Training and Exercise Trainer

Training/Exercise Trainer (Trainer III) Training/Exercise/Trainer DEM (Trainer III) pay range 25.65 - 40.67, Position will remain open until filled. Interviews may be delayed due to # of applications and scheduling. Under the direction of the Training and Exercise Section Manager this individual will: ● Provide emergency management training throughout the year in various locations to ensure customers are reached state-wide ● Support a state IMT initiative to create a Utah team to serve our communities ● Develop and design exercises, conduct exercises, utilize evaluations, and create improvement plans for local emergency management agencies, as well as state agencies ● Attend meetings, conferences, and workshops related to emergency management in order to learn new information and to develop working relationships with other emergency management specialists Day-to-day responsibilities of this position: Designs and/or prepares training/instructional materials, and teaching aids..

Monitors and evaluates operations, programs, processes and/or practices for quality and effectiveness; makes recommendations for improvement. Meets with local and state agencies to design, develop, and facilitate various types of exercises. Develops training and exercises for our State Emergency Response Team (SERT). Delivers presentations and provides platform instruction for DEM courses to city, county, tribal, and state emergency management personnel.

Utilization of U-Train DEM's Learning Management System (LMS) and Go. To training platform. Maintains and/or creates training and exercise files for record retention: including print, label, sort, archive, and retrieval processes. Develop exercise timelines; coordinate meetings for exercise planning and development, working with internal and external stakeholders.

Serve as a resource to state agencies, regions, counties, local jurisdictions, and the private sector within the State of Utah for exercise information, design, development, implementation, evaluation, and improvement planning. Provide in person training and exercise support designed to enhance emergency management capabilities.

Annually conduct an Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop (IPPW) for the State Emergency Response Team. Annually support integrated Preparedness Planning Workshops (IPPW) for county and local jurisdictions at a regional level. Utilizing the data gathered at the IPPWs, create an Integrated Preparedness Plan (IPP) and State Preparedness Report (SPR) with up to three years of future planning.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE: ● Will have experience designing, developing and facilitating exercises at a local or state level ● Will have experience in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) ● Will have experience in conducting presentations for local authorities and/or elected and appointed officials. ● Will have experience in conducting and/or facilitating training to emergency management and/or first responders ● Will have knowledge and experience with the National Incident Management System ● Will have completed ICS 300 and 400