Training Specialist - Police

University of Kansas Medical Center • Kansas City, MO

4d • $70,200 - $105,300

About The Position

The Training Specialist works under the direction of the Training Division Manager and designs, develops, and delivers training programs to help department personnel meet departmental, state, and national standards. The role coordinates outside training schedules and registrations, maintains training documentation and records, and completes required KS-CPOST reporting. It also serves as the department quartermaster, purchasing, issuing, and maintaining equipment and uniform items. The position requires experience with law enforcement equipment, tactics, procedures, and constitutional law. Other assigned duties may include facilitating training at on-site or remote locations and supporting purchasing, quartermaster, and fleet responsibilities.

The role designs and instructs classes, including scenario-based exercises; coordinates with department instructors; evaluates students and provides remedial training; maintains training files, databases, personnel files, and SharePoint dashboards; and prepares quarterly training progress reports. It keeps lesson plans current and training aligned with industry standards, department policy, and state and federal regulations. Quartermaster duties include managing inventory and storage, issuing uniforms and equipment, and administering the Galls department website portal. The Specialist also coordinates with external training and equipment providers and with department divisions, university, and hospital stakeholders to support integration and KUMC goals.

The position requires sufficient physical fitness to teach, demonstrate, and participate in physical training and instructional activities, with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants must complete a drug screening and background investigation.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Valid, unrestricted driver's license.
• Five years of prior law enforcement experience or equivalent experience in a tactics training environment; relevant education may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Three years of experience as a police trainer or in a similar tactics training environment.
• Successful completion of a drug screening pursuant to K.S.A. 75-4362 and K.S.A. 75-4363 and a background investigation.
• Interpersonal, communication, computer, critical-thinking, problem-solving, multitasking, and time-management skills.
• Physical fitness necessary to teach, demonstrate, and participate in physical training and other instructional activities, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Defensive tactics credentials: PPCT Instructor, NLETC Instructor, Gracie Survival Tactics Instructor, Krav Maga Instructor, or Monadnock Certification.
• Firearms credentials: NRA Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor, state-certified Firearms Instructor, or three-gun instructor proficiency.
• Active shooter credentials: ALERRT Certification, FBI Active Shooter Certification, or NTOA Certification.
• Additional credentials: Use of Force Instructor, De-escalation Instructor, Less-Lethal Instructor, or CPR/AED, Stop the Bleed, or Tactical First Aid Instructor.
• Supervisory or administrative experience.
• Experience supporting a training unit.
• Experience with accreditation standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and instruct training classes and programs for department personnel, including scenario-based exercises.
• Coordinate scheduling and commitments with department instructors.
• Conduct documented student evaluations and provide remedial training.
• Maintain training files and records, including databases, personnel files, and SharePoint dashboards, and register training hours with KS-CPOST as required.
• Prepare quarterly training progress reports.
• Maintain accurate, updated lesson plans and ensure training reflects industry standards, department policy, and state and federal regulations.
• Manage quartermaster duties, including ordering and issuing uniforms and equipment, maintaining stock levels, managing storage rooms, and administering the Galls department website portal.
• Coordinate with external training and equipment providers on purchases, invoicing, delivery, and fulfillment.
• Coordinate with department divisions and university and hospital stakeholders to support integration and KUMC goals and objectives.
• Perform other assigned duties, which may include hosting training at on-site or remote locations and supporting purchasing, quartermaster, and fleet responsibilities.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage beginning on day one.
• Health expense accounts with employer contributions for employees participating in a qualifying health plan.
• Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance.
• Additional voluntary insurance plans.
• Paid vacation and sick time accruing upon hire.
• Ten paid holidays.
• One paid discretionary day after six months of employment.
• Paid bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave after 12 months of employment.
• Retirement program with an employer contribution and additional voluntary 457 or 403b retirement programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED