Agency Instructor I - Critical Infrastructure Protection

• Job Description

  Job Title
  Agency Instructor I - Critical Infrastructure Protection
  
  Agency
  Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
  
  Department
  Institute for Law Enforcement & Protective Services Excellence
  
  Proposed Minimum Salary
  Commensurate
  
  Job Location
  
  Job Type
  Staff
  
  Job Description
  
  General Summary:
  
  This Instructor is responsible for instructing and facilitating emergency management-related training courses for the Cooperative Agreement program in a challenging adult learning education learning environment. Utilizes knowledge of adult learning theories and learning styles to maximize learner success and ensure the overall effectiveness of the course instruction. This position will perform online and classroom instruction and field-based skills training and may provide technical assistance in a specialty area. Maintains skills and a current knowledge base to meet current and future instructional requirements and adapt course curriculum, when necessary, to meet learner needs. Uses a variety of media to present course material, assists with developing new and updated curriculum content as required, and aids in quality control of part-time instructors to include maintenance of records, reports, and documentation of activities during each course or exercise delivery. This is a telecommuter position.
  
  This position reports to the Agency Training Manager.
  
  Required Qualifications:
  
  

  • Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
    
  • Five years of experience in related incident management operations, emergency response planning, and emergency management in an educational setting.
    
  • One year of experience in adult education and training to include training concepts and programs.
    

  
  
  Required Licenses/Certifications:
  
  

  • Must have a valid vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
    
  • Completion of IS 700, 800, ICS 100-200.
    

  
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  

  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
    
  • Five or more years of experience in designing and providing adult training.
    
  • Seven or more years of experience in one or more of the following: risk management, threat, and risk assessment, incident response, incident command, prevention and deterrence, anti-terrorism and counterterrorism, law enforcement, public health, public works, emergency management, fire service, hazardous materials, government admin/military, public safety.
    
  • DHS Instructor Certification.
    
  • Basic Instructor Certificate, or equivalent.
    

  
  
  Physical Requirements:
  
  

  • Ability to support training delivery for up to 10 hours/day.
    
  • Physical conditioning is consistent with setting up classrooms and moving heavy training equipment and instructional materials.
    
  • Ability to travel independently to other and remote locations by driving and flying on commercial airlines
    

  
  
  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  
  

  • Advanced working knowledge of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS),
    
  • Including multi-agency coordination systems, emergency operations centers, and incident command operations in emergency response settings.
    
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
    
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with others.
    
  • Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
    
  • Ability to interact with senior leaders in higher education.
    
  • Knowledge of essential office software and instructional programs.
    
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for teaching and instructing individuals and groups.
    
  • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods.
    
  • Ability to facilitate and instruct groups of various sizes.
    
  • Skilled in utilizing various learning and active listening strategies.
    
  • Ability to orally comprehend and express information and use inductive and deductive reasoning.
    
  • Ability to interact respectfully and professionally with customers, co-workers, and staff of all levels.
    
  • Working knowledge of essential office software, computers, and instructional programs.
    
  • Excellent small-group facilitation and team-building skills.
    
  • Ability to comprehend and express information and use inductive and deductive reasoning.
    

  
  
  Equipment:
  
  

  • Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, telephone.
    
  • Standard Microsoft Office Software: PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Excel.
    
  • Training equipment.
    

  
  
  Notifications:
  
  

  • This position is security-sensitive.
    
  • This position may require work beyond regular office hours and work on weekends.
    
  • This position requires compliance with state and federal laws and codes as well as Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.
    
  • All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with the System and Agency safety requirements.
    
  • As part of TEEX’s mission of providing training, developing practical solutions, and saving lives, this position could be required, if called upon, to deploy within the State of Texas as directed by this position’s Division Director/HQ Department Head.
    
  • Ability to travel independently to other and remote locations by driving a personal or TEEX vehicle and flying on commercial airlines.
    
  • This position may direct or evaluate the work of others.
    
  • This position is funded from grant and contract funding, which is renewed through the provisions of the contract grantor. Therefore, this position is contingent upon continuing funding from these grants and contracts and satisfactory job performance.
    
  • This position allows telecommuting per TEEX guidelines.
    

  
  
  Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:
  
  Training Delivery and Program Support - 80%
  
  

  • Delivers course instruction and provides technical assistance for the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program and ensures that the course is effectively and efficiently presented in accordance with TEEX-certified curricula and customer contracts.
    
  • Arrives before the course is scheduled to ensure classrooms and training areas are prepared for class delivery, including safely setting up and disassembling equipment, course props, and other materials.
    
  • Develop instructional techniques and use various learning techniques to accommodate diverse learning styles when presenting course material.
    
  • Facilitates class discussions, monitors performance, and ensures all participants have achieved terminal objectives of the course.
    
  • Initiates and maintains collaborative classroom discussions and monitors learner performance.
    
  • Facilitates after-action reviews with participants after exercises.
    
  • Evaluate and assess instructional effectiveness and adjust the delivery plan as necessary.
    
  • Submits all required reports for assigned courses promptly upon completion of the course.
    
  • Upon course completion, ensure that training/exercise materials, training aids, and classrooms/exercise locations are secured and accounted for.
    
  • Develops and maintains subject matter expertise to include current and emerging issues.
    

  
  
  Training Documentation - 10%
  

  • Ensures class documentation is completed in an accurate and timely manner by Division guidance, Agency, and Contractual requirements (if applicable).
    
  • Maintains appropriate student activity documentation.
    
  • Completes all required course documents promptly and participates in course debriefs with the instructional team, as applicable, to determine delivery areas of improvement.
    
  • Ensures course evaluations are collected and returned as instructed by the Agency Training Manager.
    
  • Assists in marketing Protective Services Programs and events to potential customers and students.
    

  
  
  Course Development and Review - 5%
  

  • Actively participates in researching and updating new instructional materials in support of Critical Infrastructure Protection courses.
    
  • Assists with developing and updating customized lesson plans, outlines, training aids, manuals, and scenarios for practical application.
    
  • Assists with reviewing curriculum and instructional materials to ensure relevance to current doctrine and best practices.
    
  • May assist with developing and overseeing quality control of exercises/scenarios.
    
  • May assist with modifying or developing course content to meet changing needs and objectives, including visuals and
    
  • instructional materials to meet specific education and programmatic requirements.
    

  
  
  Fiscal and Administrative Responsibilities - 5%
  

  • Makes sound fiscal decisions in the planning and execution of course deliveries.
    
  • Submits administrative paperwork, including timesheets and travel expenses/receipts, within the required time frame per agency and division policy.
    

  
  
  Other Duties:
  

  • Completes all required TAMUS training and maintains required professional credentials.
    
  • Actively participates in team meetings and events.
    
  • Maintains and safeguards assigned divisional equipment and property.
    
  • Performs additional work duties as assigned.
    

  
  
  All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
  
  Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

• ABOUT THE COMPANY

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  • TEEX Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

  It comes down to saving lives. From providing emergency responders to disasters across the state and nation to developing training and practical workforce solutions, TEEX makes a difference worldwide. More than 174,000 people representing every U.S. state and 109 countries are served annually through on-site and online resources for specialties from homeland security to economic development and workforce training.

  Home to some of the world’s top training facilities, the emergency preparedness campus in Bryan/College Station includes the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Customized TEEX training programs develop practical solutions for each client’s need through hands-on instructional facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordinance training at the home campus or at customer-specified locations worldwide.

  Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2, the state’s elite urban search and rescue teams, are sponsored by TEEX. Throughout its existence, TX-TF1 has served the state of Texas and the nation by participating in over 100 deployments, completing search and rescue missions with highly trained and qualified personnel.

  As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has been leading homeland security training since 1998.

  The major TEEX programs include fire and rescue, infrastructure and safety, law enforcement, economic and workforce development, and homeland security. As a member of The Texas A&M University System, TEEX is unique in its ability to access a broad range of emerging research and technical expertise. Beginning with course design and development all the way through hands-on instruction and national certification testing, TEEX delivers comprehensive training through both classroom and hands-on instruction and as online courses. Hosting services for online courses, technical assistance and technology validation, and bilingual training and translation services also are available.

  By placing safety and well-being above all and by focusing on prevention and response, TEEX has become a comprehensive training provider through more than 80 years of extension training. Working with other agencies and encouraging involvement has led to better fire safety and emergency response, cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved homeland security, safer workplaces, heightened public safety and security, new therapeutics manufacturing and the evolution of cybersecurity.

  Through innovative programs and adaptive outreach, TEEX services are created to train the people who expand the security, occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond.​​​

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