STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE BRANCH JOBS

Field Program Consultant

Recruitment #240319-3829MP-001

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Introduction


Looking to grow your career in public safety? If so, read below and apply today!

The State of Connecticut, Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection (DESPP) is recruiting for a Field Program Consultant to join our Police Officers Standards and Training Council (POSTC) at the Connecticut Police Academy in Meriden, Connecticut.

This position is full time on first shift, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday with flexible working hours, depending on projects and events. Compensatory time may be available in accordance with HR rules for this job class.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
In addition, the State puts an emphasis on:
  • Providing limitless opportunities;
  • Hiring for diversity and fresh perspectives;
  • Performing meaningful work and;
  • Encouraging a healthy work/life balance!
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
Candidates hired for this position may be assigned to one of the following divisions within our agency:  Certification, Accreditation or Field Service Division. Candidates applying for this role will become part of a team that is committed to developing best practices for all of CT Law Enforcement Officers; utilizing our resources, talents, leadership abilities and experiences. Field Program Consultants have the distinguished honor to serve our Law Enforcement Units and Law Enforcement Officers by:
  • Coordinating in-service classes, researching new laws and best practices, preparing and submitting training requests for proposal;
  • Coordinating Instructor development and supervisor programs to teach leadership skills beyond the classroom setting;
  • Managing the Instructor certification process to include regulation compliance, field audits and curriculum development;
  • Developing, charting and navigating a program or course to lead Law Enforcement Units through the Accreditation process ensuring best practices and compliance with new accreditation laws;
  • Ensuring police officer, instructor and training schools follow regulations and Connecticut General Statutes;
  • Investigating police revocation requests submitted by the CEO of Law Enforcement Units, conducting compliance hearings in compliance with the revocation/decertification process with recommendations to the Academy Administrator;
  • Coordinating and assisting with the Accreditation training and assessor teams, to include POSTC CALEA and CONN- PAC;
  • Ensuring POSTC regulation and statutory compliance for in-service and Satellite Academies;
  • Researching, developing and updating policies and programs that open communication between law enforcement, communities, stakeholders;
  • Interacting and working with many members of government agencies, public and private sectors to include but not limited to attorneys, town officials, members of academia, community advocates and all members of law enforcement.
Given the various programs offered at POSTC, this position requires designing a working environment that handles multiple projects at once with sensitive deadlines and at times works under a state of urgency. The nature of our work encourages our employees to bring forth and capitalize on valuable skills such as: 
  • Communication – written and verbal;
  • Leadership and influencing;
  • Creative and organizational skills; and
  • Researching, developing and teaching skills.  
This job is invigorating, intense and highly gratifying.  Please see EXAMPLES OF DUTIES section below for more information. 

ABOUT DESPP
The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection is committed to protecting and improving the quality of life for all by providing a broad range of public safety services, training, regulatory guidance and scientific services utilizing enforcement, prevention, education and state of the art science and technology.

POLICE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING COUNCIL
The Police Officer Standards and Training Council is committed to providing innovative, credible and responsive high quality basic, advanced and specialized training to Connecticut police officers, adopting and enforcing professional standards for certification and decertification of Connecticut’s police officers, and is charged with developing, adopting and revising a comprehensive standards program for local law enforcement units.

             

Selection Plan

TO APPLY
  • In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
  • The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
  • Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
  • All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AFTER YOU APPLY
Candidates selected for an interview must provide the following at the time of interview:

State Employees
  • Two (2) most recent performance evaluations;
  • Completed CT-HR-13.
Non-State Employees
  • Two (2) professional references contact information (Name, Email and Phone Number);
  • Completed CT-HR-13.
Additionally:
  • Candidates who have been selected for employment with the Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection are subject to a detailed background investigation, including a fingerprint supported state and federal criminal history record check along with reference checks. Selection for employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the background investigation. Click here to complete the Criminal Convictions addendum. The CT-HR-13 can also be found on the DAS website by typing in "CT-HR-13" into the "Search Department of Administrative Services" search field. Also considered in this selection process: Any pending or disciplinary history within the past 2 years and review of attendance records. Failure to provide the required documents listed above or submit your application accurately and on time, will eliminate you from the recruitment process.  
  • This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
  • Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
  • Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: performance reviews, supervisory references, college transcripts, licensure, etc. at the discretion of the hiring agency.
  • Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
  • The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

For technical questions about the filing of your application, please contact Benjamin Beaudry at Benjamin.Beaudry@ct.gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In the Police Officer Standards and Training Council this class is accountable for managing the implementation of training or accreditation programs and providing assistance to municipal police departments in establishing and maintaining training or accreditation programs and facilities which conform to professional standards.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Assists in administration of training or accreditation programs for municipal police departments to ensure conformance with Training Council standards;
  • Coordinates, plans and manages activities in area of police training or accreditation and professional standards;
  • Audits and evaluates programs, facilities and equipment utilized by municipal departments for effectiveness and conformance with Training Council or accreditation standards;
  • Coordinates contracted recruit instructors or accreditation assessors;
  • Develops, prepares and presents training or accreditation informational programs;
  • Consults with police chiefs, training or accreditation officers and other department officials and recommends courses, programs, equipment or facilities designed to meet specific training or accreditation needs; 
  • Conducts examinations of training staff and program graduates or assessments of police agencies;
  • Recommends Training Council approval and certification of programs, instructors or police agencies meeting standards or revocation of approval where standards not maintained;
  • Maintains perpetual inventory and registries of all personnel trained, local and regional training facilities, equipment and other training resources; 
  • Maintains state accreditation standards and conducts annual review of standards; 
  • Acts as liaison with municipal police department educational organizations, accreditation managers or other agencies;
  • Participates in the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of
    • principles and practices of police training programs, educational methods, facilities, training aids and techniques and police accreditation programs;
    • law enforcement practices and procedures;
  • Knowledge of management principles and practices;
  • Considerable
    • interpersonal skills;
    • oral and written communication skills.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Seven (7) years of experience in criminal justice and law enforcement.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been in training at the level of Training Officer or in the area of police agency accreditation as an assessor or accreditation manager.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  • A Master's degree in criminal justice, education or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience managing competing priorities while meeting deadlines;
  • Experience creating, developing, or researching policy recommendations;
  • Experience communicating laws and regulations in writing and verbally to internal and external stakeholders; 
  • Experience developing reports with defined goals and objectives;
  • Experience using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.





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