Fire Protection Publications Project Manager AS7283

Oklahoma State University•Stillwater, OK

5d•$50,000 - $76,000•Onsite

About The Position

Fire Protection Publications is a mission-driven, values-based organization dedicated to the production of high-quality educational content for the international community of firefighters and first responders. The Fire Protection Publications (FPP) Project Manager is responsible for coordinating the development and completion of International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA)/FPP manuals and curriculum materials for national sale within planned schedules and budgets. The Project Manager will oversee the entire lifecycle of a publication from manuscript to final printed or digital product ensuring projects stay on schedule and meet quality standards. They coordinate between editors, authors, designers, and eProducts managing complex, cross-functional timelines. This position includes the direct supervision of seven full-time staff.

Requirements

High School/GED (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)
Six years of related work experience.
Post- secondary education may be substituted for experience.
Experience in leading teams of professionals and daily staff supervision.
Basic knowledge of data/word processing applications, such as Google Suite or Microsoft Office.
Ability to work independently by completing tasks and making decisions without direct supervision, relying on self-motivation and initiative to meet goals.
Ability to work in teams by collaborating with others, sharing the workload, delegating when necessary, and combining diverse skills and perspectives to achieve a common objective.
Managerial courage - ability to make difficult decisions, address challenging situations, and advocate for their team, even when it involves risk or potential conflict.
Continuous/lifelong learner - consistently improving existing knowledge and skills.
Dependability – responds to requests for service and assistance with a sense of urgency, follows instructions, responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions, commits to doing the best job possible, highly organized, ability to set and maintain schedules, keeps commitments and meets attendance punctuality guidelines.
Productivity - ability to organize and focus on activities required to achieve a desired goal or set of objectives.
Communications – effectively and respectfully expresses ideas and thoughts in both verbal and written channels, exhibits good listening and comprehension, keeps others adequately informed and selects and uses appropriate communication methods.
Initiative – volunteers readily, undertakes self-development activities, seeks increased responsibilities, takes independent actions and calculated risks, looks for and takes advantage of opportunities and asks for help when needed.
Self-Management - regulates emotions and considers the impact of one’s actions upon others, remains focused and energized under stress, accepts constructive criticism and recovers quickly from setbacks, projects realistic self confidence in abilities.
Problem Solving – identifies problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully through attention to detail, develops alternative solutions, resolves problems in early stages and works well in group problem solving situations.
Coaching - ability to influence and guide a group toward a common goal, guide and develop others through a process of inquiry, feedback, and support to achieve their full potential.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Secondary, Adult, Vocational or Occupational Education, Technical Writing, Curriculum and Instruction or related field.
Experience in developing training material at any level or related field and one year of experience in coordinating development of training material.
Previous fire or emergency service curriculum development experience.
Experience in direct supervision of staff.
Fire Service Training Experience
Experience in developing electronic learning products.

Responsibilities

Perform immediate supervision of the production staff and student employees. Included, but not limited to hiring, leadership, coaching, training, policy compliance, attendance management, timesheet and leave approvals, employee relations and performance appraisals.
Manage the development of IFSTA/FPP materials for national sale for completion within planned schedules and budgets.
Plan the development of projects in conjunction with the related IFSTA manuals and NFPA national standards.
Establish and manage a deadline schedule for each project.
Coordinate and manage the development and revision of projects in conjunction with related IFSTA materials, meeting current national NFPA standards.
Coordinate production teams towards a final goal of publishing up-to-date materials.
Direct the implementation of standards that meets the needs of state fire training directors and other users.
Work with the FPP Graphic Production department on typesetting formats for final copy and on layout diagrams and illustrations as required.
Interact with other FPP Managers to coordinate common content objectives.
Manage the creation of original curriculum and testing materials based on training manuals and professional qualifications standards.
Review illustrations, photos and other support materials for completeness and accuracy.
Coordinate or perform editorial review of project materials.
Ensure that all components of major publications are accurately identified and of sufficient quality to meet publication standards.
Represent FPP and IFSTA at meetings, conferences and other related functions to maintain visibility and promote the use of training materials and generate goodwill towards OSU, FPP, IFSTA and the fire service as a whole.
Deliver presentations upon request.
Other duties as assigned.