Director, Fire School

Jobtailor; Croydon (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an executive leader to guide all fire school training operations in the United States. You will develop strategic plans, set operational priorities, and drive growth initiatives across multiple training locations.

The role requires leading budget management, evaluating enrollment trends and financial outcomes, and ensuring compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards. You will oversee logistics, scheduling, facilities, and contracted training initiatives while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Current or former firefighting experience.
• 7–10 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in public safety training or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex operational environments, budgets, personnel, and strategic initiatives.
• Experience with contract negotiations, partnership development, and revenue-generating operations.
• Strong knowledge of public safety training systems, organizational leadership, and operational management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for all fire school training operations.
• Develop and implement fire school strategic plans, operational priorities, and growth initiatives.
• Establish fire school goals, performance expectations, operational standards, and organizational priorities.
• Evaluate operational effectiveness, enrollment trends, financial outcomes, and organizational performance metrics.
• Lead organizational planning efforts to support long-term sustainability, operational scalability, and program growth.
• Serve as Budget Center Head for assigned business areas.
• Develop, monitor, and manage operating budgets and financial performance.
• Maintain fiscal accountability for revenue generation, expenditures, contracts, grants, and operational sustainability.
• Conduct ongoing cost-benefit and operational analyses to support strategic decision‑making.
• Provide executive oversight and coordination of fire school logistics, scheduling, facilities operations, and operational support services.
• Ensure effective scheduling and operational coordination across training centers, instructional delivery, certification activities, regional programming, and contracted training initiatives.
• Collaborate with operational leadership staff to ensure consistency, efficiency, and responsiveness across all training locations and program activities.
• Monitor operational workflows and resource allocation to support strategic growth, program scalability, and financial sustainability.
• Ensure compliance with institutional policies, accreditation standards, contractual obligations, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee enterprise risk management activities associated with public safety training operations.

Skills

leadership

communication

analytical skills

organizational skills

collaboration

decision-making

responsiveness

efficiency

planning

evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for all fire school training operations.
• Develop and implement fire school strategic plans, operational priorities, and growth initiatives.
• Establish fire school goals, performance expectations, operational standards, and organizational priorities.
• Evaluate operational effectiveness, enrollment trends, financial outcomes, and organizational performance metrics.
• Lead organizational planning efforts to support long-term sustainability, operational scalability, and program growth.
• Serve as Budget Center Head for assigned business areas.
• Develop, monitor, and manage operating budgets and financial performance.
• Maintain fiscal accountability for revenue generation, expenditures, contracts, grants, and operational sustainability.
• Conduct ongoing cost-benefit and operational analyses to support strategic decision‑making.
• Provide executive oversight and coordination of fire school logistics, scheduling, facilities operations, and operational support services.
• Ensure effective scheduling and operational coordination across training centers, instructional delivery, certification activities, regional programming, and contracted training initiatives.
• Collaborate with operational leadership staff to ensure consistency, efficiency, and responsiveness across all training locations and program activities.
• Monitor operational workflows and resource allocation to support strategic growth, program scalability, and financial sustainability.
• Ensure compliance with institutional policies, accreditation standards, contractual obligations, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee enterprise risk management activities associated with public safety training operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Current or former firefighting experience
• Seven (7) to ten (10) years of progressively responsible leadership experience in public safety training, educational administration, operational leadership, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex operational environments, budgets, personnel, and strategic initiatives.
• Experience with contract negotiations, partnership development, and revenue-generating operations.
• Strong knowledge of public safety training systems, organizational leadership, and operational management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and organizational skills.

Hard Skills

• budget management
• operational analysis
• strategic planning
• performance metrics
• contract negotiations
• revenue generation
• organizational leadership
• operational management
• logistics coordination
• risk management

Soft Skills

• leadership
• communication
• analytical skills
• organizational skills
• collaboration
• decision-making
• responsiveness
• efficiency
• planning
• evaluation

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree