Director, Fire School

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for all fire school training operations.
• Develop and implement fire school strategic plans, operational priorities, and growth initiatives.
• Establish fire school goals, performance expectations, operational standards, and organizational priorities.
• Evaluate operational effectiveness, enrollment trends, financial outcomes, and organizational performance metrics.
• Lead organizational planning efforts to support long-term sustainability, operational scalability, and program growth.
• Serve as Budget Center Head for assigned business areas.
• Develop, monitor, and manage operating budgets and financial performance.
• Maintain fiscal accountability for revenue generation, expenditures, contracts, grants, and operational sustainability.
• Conduct ongoing cost-benefit and operational analyses to support strategic decision‑making.
• Provide executive oversight and coordination of fire school logistics, scheduling, facilities operations, and operational support services.
• Ensure effective scheduling and operational coordination across training centers, instructional delivery, certification activities, regional programming, and contracted training initiatives.
• Collaborate with operational leadership staff to ensure consistency, efficiency, and responsiveness across all training locations and program activities.
• Monitor operational workflows and resource allocation to support strategic growth, program scalability, and financial sustainability.
• Ensure compliance with institutional policies, accreditation standards, contractual obligations, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee enterprise risk management activities associated with public safety training operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Current or former firefighting experience
• Seven (7) to ten (10) years of progressively responsible leadership experience in public safety training, educational administration, operational leadership, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex operational environments, budgets, personnel, and strategic initiatives.
• Experience with contract negotiations, partnership development, and revenue-generating operations.
• Strong knowledge of public safety training systems, organizational leadership, and operational management.
• Excellent leadership, communication, analytical, and organizational skills.

Hard Skills

• budget management
• operational analysis
• strategic planning
• performance metrics
• contract negotiations
• revenue generation
• organizational leadership
• operational management
• logistics coordination
• risk management

Soft Skills

• leadership
• communication
• analytical skills
• organizational skills
• collaboration
• decision-making
• responsiveness
• efficiency
• planning
• evaluation

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree