Training Specialist

Prerequisites

• Must be a current BSO employee who has successfully completed their probationary period by the listed closing date.
• If no applications from BSO employees are received, the following candidates will also be considered for the vacancy.

• High school diploma or equivalent. An evaluation of foreign high school diploma may be required.
• Two (2) years of experience in administrative support functions.
• Experience should include extensive customer service contact work; ability to organize own work, meet deadlines and follow up on assignments with minimal direction.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Adobe Acrobat.
• People Soft experience preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Such experience must be clearly documented in the application for consideration.

• Receives and processes training and education requests; maintains training participant records in the training tracking system.
• Evaluates training and education requests to ensure they have been completed properly and in compliance with agency policies and procedures.
• Compiles and prepares and distributes daily/weekly/monthly/annual statistics on training activities.
• Generates correspondence, lesson plans, curricula, handouts, manuals, and other training materials.
• Coordinates educational training requests with various higher learning centers, training institutes, and individuals.
• Retrieves data from a wide variety of formats, i.e., computer files, reports, records, forms, documentation.
• Coordinates the use of training facilities and equipment.
• Acts as liaison between supervisors, other departments, and outside agencies, gathering and relaying information as needed.
• Performs customer service activities; meets the public and employees, provides information regarding training programs; explains well-defined policies and procedures; takes telephone inquiries, ascertaining the nature of the call, and directs it to the appropriate staff member; takes telephone messages.
• Enter data into the agency wide personnel/payroll system to include payroll, purchase requisitions, budget items, invoices, and position requests.
• Prepares and processes purchase orders within authorized established threshold for office supplies, equipment, printing, and advertising.
• Creates and distributes weekly Training Division calendar of programs.
• Receives and reviews various reports, plans, and applications for the purpose of verifying the accuracy, and ensures necessary copies of pertinent documents are made.
• Prepares files and paperwork for archiving; compiles archive list, compiles boxes, and schedules delivery to archive center.
• Inputs and retrieves information from the Training Tracking System.
• Maintains logs and records of training inventory (hardware, software, office equipment), course documents, lab supplies, and general lab facilities.
• Ensures training rooms are clean and set up for scheduled training classes.
• Operates various office equipment, i.e., computer terminals, printers, copy machines, telephone systems, facsimile machines.
• Performs related duties as directed.

Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of objects and materials of lightweight (5-10 pounds). May require physical agility and balance for tasks, such as climbing, kneeling, bending, stooping, and/or reaching for objects at or above floor level. Tasks involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.

Work is performed in usual office conditions with rare exposure to disagreeable environmental factors.

Broward Sheriff’s Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Broward Sheriff’s Office will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Applicants who qualify will be subject to an extensive selection process and…