MALETA EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS COURSE PROGRAM MANAGER - 82449

Executive Service

MALETA EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS COURSE PROGRAM MANAGER

Department of General Services

Multi Agency Law Enforcement Training Academy

Nashville, TN

Annual Salary: $61,812.00 - $77,244.00

Closing Date: 11/16/2026

This is a hybrid position

How you make a difference in this role:

As the Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Training Academy (MALETA) Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) Program Manager, you will coordinate the day-to-day operation, scheduling, safety, facility readiness, and logistical support for the EVOC Complex. You will help ensure that the driving track, EVOC classroom building, simunition shoot house, scenario village, maintenance building, and related support facilities are ready to support law-enforcement training, authorized users, and official State activities.

This position reports to the MALETA Range & EVOC Complex Director and supervises assigned EVOC Complex staff, with an anticipated minimum of one direct report. You will coordinate with MALETA leadership, partner agencies, instructors, State agencies, facilities management, Strategic Technology Solutions (STS), contractors, residents, visitors, and authorized users. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound judgment, strong organization, professionalism, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a safety-sensitive, service-oriented approach in a high-risk environment.

The State of Tennessee offers competitive benefits, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance; tuition assistance; retirement plans; employee discounts; free downtown parking; generous annual and sick leave; and State holidays. More information about benefits is available at www.tn.gov/hr/employees1/benefits.html.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the daily operation and use of the MALETA EVOC Complex, including the driving track, EVOC classroom building, simunition shoot house, scenario village, maintenance building, and related support facilities.

• Manage reservations and scheduling through approved systems, including Cvent or successor platforms; evaluate requests and resolve scheduling conflicts based on mission priorities, availability, safety requirements, facility limitations, and policy.

• Develop, implement, review, and maintain EVOC operational, safety, emergency-response, and facility-readiness procedures, plans, checklists, orientations, and related program materials.

• Coordinate with MALETA leadership, partner agencies, instructors, contractors, vendors, and authorized users to support training events, classes, briefings, official events, and other EVOC activities.

• Conduct or coordinate pre-use, post-use, and periodic inspections, hazard assessments, activity reviews, risk assessments, drills, exercises, and after-action reviews; recommend risk controls and track corrective actions through completion.

• Report and document accidents, injuries, negligent discharges, vehicle incidents, property damage, equipment failures, security concerns, and other significant incidents; support emergency response, investigations, and after-action reviews through established procedures.

• Coordinate facilities-maintenance activities by receiving, evaluating, prioritizing, documenting, and tracking work requests; coordinate work orders, scopes of work, quotes, warranties, contractor documentation, and verification of completed work.

• Maintain current information regarding EVOC facilities, systems, equipment, furnishings, technology, access controls, service agreements, warranties, and other assets; coordinate with facilities management, STS, emergency responders, contractors, and other stakeholders.

• Supervise assigned staff by assigning work, establishing priorities, monitoring performance, providing coaching and feedback, and identifying training and cross-training needs.

• Maintain schedules, inspection records, work orders, incident documentation, inventories, and other operational records; prepare utilization, readiness, safety, customer-service, maintenance, budget, and other reports.

• Provide input regarding budget requests, equipment planning, staffing projections, and facility improvements; perform other related duties and special projects as assigned in support of the MALETA mission.

• Maintain formal certifications, widely recognized by the law enforcement profession or industry standards, to effectively support our partner organizations and their training goals; proactively seek continuing education in these areas to ensure effective liaison and oversight of a law enforcement training facility.

• Performs other related duties and special projects as assigned in support of the MALETA mission.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of professional operational and/or programmatic experience.

• Formal certifications or equivalent experience in training, fleet, transportation, industrial, public-safety, or operational-facility coordination.

• Knowledge of safety-sensitive operations, standard operating procedures, vehicle or track safety, inspections, maintenance coordination, and emergency response.

• Experience coordinating operations, scheduling, safety, inspections, maintenance, incident documentation, asset accountability, or readiness activities in a complex operational environment.

• Experience supervising, leading, training, or developing employees or teams.

• Familiarity with law enforcement, public safety, military, emergency management, transportation, higher education, government, or similar organizations.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and approved scheduling, work-order, reporting, or facility-management systems.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage changing conditions, disruptions, conflicts, and emergencies.

Physical and Environmental Requirements:

• Work is performed in office, classroom, driving-track, vehicle, maintenance, and scenario-based training environments.

• The position may be exposed to vehicle noise, inclement weather, dust, fumes, moving vehicles, uneven surfaces, and other conditions associated with EVOC operations.

• The position requires the ability to walk over varied terrain, stand and walk for extended periods, climb stairs, inspect facilities, communicate in noisy environments, and lift or move equipment and supplies weighing up to 75 pounds.

• Occasional evening, weekend, or after-hours work may be required.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.