Security Driver Training Instructor IV

Overview:

The Security Driver Training Instructor will serve as an instructor and course manager for security driver training courses with responsibility for planning, organizing, and presenting and/or managing the presentation of one or more of these courses and for evaluating training effectiveness to ensure that objectives are met. The incumbent also serves as a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) subject matter expert on security/counterterrorist driving, vehicle dynamics, motorcade operations, off road driving and other related areas.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversees training events and works independently with minimal direction to plan, organize, and instruct driver training courses
• Ensures instructors have reviewed and understand established training objectives, lesson plans, training materials, and instructional methods prior to the beginning of assigned courses
• Monitors and reviews the work of driver training instructors
• Oversees and reviews the analysis of trainee evaluations, feedback from instructors, and personal observations
• Evaluates the impact of planned or projected changes in Diplomatic Security (DS) security programs and associated training requirements on the existing content, materials, and methods used for security driver training
• Plans and organizes participation in curriculum review conferences and serves as a subject matter expert in driver training
• Provides technical guidance to instructors in other security related subjects including terrorist operations, surveillance detection, attack recognition, and motorcade operations
• Oversees practical exercises when needed
• Oversees and serves as subject matter expert in the testing and evaluation of new training courses and instructional materials
• Researches and reviews current reports related to Diplomatic Security and introduces applicable information into driver training courses
• Resolves complex problems that occur in the preparation for and during training
• Complies with all Federal Law Enforcement Training and Accreditation (FLETA) accreditation standards
• Evaluates training effectiveness to ensure that training objectives have been met
• Identifies need for and drafts revisions to course content and materials or instructional methods as necessary to improve the driver training curriculum effectiveness and quality
• Ensure optimum efficiency in the use of assigned resources
• Recommends updates/revisions to courses or recommends the need for a complete curriculum review to the program manager
• Presents security awareness briefings to a wide range or audiences
• Establishes and maintains liaison with a broad array of law enforcement, security, military, government and civilian organizations interested in or affected by security/defensive driving
• Keeps abreast of current security techniques, methods, and procedures in the security/counterterrorist driving, vehicle dynamics, and motorcade operations areas through attendance at training sessions, seminars, and workshops
• Assists in scheduling and planning classes by developing and maintaining close contact with program coordinators as well as with other appropriate training entities
• Submits training records in a timely manner
• Assists with equipment inventory and maintenance for assigned training programs
• Exercises independent judgment and initiative on a daily basis and requires infrequent supervision; recommends improvements to the training curriculum

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides technical guidance and direction to instructors in the planning, preparation, and conduct of training
• Articulates instructional tasks and provides guidance on how to perform them; assists with performance evaluations

Education and/or Experience:

• High School diploma required; Associates degree preferred but demonstrated work experience of ten (10) years or more in this specific field will be considered
• Certification as a driving instructor from a law enforcement academy or driver training school/academy with ten (10) or more years of instructor experience (must have taught at least one (1) class per week during that time)
• Five (5) years of supervisory experience preferred
• Previous Law enforcement or military instructor experience required, experience with US Department of State, Diplomatic Security (DS) driver training programs strongly preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Expert knowledge of security/antiterrorist driving and protective motorcade driving principles and concepts
• Expert knowledge of and experience in road racing techniques
• Expert knowledge of vehicle mechanics, engineering, and fabrication
• Expert knowled