POOL - Law Enforcement Role Players (Part-time temporary)

This is a part-time, temporary position located at the Kansas Law Enforcement Center in Yoder, Kansas. The role player will facilitate and participate in basic training scenarios as assigned. Law enforcement experience is not required. This position must be physically and emotionally capable to perform the essential functions and demands of their assigned work in a safe and effective manner. This position reports to the Associate Director for basic training or their designee.

About the Workplace

The Hutchinson Campus, part of the University of Kansas, is located near Hutchinson, Kansas. It includes 173 acres with fifteen buildings, including two multi-story residential student dormitories, and is home to the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC). KLETC serves as the central agency for all law enforcement training in Kansas, managing an $8.1 million annual budget, 62 authorized FTE staff, and over 400 contract/adjunct staff annually. It trains nearly 10,000 students each year in residential, online, and outreach programs, serving 437 recognized law enforcement and police agencies statewide.

KLETC operates 24 hours a day, Sunday afternoon through Friday evening, in a high-risk, high-liability environment (e.g., firearms, use of force, emergency vehicle operations, defense tactics, and search and seizure). The campus also oversees administrative functions such as student discipline, academic issues, legislative funding requests, IT planning, strategic planning, and external grants.

KU Professional & Continuing Education (PCE), headquartered on the Edwards Campus, operates in a self-supporting business environment while aligning with KU's academic, research, and public service missions. PCE collaborates with KU academic schools and departments to provide continuing professional education across all 105 Kansas counties, 50 U.S. states, and 61 nations.

Responsibilities

• 90%: Support the scenario-based training of KLETC by following scripts and directions from assigned staff.
• 10%: Assist in set-up and teardown of scenarios as necessary.
• Remain “in role” during training missions, portraying assigned characters, staying in character, and applying independent judgment within scripted scenarios or ad-libbing if directed.
• Utilize creativity to make situations realistic in a training environment.
• Conform with and abide by all regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructor directions.
• Dress in appropriate apparel for the assigned role.
• Maintain satisfactory standards of competency, conduct, appearance, and integrity.
• Avoid fraternization, including out-of-role conversations during role play on campus with KLETC basic students.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older at time of hire.
• Must be able to endure exposure to extreme weather conditions from time to time.
• Must be able to use/tolerate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• High School Diploma or GED equivalency.
• Valid Kansas driver’s license or the ability to obtain one within 60 days of employment and maintain it throughout employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current or former law enforcement experience.

Pay

$18.00 per hour.