Requisition No: 797035

Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Working Title: EDUCATION SPECIALIST - FWC - 77000616

Position Number: 77000616

Salary: $1,677.98 bi-weekly + benefits

Posting Closing Date: 04/21/2023

Position Number: 77000616

Address: 3377 East U.S. Hwy. 90, Lake City, FL 32055

Supervisor: Bill Cline

Contact Person: William Cline

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

620 S. Meridian Street

Tallahassee, FL 32399

850-528-1761

Email: Bill.Cline@MyFWC.com

CURRENT VACANCY - This is a vacancy to be filled by an outgoing, self-motivated individual to serve as the North Central regional hunter safety coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Hunter Safety and Public Shooting Range Section

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: This is a managerial position encompassing strategic planning, development, and coordination of volunteer resource activities for the hunter safety program. Tasks include:

Providing oversight of Florida’s Hunter Safety Program in the northeast region:

• Responsible for the implementation and administration of the hunter safety program within the assigned region;
• Recruits, trains, supervises, and provides support to the volunteer instructors teaching Florida’s Hunter Safety Course;
• Oversees an on-going analysis and monitoring system to ensure goals and objectives for course offerings and qualified volunteers are being met at every county in the assigned region;
• Ensures that the course is taught in accordance with the prescribed outline in the instructor’s manual and operating under the guidelines established in the policy and procedures manual;
• Maintains a liaison with instructors to provide incentive and assistance with training programs, training problems, and for the purpose of evaluating achievements and effectiveness of the training program;
• Responsible for overseeing the proper maintenance and accurate accounting of all inventory assigned to the assigned region;
• Certifies and issues completion cards to the students who successfully complete the Hunter Safety Course;
• Coordinates the maintenance and operation of the Osceola Public Shooting Range;
• Assist in compiling investigations of all hunting-related incidents within the assigned region for purpose of reporting, developing and evaluating data for the prevention of future accidents;
• Properly records all student training and volunteer instructor activity for the region in the agency’s record keeping system and forwards to the office of the state coordinator all essential training records and reports necessary for instructor and student certification.

Promoting and providing additional hunter safety training activities:

• Assist with the planning, administration and implementation of the National Archery in the Schools Program, Youth Hunting Program of Florida, Youth Hunter Education Challenge and the Outdoor Learning Workshop programs;
• Maintains progressive liaison with citizen groups, school organizations and news media for implementation and promotion of hunter safety and firearms safety training activities;
• Provides information relative to wildlife conservation, hunting and firearm laws to the general public;
• Provides technical assistance related to firearms qualifications and safe and proper use of firearms and shooting ranges to city, county and state governmental agencies.

Assisting in supervision of Commission managed shooting ranges:

• Assists in overseeing compliance with Florida Department Environmental Protection’s best management practices for shooting ranges for all FWC managed facilities within the assigned region;
• Works closely with local government entities develop long-lasting partnerships to serve the needs of the FWC’s hunter safety program and provide the public with a safe place to shoot.

• Assists in training Range Safety officers;
• Develop performance measures and monitor results for the statewide range management program.

Creating and maintaining a high-performance environment:

• Defines goals and/or required results at beginning of performance period and gains acceptance of ideas by creating a shared vision;
• Communicates regularly with volunteers on progress toward defined goals and/or required results, providing specific feedback, and initiating corrective action when defined goals and/or required results are not met;
• Confers regularly with volunteers to review relations climate, specific problem areas and actions necessary for improvement;
• Evaluates volunteers on scheduled intervals; obtains and considers all relevant information in evaluations and supports volunteers by giving praise and constructive criticism;
• Recognizes contributions and celebrates accomplishments;
• Motivates volunteers to improve quantity and quality of work performed and provides training and development opportunities as appropriate.

Broadband Code: 25-3099-03

Class Code: 1370

Class Title: Education Specialists - FWC

Pay rate: $1,677.98 Bi-weekly

Region: North Central

County: Columbia

Working Hours: 8:00am – 5:00pm Working hours will be variable at times, requiring work on holidays, weekends, and nights and hours in excess of 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week.

List of Subordinates Supervised: Class Title: Administrative Assistant; Broadband: 43-6011-02; Class Code: 0709; Position Number: 77000621; Columbia/12

Residency Requirement: None

Level of Education: BS degree in business/marketing or a natural resource related field from an accredited college or university

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must have good knowledge of hunter education program; firearms, firearm safety and hunting methods; training theory and instructional design and program management.
• Must have some knowledge of hunting, and shooting laws and regulations; range safety operations; supervision; grant management and marketing principles.
• Skilled in the use of computers for word processing, information management, communications, and data management
• Must have the ability to evaluate training and instructional materials; present hunting related training in structured learning situations; write reports; develop procedures and monitor a program budget.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Must have the ability to create, organize and conduct presentations, seminars and promotional events.
• Must be computer literate in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other related software.
• Must be able to deliver presentations to large groups of people and lead training workshops.
• Must have the ability to manage a large corps of volunteers to stay on task, meet goals and keep morale high.
• Ability to develop realistic goals, and to develop measures to stay on track.
• Ability to work well with minimal supervision.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to properly tow a trailer and to lift up to 50 pounds.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.