Senior Training Specialist (Fleet Management)

Job Overview

Training and professional development of employees in various topics or skills. This includes the preparation of lesson plans and other materials to be used in conducting training, scheduling and coordinating various workshops, classes or seminars, conducting training in a variety of settings and/or facilitating a variety of meetings or seminars.

Salary

Minimum: $51,313.60 $66,707.68

Core Competencies

• Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provide the highest standards of service.
• Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
• Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
• Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.

Duties And Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform some or all of the activities described below.

• Reviews applicable technology and literature, surveys agency/department personnel, and confers with management to determine training needs.
• Determines employee and agency training and professional development needs through surveys, interviews, or other sources; reviews and analyzes special requests for training courses and professional development.
• Designs and implements training programs for adults to maximize student acquisition and retention of knowledge, skills, abilities, and perspectives.
• Assesses training program effectiveness and revises programs accordingly.
• Evaluates training program content and recommends modifications.
• Writes lesson plans, curriculum, handouts, and other training materials.
• Prepares curriculum, designs participant manuals, collects appropriate videos and other materials, and conducts or facilitates training, meetings, seminars or other discussions in various settings
• Coordinates and acts as liaison with higher learning centers, training institutes and individuals to develop training courses and ensure expertise in a variety of specialized areas.
• Conducts classroom or other types of training using adult education and training principles and techniques; evaluates results and makes changes or adjustments as needed.
• Counsel employees and supervisors concerning training problems and provides information about educational opportunities and eligibility requirements.
• Monitors the training budget to ensure adequate program funding.
• Maintains a library, records and files of training courses, registrations, course attendance, materials, and other information.
• May supervise other staff.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Job Specifications

• Knowledge of curriculum development methods and techniques, specifically adult instructional course development, research, and practice.
• Knowledge of applicable statutory training standards, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of adult instructional course development and classroom presentation methods and techniques.
• Knowledge of applicable subject matter current trends and developments.
• Skill in the application of managerial and supervisory techniques.
• Skill in designing training programs to achieve objectives.
• Skill in presenting training courses to adult classes.
• Ability to organize and coordinate training activities with other organizations and individuals
• Ability to plan and organize adult education courses and facilitation activities; and to plan and evaluate training activities
• Ability to assess staff training needs, and design appropriate training programs.
• Ability to measure training effectiveness, compile results and take appropriate action.
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain records and prepare reports.
• Ability to collect, organize and evaluate data and to develop logical conclusions.
• Ability to work effectively with others.

Physical Requirements

• This job is performed in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.

Work Category

• Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.  If the use of arm and/or leg control requires exertion of forces greater than that of sedentary work and if the worker sits most of the time, the job is considered light work.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Graduation from an accredited four-year degree granting college or university; AND
• Two years of experience in adult teaching or coordinating adult training programs; OR
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above.

Emergency Management Responsibilities

In the event of an emergency or disaster, an employee may be required to respond promptly to duties and responsibilities as assigned by the employee’s department, the County’s Office of Emergency Management, or County Administration. Such assignments may be for before, during or after the emergency/disaster.

Additional Job Requirements

A department, depending on the nature of its mission and operations, may require that employees in all or certain positions in this job classification:

1. Maintain the ability to pass the background checks required for the position. These background checks may include but are not limited to:

• Criminal History Background Check using Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
• Level 1 and Level 2 Background screening (Ch. 435 Florida Statutes)
• Child Abuse, Abandonment and Neglect Record Check using the State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS)
• Sex Offender and Sexual Predator record check using the list maintained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)

1. Possess the necessary job-related license(s) or certification(s) that may include possession of a Florida Driver License (Class E) or an applicable Commercial Driver License (CDL)