Weekend Constable Training Instructor

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• CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
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• If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click "Apply" and complete the application process for external applicants.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Penn State University - Justice and Safety Institute is hiring on-call (as needed) instructors for the Constable Training Program. Positions are available in the subject areas of:
General, Law, Communications, Physical Skills and Firearms. This position entails working for the Constable Education Training Program as an on-call (part-time) instructor. Classes are typically held on weekends, (Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday).

Instructors will be delivering training material (classroom and/or firearms training, depending on your qualifications) at various training sites in the 37 Counties of the western half of the Commonwealth of PA.

Southwest Counties:
Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Fayette, Westmoreland, Indiana, Somerset, Bedford, Cambria, Blair, Fulton, Franklin, Adams, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Huntingdon.

Northwest Counties:
Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence, Butler, Venango, Warren, Forest, Clarion, Armstrong, McKean, Elk, Clearfield, Centre, Clinton, Potter, Cameron, Jefferson

Instructors will be scheduled for the training site closest to their homes, as travel reimbursement is limited.

Instructors must meet the following qualifications:

General: BA or AA in Administration of Justice (or comparable degree);
OR
three (3) years law enforcement experience with a public sector agency (Private security experience will not be accepted);
AND
one year experience as a law enforcement trainer (minimum 40 hours per annum) *.

• Law
  :
  Law degree, bachelor's degree, Paralegal Certification (or equivalent);
  OR
  three years' experience as an attorney, member of the judiciary, or paralegal specifically dealing with civil law and process, or three years law enforcement experience serving civil process (public sector agency only)
  AND
  two years' experience as a law enforcement trainer (minimum of 40 hours per annum) *

• Communications
  : BA or AA in Administration of Justice (or comparable degree);
  OR
  three (3) years' law enforcement experience with a public sector agency (Private security experience will not be accepted);
  AND
  one year experience as a law enforcement trainer (minimum 40 hours per annum) *.

Candidates will hold Certifications in:

• Crisis Intervention
  - possess law enforcement related crisis intervention and/or experience
• Management of Aggressive Behavior
  - Certification as a law enforcement management of aggressive behavior instructor by a nationally recognized program:
  Management of Aggressive Behavior (MOAB) are also eligible to apply.
• Physical Skills
  :
  * Current certifications as a law enforcement defensive tactics instructor by successful completion of a nationally recognized instructor certification program consisting of a minimum of 40 hours instruction. Certification as an instructor in martial arts alone is not acceptable. Examples of accepted programs: PPCT, FBI, FLETC, Protective Safety Systems, Inc., MPOETC Act 120 or PA Department of Corrections (with at least one of the above)
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