TRAINING OFFICER 1 - UNDERFILL

State of Nevada (NV); Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in Carson City is seeking a Training Officer 1 to support the Training Officer 2 role, with required travel across the state. The position focuses on teaching, revising, and developing business, communication, leadership, management, and state mandatory trainings for NDOT staff.

Travel includes overnight trips to Elko, Ely, Winnemucca, Tonopah, Las Vegas, and other NDOT locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in organizational behavior, education, communications, business or public administration or related field and two years of professional experience in adult training.
• OR high school diploma with four years of professional experience in training and development activities.
• Prepare course descriptions, develop and deliver curriculum using sound instructional design principles.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, manage and coordinate training and development for a department, division or statewide function.
• Supervise and/or conduct training sessions for vocation or skills training in specific areas and general management development.
• Identify performance gaps, analyze results and make recommendations for employee development programs.

Skills

Adult learning theory

Curriculum development

Instructional design

Training delivery

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in organizational behavior, education, communications, business or public administration

High school diploma + 4 years professional training experience

Job description

The Department of Transportation is hiring for a Training Officer 1 underfilling for a Training Officer 2 located in Carson City and requires travel and multiple overnight travel to include but not limited to Elko, Ely, Winnemucca, Tonopah and Las Vegas and other NDOT locations throughout the state via driving or NDOT commuter plane. The primary work of a NDOT Training Officer is teaching, revising, and developing business, communication, leadership, management, and State mandatory training classes for NDOT employees throughout Nevada. This position is located Carson City and requires travel and multiple overnight travel to include but not limited to Elko, Ely, Winnemucca, Tonopah and Las Vegas and other NDOT locations throughout the state via driving or NDOT commuter plane. The primary work of a NDOT Training Officer is teaching, revising, and developing business, communication, leadership, management, and State mandatory training classes for NDOT employees throughout Nevada. NOTE: The Job Duties section listed in this announcement reflect the Statewide Class Specifications for all positions and do not fully correlate with the specific duties of this position.

Employee Development Managers and Training Officers analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, manage and coordinate training and development for a department, division or a geographic region of a department's statewide training function and supervise and/or conduct sessions for vocation and/or skills training in specific occupational areas and general management development.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in organizational behavior, education, communications, business or public administration or related field and two years of professional experience in the adult and/or employee training and development process including experience planning and developing curriculum and coordinating and conducting formal training; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education and four years of professional experience as described above; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Prepare course descriptions, develop and deliver curriculum, deliver training to employees using sound instructional design and learning principles and serve as liaison to department management, subject matter experts and the State’s centralized human resource division.

Identify performance gaps, analyze results and make recommendations; design and implement employee development programs and evaluate employee training and development programs as directed by agency management.

Select and monitor the work of contracted trainers and approve training conducted by political sub-divisions for various public safety occupations; conduct skills training in specific occupational areas and may conduct safety classes.

Coordinate, oversee and/or conduct training sessions for vocation and/or skills training in specific occupational areas, career planning and development and general management curriculum.

Prepare statistical and informational reports as required.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general supervision of an Employee Development Manager or an administrative supervisor, incumbents serve as trainers and curriculum coordinators for a department or division; modify or adapt lesson plans, deliver and coordinate training programs using class facilitation methods and practices; and coordinate and monitor the activities of other trainers. This is the journey level in the series.

General knowledge of:adult learning theory and methods of presentation; principles of lesson plan development; the use of various instruction methods and lesson plan requirements; current learning technologies and various instructional methods; class coordination and logistics.

Ability to: relate and interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds for the purpose of instruction and career development; prepare and present a variety of oral and written reports; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with a variety of training providers; operate a personal computer and a variety of software programs.