CHIEF OF FIRE FIGHTER STAND & TRAINING

Chief Of Fire Fighter Standards And TrainingThe Bureau Chief provides executive leadership for the Bureau of Fire Standards and Training and the Florida State Fire College. The position directs statewide firefighter standards, training, testing, certification, curriculum, instructor and training-provider oversight, and operates a residential fire-service education campus with dormitories, classrooms, training grounds, specialized props, apparatus, equipment, and infrastructure. The Chief advises Division and Department leadership on policy, legislation, budgets, and complex or sensitive matters; exercises independent judgment under applicable law and policy; and is accountable for safe, consistent, effective services to Florida's fire service.Executive Leadership and Personnel Management Plan, organize, direct, and evaluate Bureau programs, organizational priorities, performance measures, staffing, and service delivery. Serve on the Division leadership team and advise executive leadership on strategic, operational, regulatory, fiscal, and sensitive matters. Spend the majority of working time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees and planning and directing their work. Supervise managers and professional, instructional, field, administrative, facilities, maintenance, and OPS staff. Exercise authority, consistent with Department policy, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees, or effectively recommend those actions. Recruit, develop, retain, and plan succession for qualified staff. Promote ethical conduct, accountability, workplace safety, responsive customer service, consistent interpretation of rules, and continuous improvement.Florida State Fire College Executive and Campus Management Direct the College's residential, instructional, administrative, and campus operations, including dormitories, classrooms, student services, scheduling, training grounds, live-fire and specialized props, apparatus, equipment, utilities, grounds, and support facilities. Develop campus master plans, capital improvement priorities, maintenance and equipment replacement plans, and funding requests. Oversee construction, renovation, repairs, procurement, contracts, vendors, and coordination with facilities and technical professionals. Ensure safe operation of high-risk training facilities and establish campus safety, security, environmental, emergency, risk-management, and continuity plans for employees, students, instructors, visitors, and state assets. Evaluate campus utilization and develop partnerships that advance statewide education, professional development, research, conferences, and exercises.Statewide Training Testing Certification and Provider Oversight Direct curricula for minimum standards, advanced and specialized training, fire officer and instructor development, and other fire-service disciplines; integrate emerging hazards, research, operational lessons, health and safety, and relevant professional standards. Oversee written and practical examinations, certification, credentialing, instructor approval, and continuing education; ensure examination validity, security, fairness, quality assurance, appeals, and consistent statewide administration. Direct approval, inspection, monitoring, and compliance oversight of training providers and facilities. Establish clear approval criteria and direct corrective or administrative actions when authorized by law.Budget, Policy and Information Systems Develop and administer operating and capital budgets; monitor revenues, expenditures, procurement, contracts, grants, internal controls, and cost effectiveness. Prepare legislative budget requests and funding proposals. Develop or recommend rules, policies, procedures, forms, and standards; analyze proposed legislation, regulatory changes, and national standards; prepare bill analyses, fiscal impacts, technical correspondence, and executive briefings. Oversee information systems and records for training, examinations, certifications, instructors, providers, and students; use data to improve quality, efficiency, and decisions. Administer the Florida Firefighters Supplemental Compensation Program and assigned programs.Stakeholder Relations and Executive Representation Represent the Division and Department before governmental bodies, advisory councils, fire-service organizations, educational institutions, and the public; provide technical support to the Firefighters Employment, Standards, and Training Council. Maintain relationships with fire chiefs, training officers, labor and professional organizations, local governments, NFPA, the National Fire Academy, accreditation bodies, and other partners. Present complex information and solicit input on statewide needs.Emergency Response and Special Assignments Serve on the Department Disaster Response Team and respond to the State Emergency Operations Center, disasters, or major incidents as directed. Serve in command, coordination, liaison, planning, safety, logistics, or other roles consistent with qualifications and assignment. Maintain appropriate incident-management knowledge and qualifications. Perform other duties as assigned.