Leadership Trainer

Title: Leadership Trainer DSPF0012

State Role Title: Training & Instruction Mgr I

Hiring Range: Salary is Negotiable and Commensurate with Experience.

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Department of State Police

Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia

Agency Website: vsp.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

About the Position:

The Virginia State Police (VSP) is seeking to hire a Leadership Trainer in our Training Division at our Administrative Headquarters in North Chesterfield, Virginia. The job duties for this position include but are not limited to:

• Developing, coordinating, and delivering leadership development training programs that strengthen supervisory, managerial, and executive capabilities across the Department.
• Ensuring high-quality curriculum design, instructor preparedness, and alignment with Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) instructional standards.
• Supporting the Department’s long-term leadership pipeline by delivering structured succession training that prepares employees for advancement into supervisory and command roles.
• Ensuring program evaluation, innovation, and the expansion of leadership learning opportunities for Sworn and Professional Staff personnel, as well as collaboration with internal and external training partners to support Department wide professional development.

About the Agency:

We’re more than a law enforcement agency — we’re a team of problem-solvers, innovators, and public servants shaping Virginia’s future. At VSP, your skills make an impact that reaches every community across the Commonwealth. If you’re ready for meaningful work, real growth, and a supportive culture that feels like family, your next career starts here.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge:

• Of law enforcement leadership principles, supervisory practices, and command-level decision-making relevant to leadership development programs.
• Of adult learning theory and instructional design, including curriculum development, lesson-plan evaluation, and classroom facilitation techniques used in agency leadership training programs.
• Of leadership training structure, including succession and first line supervisor training, mid-level management programs, and executive-level leadership programs such as Darden School and FBI National Academy.
• Of instructional standards, certification requirements, performance documentation, and compliance procedures related to instructor qualifications and training delivery.
• Of emerging leadership trends, instructional technologies, and professional-development methodologies to ensure continual program modernization and relevance.

Skill:

• In strong program coordination and logistics management, including scheduling, facility coordination, calendar planning, and interagency training management.
• In instructor recruitment, evaluation, and development, including screening, selection, mentoring, and conducting instructor professional-development training.
• In effective communication and presentation including the ability to deliver high-quality instruction and adapt content for diverse audiences.
• In strong relationship-building with internal units, external agencies, educational partners, and training institutions to support program expansion and outreach initiatives.
• In analytical and evaluative processes to assess curriculum relevance, audit course effectiveness, identify improvement opportunities, and measure program impact across the Department.
• In maintaining and updating digital learning content within the Virginia Learning Center (VLC) and integrating new instructional technologies into leadership programs.

Ability:

• To coordinate complex, multi-layered training programs across multiple leadership levels while maintaining timelines, quality standards, and scheduling accuracy.
• To develop and maintain a qualified and diverse instructor cadre, ensuring consistent instructional standards and adequate coverage for all courses.
• To research, implement, and pilot new training initiatives that align with current leadership best practices and Department vision.
• To collaborate effectively with external law-enforcement partners, manage training requests, and deliver high-quality instruction to outside agencies while maintaining VSP standards.
• To stay current with professional trends, attend conferences and training, and apply new methodologies or technologies to enha