training Division Manager to meet the needs of the department such as facilitating host training at on-site or remote locations, purchasing division-related material and equipment, quartermaster and fleet responsibility duties.

Job Duties

• Design, develop, and instruct training classes and programs for department personnel to include scenario-based exercises.
• Coordinate with department instructors on scheduling and commitment.
• Conduct documented evaluations on students and perform remedial training.
• Maintain training files and training records, which include databases, personnel files, SharePoint Dashboards, and registering training hours to KS-CPOST as required.
• Conduct quarterly training progress reports.
• Maintain accurate and updated lesson plans and ensure training conforms to changes in industry standards, department policy, state, and federal regulations.
• Manage quartermaster duties which include ordering uniform and equipment, issuing items to personnel, maintaining stock levels, managing storage rooms, and operating as administrator of Galls department website portal.
• Coordinate with external training and equipment providers on purchases, invoicing, delivery, and fulfillments.
• Coordinate with all department divisions, university, and hospital stakeholders to ensure continuation of integration and support of KUMC goals and objectives.

Additional information

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, task, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Work Environment

• This position requires a level of physical fitness necessary to teach, demonstrate, and participate in physical training exercises and other instructional activities, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Required Qualifications

Education: High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Certifications/Licenses

• A valid, unrestricted driver's license.

Work Experience

• Five (5) years of prior law enforcement experience or equivalent experience in a tactics training environment. Relevant education can be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Three (3) years of experience as a police trainer or in a similar tactics training environment.
• This position requires the successful completion of a drug screening pursuant to K.S.A. 75-4362 and K.S.A. 75-4363, and a background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in a related field.

Defensive Tactics

• PPCT Instructor
• NLETC Instructor
• Gracie Survival Tactics Instructor
• Krav Maga Instructor
• Monadnock Certification

Firearms

• NRA Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor
• State-certified Firearms Instructor
• Three-Gun Instructor proficiency

Active Shooter

• ALERRT Certification
• FBI Active Shooter Certification
• NTOA Certification

Additional

• Use of Force Instructor
• De-escalation Instructor
• Less-Lethal Instructor
• CPR/AED, Stop the Bleed, Tactical First Aid Instructor

Work Experience

• Supervisory or administrative experience.
• Experience supporting a training unit.
• Experience with accreditation standards.

Skills

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Computer skills
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving
• Multitasking
• Time management skills

Required Documents

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays.

One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

• Employee Type: Regular
• Time Type: Full time
• Rate Type: Salary

Compensation Statement

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

Pay Range

• $70,200.00 - $105,300.00
• Minimum $70,200.00
• Midpoint $87,700.00
• Maximum $105,300.00