FIRE TRAINING/RECRUITMENT OFFICER

Salary 
$22.48 - $33.72 Hourly         HIRING RANGE:  $46,755.24-$58,444.05

Location 
Rocky Mount, NC

Job Type
Full-Time

Department
Fire Department

Job Number
201700760

Closing
7/13/2018 11:59 PM Eastern

JOB REQUIREMENTS

•   Facilitates all firefighter professional development training, job knowledge testing, and practical skill evaluations; maintains certification records.  

•   Develops and implements recruitment training programs; develops training calendars; coordinates training with external instructors and community college representatives.

•   Develops basic and advanced training courses to be used by supervisors and assigned instructors to ensure departmental training objectives are achieved.

•   Orders supplies and textbooks for training classes.

•   Assists in developing department training calendars; develops and teaches classes; assists other personnel in the development of classes.

•   Maintains inventory of training materials, fire training props, and audio-visual equipment.

•   Develops and implements recruitment initiatives; posts job openings; attends job fairs.

•   Performs the duties of a Firefighter as assigned.

•   Performs other related duties as assigned.     

EXTERNAL CANDIDATES MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

•   Candidate must have served with a career fire department for three years, obtained the position of Senior Firefighter or equivalent rank, and must be a certified Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator through the North Carolina Fire and Rescue Commission. 

•   Candidate must be certified as a North Carolina Firefighter through the Fire and Rescue Commission. 

•   Candidate must be at the minimum a North Carolina Certified Emergency Medical Technician.  

•   Candidate must be certified as Hazardous Materials Responder Level 1 or above. 

•   Candidate must be certified or obtain a Child Passenger Safety Technician certification through successful completion of the NHSTA Child Passenger Safety Program within 24 months of employment.  

•   Candidate must be certified as a Technical Rescuer (TR) through the Fire and Rescue Commission.  

•   Candidate must be a North Carolina Fire & Rescue Commission Certified Instructor

•   Candidate must be certified or obtain a North Carolina Fire & Rescue Commission Qualified Instructor certification within 36 months of employment as a Fire Training/Recruitment Officer.

How to Apply: Specific employment requirements for the job, benefits information, and application may be obtained from www.governmentjobs.com/careers/rockymountnc