Child Passenger Safety Program Coordinator III - Limited Service

Overview

Are you interested in working to ensure child travel safely on Vermont's roadways? The Child Passenger Safety Coordinator sits within the Division of Emergency Preparedness, Response and Injury Prevention's Injury Prevention Unit, focused on pediatric injury prevention, public health, and highway safety.

 

Position is responsible for the oversight, implementation, administration, coordination, and evaluation of the child passenger safety program. The Child Passenger Safety program will work to reduce injuries and fatalities of child passenger safety including educating caregivers and child serving organizations on the proper use of child passenger devices (car seats and booster seats).

 

Duties include planning assessments, coordinating plan activities and implementation, monitoring, grant reporting and evaluation, technical assistance and education, and quality assurance for the Child Passenger Safety program. The Child Passenger Safety Coordinator will work directly with other state agencies and community partners to deliver the program. This position is a great opportunity for a candidate passionate about child passenger safety, injury prevention, and public health.

-Prefer a currently certified CPST, Tech Proxy or Instructor but we will train the right person. 
The candidate must be able to become a Certified Child Passenger Safety technician within 4 months of starting. The candidate must become a Child Passenger Safety technician instructor within 18 months of starting the role. Candidate must be comfortable with driving a large trailer (8000pounds). 
- Act as a state child passenger safety (CPS) subject matter expert
- Serve as a source of expert information for the program and related activities.
- Liaison to AHS and AOT as well as with other departmental, agency and community partners in developing strategies, guidelines and recommendations for highway safety/ child passenger safety initiatives. 
- Coordinate and manage a network of approximately 200-225 volunteers and affiliated organizations carrying out the mission of the Child Passenger Safety Program.
-Provides certification and recertification guidance and assistance.  Actively works to maintain a vibrant number of Child Passenger Safety Technicians
-Connect members of the public on related injury prevention and child passenger safety resources, including trainings, child passenger safety technicians, assistance stations and low-income program car seats
-Support and mentor new child passenger safety technicians, tech proxies and instructors as needed
-Develop and implement program communications and public messaging plan including delivering the Vermont CPS newsletter, other bulletins, website updates, program material, social media and other program outreach efforts working with community partners.
-Lead the coordination and implementation of all training related to Child Passenger Safety in the State of Vermont.
- Able to become comfortable driving a program SUV and tow the18' enclosed Program trailer as needed

Who May Apply

This position, Child Passenger Safety Program Coordinator III - Limited Service (Job Requisition #52461), is open to all State employees and external applicants. It is a Limited Service position, which is non-tenured and authorized for a specific period of time. Limited Service positions are established for specially funded projects or programs. 

Please Note: This position is being recruited at multiple levels. If you would like to be considered for more than one level, you MUST apply to the specific Job Requisition. 

 

Level I: Job Requisition #52420

 

Level II: Job Requisition #52461

 

Level III: Job Requisition #52462

 

If you would like more information about this position, please contact stephanie.busch@vermont.gov.
Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. You must apply online to be considered.

 

AHS BACKGROUND CHECKS:  Candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position.  In accordance with AHS Policy 4.02, Hiring Standards, Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment, will be conducted on candidates, with the exception of those who are current classified state employees seeking transfer, promotion or demotion into an AHS classified position or are persons exercising re-employment (RIF) rights.

Environmental Factors

Duties are performed in both a standard office and field settings. Private means of transportation must be available for required travel. Stress may be anticipated in dealing with emotional situations involving application of programs,