TRAINING OFFICER 1 - 07282026-79621

About the role

This is a Training Officer 1 position for the Professional Development and Specialty Training division of the DCS Statewide Services Training Team. This position is currently located in Knox County.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates agency-specific training through various delivery methods to enhance employee and vendor development while ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.
• Delivers training to internal and external customers, develops or modifies training materials based on objectives and needs, applies adult learning principles, conducts training needs analyses, and develops evaluation tools to ensure training effectiveness.
• Captures information from internal databases, creates an optimal learning environment, verifies equipment functionality, sets up training locations with necessary arrangements, and ensures materials and supplies are available for training events.
• Enters necessary data into agency-specific tracking software and utilizes various office productivity tools to achieve agency goals.
• Assesses training needs and researches relevant learning opportunities for agency-specific employee development.
• Provides information to management for problem-solving and efficiency and recommends agency-specific contract vendors to meet customer needs.
• Develops and maintains professional working relationships with internal and external customers and subordinates to enhance productivity and efficiency.
• Participates in the employee evaluation process which involves reviewing job performance, providing feedback to improve and reinforce strengths, guiding staff to meet timeliness standards, and informing them about organizational culture, policies, procedures, workflow, task prioritization, documentation, and system usage for effective task performance.
• May assist management in interviewing applicants to determine the best candidate to fill vacant positions.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to two years of full-time professional work in one or a combination of the following: academic teaching; educational administration; development of instructional materials for academic programs; or training.
• Additional graduate course work in one or a combination of the following may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years: Human Resources Management, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or any field related to the design or evaluation of curriculum and related instructional processes, including, but not limited to Curriculum and Instruction, or Educational/Instructional Media Design, Educational Evaluation, Research, and Statistics.
• Four years of full-time professional work in the subject matter of instruction may be substituted for the two years of specialized experience.
• Successfully become certified as a facilitator by the Department of Human Resources within six months of hire.
• One year of professional experience in delivering workforce training with the State of Tennessee.

Qualifications

• Necessary Special Qualifications: Complete a criminal history disclosure form in a manner approved by the appointing authority. Agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointing authority. Supply a fingerprint sample prescribed by the TBI based criminal history records check.
• Applicants for positions in the Department of Military must be willing to and able to qualify with, carry, and use assigned weapons. Be eligible to receive and maintain a security clearance in accordance with applicable agency regulations. Be at least eighteen (18) years of age. Be a citizen of the United States. Have a good moral character, as determined by investigation.
• Upon appointment, successfully complete a prescribed course of instruction.

Skills

• Communicates effectively
• Instills trust
• Decides quality
• Focuses on customers
• Is resourceful

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$4,562.00 - $5,694.00 Monthly

Schedule

Full-Time