TRAINING SPECIALIST I - 77000618

State of Florida•SILVER SPRINGS, FL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Division of Hunting and Game Management. This is an exciting opportunity for an outgoing, self-motivated individual to serve as the Northeast regional hunter safety coordinator. This is a managerial position encompassing strategic planning, development, and coordination of volunteer resource activities for the hunter safety program. Tasks include providing oversight of Florida’s Hunter Safety Program in the northeast region, promoting and providing additional hunter safety training activities, assisting in supervision of Commission managed shooting ranges, and creating and maintaining a high-performance environment.

Requirements

Six years of experience in education or natural resource-related fields.
Must have good knowledge of hunter education program; firearms, firearm safety and hunting methods; training theory and instructional design and program management.
Must have knowledge of hunting and shooting laws and regulations; range safety operations; supervision; and marketing principles.
Skilled in the use of computers for word processing, information management, communications, and data management.
Must have the ability to evaluate training and instructional materials; present hunting related training in structured learning situations; write reports; develop procedures and monitor a program budget.
Must have the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
Must have the ability to create, organize and conduct presentations, seminars and promotional events.
Must have advanced skills in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other related software.
Must be able to deliver presentations to large groups of people and lead training workshops.
Must have the ability to manage a large corps of volunteers to stay on task, meet goals and keep morale high.
Ability to develop realistic goals, and to develop measures to stay on track.
Ability to work well with minimal supervision.
Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to properly tow a trailer, hear range safety commands, and to lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor’s degree in a related field can count toward four of the required six years of experience.
Prefer a bachelor’s degree in education or natural resource related field.
Prefer public speaking experience.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the implementation and administration of the hunter safety program within the assigned region.
Recruits, trains, supervises, and provides support to the volunteer instructors teaching Florida’s Hunter Safety Course.
Provides support for hunting related training at the Ocala Outdoor Adventure Camp.
Oversees an on-going analysis and monitoring system to ensure goals and objectives for course offerings and qualified volunteers are being met at every county in the assigned region.
Ensures that the course is taught in accordance with the prescribed outline in the instructor’s manual and operating under the guidelines established in the policy and procedures manual.
Maintains a liaison with instructors to provide incentive and assistance with training programs, training problems, and for the purpose of evaluating achievements and effectiveness of the training program.
Responsible for overseeing the proper maintenance and accurate accounting of all inventory assigned to the assigned region.
Certifies and issues completion cards to the students who successfully complete the Hunter Safety Course.
Assist in compiling investigations of all hunting-related incidents within the assigned region for purpose of reporting, developing and evaluating data for the prevention of future accidents.
Properly records all student training and volunteer instructor activity for the region in the agency’s record keeping system and forwards to the office of the state coordinator all essential training records and reports necessary for instructor and student certification.
Assist with the planning, administration and implementation of the National Archery in the Schools Program, Easton Archery Range Programs, Youth Hunter Education Challenge and Outdoor Weekend Learning Seminars.
Maintains progressive liaison with citizen groups, school organizations and news media for implementation and promotion of hunter safety and firearms safety training activities.
Provides information relative to wildlife conservation, hunting and firearm laws to the general public.
Provides technical assistance related to firearms qualifications and safe and proper use of firearms and shooting ranges to city, county and state governmental agencies.
Responsible for the oversight of the Ocala Public Shooting Range.
Provides contract oversight and assistance with the implementation of archery and hunter safety programming at the Indian River County Public Shooting Range.
Assist with the safety, programming, and environmental oversight of the Ocala Conservation Center Shooting Range.
Serves as primary agency back-up for the emergency operation of the Triple N Ranch Shooting Range.
Defines goals and/or required results at beginning of performance period and gains acceptance of ideas by creating a shared vision.
Communicates regularly with volunteers on progress toward defined goals and/or required results, providing specific feedback, and initiating corrective action when defined goals and/or required results are not met.
Confers regularly with volunteers to review relations climate, specific problem areas and actions necessary for improvement.
Evaluates volunteers on scheduled intervals; obtains and considers all relevant information in evaluations and supports volunteers by giving praise and constructive criticism.
Recognizes contributions and celebrates accomplishments.
Motivates volunteers to improve quantity and quality of work performed and provides training and development opportunities as appropriate.