Program Coordinator

Requirements

MOS Code: 82A0M (Air Force), 82A0N (Air Force)

Education and Experience : Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business Administration, Public Administration, Public Relations, Public Health, Education, Behavioral Sciences or related field and four (4) years medical or allied health education, training, and experience, to include a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) documented hours of instructing medical or allied health education students and one (1) year field experience in the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care; or Bachelor's Degree (as listed above) and six (6) years of experience as a Texas Commission on Fire Protection ( TCFP) certified Structural Firefighter and EMT- Basic Level or higher.

Licenses and Certificates : Valid Texas Class "B" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by time of appointment.

Depending on assignment - a current Texas Department of State Health Services EMS Instructor must have been certified for a minimum of four (4) years at the time of application. Current Texas Department of State Health Services EMT-Paramedic Certification.

Depending on assignment - Structural Firefighter certification from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) prior to appointment. Fire Instructor Level II certification from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) prior to appointment. Texas State and/or NREMT certification or credentialing at the EMT- Basic level or higher.

All licenses and certificates must be maintained during the course of employment, including Department and Division requirements for continuing education credits.

General Purpose

Direct operations and provide management, administration, organization, and supervision of the El Paso Fire Department Structural Firefighter Educational Program or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Educational Program, up to paramedic. Responsible for program assessment, research, planning, development, monitoring, conducting training or education program courses, and evaluation including long-range planning and ongoing development.

Typical Duties

Oversee and perform managerial, consultative, technical, and high-level administrative duties. Develop and recommend strategic plans, policies, procedures, goals, objectives, and new program initiatives. Represent the organization and collaborate with governmental and public agency representatives. Schedule and attend meetings related to the initiative. Provide technical assistance and maintain documentation for contract management, including; assisting with management of contracts for compliance, reporting requirements, timelines, and auditing paperwork. Provide budget forecasting support by monitoring budget expense accounts and inventory.

Direct the day-to-day operations of the Educational Program; plan, organize, develop, implement, oversee, and review programs and activities. Provide continuous quality review and improvement of the program. Direct and participate in the planning, developing, and establishing of goals and objectives in training and education programs. Direct the establishing of processes and priorities, and monitor activities and assignments to achieve desired results. Evaluate effectiveness of program and operations, and develop new and modified initiatives to improve effectiveness including having systems in place to demonstrate the effectiveness. Coordinate and participate in psychomotor and cognitive instruction of students. Cooperative involvement with the medical director and training chief.

Assess training program effectiveness. Involves: Implement procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of current courses. Evaluate training sessions through approved methods. Modify training content as necessary. Maintain files of relevant training courses available from outside sources. Evaluate and update instructional methods. Perform preproduction, and production work on computer and video training materials that use computer and streaming audio-visual technologies for on-demand use.

Supervise assigned personnel, as assigned. Involves: Schedule, assign, instruct, guide, and check work. Appraise employee performance. Provide for training and development. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate, and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, or other employee status changes.

General Information

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Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

Please note: This is an unclassified contract position.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Determined by agreement

Closing Date/Time: Continuous

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