Fire & Rescue Training Program Coordinator

Fire & Rescue Training Program Coordinator Position Overview

This position is responsible for developing, coordinating, and instructing a variety of fire service programs and courses offered by Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute (KFRTI), with emphasis on basic fire and rescue programs. This position is responsible for reviewing and updating course curriculum; conducting training program assessments and modifying programs if necessary; and establishing collaborative relationships with the Kansas fire and emergency service.

This position frequently coordinates and collaborates with program coordinators and managers. This position reports to the Fire Programs Manager of KFRTI and the Assistant Director in their absence.

Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute is a unit of KU Jayhawk Global housed on the Lawrence campus. The Institute was created in 1949 by Kansas legislature with the mission to train and credential Kansas firefighters in local jurisdictions. The Institute serves fire departments and firefighters through a “traveling instruction service,” providing hundreds of training and certification events each year in counties across the State of Kansas.

The mission of Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute is to provide accessible, innovative, and science and data‑driven training and credentialing for fire and emergency services personnel to improve the health and safety of our communities.

Jayhawk Global is an education innovation center that advances and delivers non‑traditional forms of learner engagement, including online degree programs, professional and workforce development, certifications, competency‑based educational offerings, credit for prior experience, employee training, and enrichment learning. Jayhawk Global’s mission is both internal, working collaboratively with all KU academic schools and departments, and external, serving all 105 Kansas counties, 50 U.S. states, and over 40 countries.

The units in Jayhawk Global include:
Academic & Professional Programs (including the Aerospace Short Course Program, Conferences & Non‑Credit Courses, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, and the Center for Online & Distance Learning.

KU offers great benefits to employees with up to 176 hours of paid vacation per year, 96 hours of sick leave earned per year, nine paid holidays plus one discretionary day, a retirement program, medical & dental insurance, life and disability insurance, other benefit plan options, and State of Kansas discounts offered by various vendors. KU also offers employees educational and professional development opportunities.

Tuition assistance offers up to 12 credit hours per year for employees and Employee Dependent Tuition Assistance Scholarship (EDTAS) award opportunities! Details and additional KU Benefits information available at:
Tuition Assistance | KU Benefits.

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35% - Coordinate training requests, instructor assignments, and course deliveries.

• Accept training requests from Kansas fire departments and private sector clients related to fire and rescue training.
• Coordinate training dates with fire and rescue personnel, fire departments, and other clients.
• Coordinate the use of contractors for course deliveries with Director or Assistant Director approval.
• Select most appropriate use of resources, containing costs where appropriate.
• Identify, select, train, coordinate and authorize pay and travel expense reimbursement for part‑time instructors within the assigned programmatic training programs.
• Coordinate props and…