Fire and Life Safety Education Specialist

A Fire and Life Safety Education Specialist plays a vital role in preventing fires and minimizing injuries by providing individuals with essential knowledge on staying safe. Their focus on education, awareness, and preparedness helps make a difference before emergencies arise.

This position designs and delivers safety programs for schools, workplaces, and the public, covering topics such as fire prevention, emergency evacuation, smoke alarms, and hazard awareness. With a passion for community well-being, they lead drills, deliver impactful presentations, and collaborate closely with community groups to inspire safe behaviors.

New Hire Salary range: $25.59-$29.00 per hour

Salary range: $25.59-$35.83 per hour

• Health & Wellness:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) & Flexible Spending Plan (FSA)
  • Telemedicine
  • Wellness programs (early detection, lifestyle modification, disease management)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Life Insurance:
  • Employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, plus supplemental life options
• Retirement:
  • Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)--mandatory program, shared employee/employer contributions
• Supplemental Benefits:
  • Employee recognition & reward program
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Discounted Northwest Valley YMCA membership
• Paid Leave:
  • Holidays:10 City Holidays
  • Vacation:80 hours per year, increases with length of service
  • Sick Leave:96 hours per year
  • Service Leave:10 hours per year

About us:

Welcome to the City of El Mirage

This job classification description is intended to be generic in nature and not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities and requirements. The essential duties and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) designation may vary based on the specific tasks assigned as determined by the City of El Mirage.

This is the third level in a six level Program Administration classification series devoted to providing a variety of complex program support tasks across multiple functions and programs including complex transaction processing work, intermittent program coordination work and entry level analytical work.

JOB CLASSIFICATION SUMMARY

Job Classification Title: Program Specialist

Working Title(s): Fire and Life Safety Education Specialist

FLSA Status: NE

Safety Sensitive: See Below

Pay Grade: 50

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Organizational Role: Paraprofessional-Operational

Supervision Exercised: None

Budget Authority: Track/Monitor

Competency Rank(s): N/A

The following are intended to describe core work functions of this classification. While the level and broad nature of essential duties may not change, specific work tasks will vary over time depending on the City’s needs.

• Coordinates and implements fire and life safety educational programs, events, and volunteer services for the El Mirage Fire Department.
• Develops effective working relationships with schools, community groups, neighborhood organizations, non-profits, and businesses to develop partnerships in community risk reduction education.
• Encourages citizen involvement and shares information throughout the community.
• Follows standard operating procedures to process complex and detailed transactions in support of a program.
• Performs quality assurance reviews on records and transactions; resolves issues and makes corrections.
• Provides specialized assistance to department leadership with complex reports and presentations.
• Researches and resolves problems.
• Addresses escalated customer service issues.
• Makes business math computations and verifies the accuracy of computations made by others, as assigned.
• Enters data.
• Processes legal and confidential documents.
• Performs related work as assigned.

• Fire prevention and life safety education.
• Volunteer services.
• Knowledge of operating and program policies and procedures.
• Quality assurance methods and techniques.
• Techniques and methods for organizing and prioritizing work.
• Basic methods of research and data-gathering.
• Program logistics and coordination.
• Formats and practices for correspondence and reports.
• Business math concepts.
• Filing and record-keeping practices.
• Community resources, as assigned.
• Customer service practices.
• Uses and properties of supplies and equipment.
• Applicable operating policies and procedures.
• Modern office technology.
• Software or computer applications required for assignment.

• Program and process logistical coordination.
• Following directions and meeting standards.
• Adhering to operating policies and procedures.
• Accessing business systems or databases to enter, monitor, and retrieve data.
• Making social service and other support referrals based on information gathering.
• Researching, gathering, and compiling data.
• Preparing documents and reports from established information and following a standard format.
• Providing attention to detail.
• Proofreading and error correction.
• Business math computations.
• Organizing files and records.
• Providing effective customer service.
• Using assigned tools and equipment, including computer applications.
• Communicating and understanding in order to follow instructions and provide information.
• Speaking in public to groups.
• Coordinating community-based programs, as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Associate’s degree and 2 years of related experience;or an equivalent combination of directly related education and experience.

Certifications/Licenses:

• Arizona Class D Driver’s License.

CONTINUING EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS

• Maintain all certifications/licenses required at job entry or within specified timeframe.

ADA INFORMATION

Type of Work:

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Physical Requirements:

The following physical activities are essential to the performance of the job:

talking, hearing, seeing, repetitive motions.

The following physical activities may be performed, but are not essential to the job:

kneeling, crouching, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling.

Work Environment/Conditions:

Work is performed primarily inside in an office environment. There is none to infrequent exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

• Consider only the most qualified applicants for the succeeding examination processes.
• Application and review (Training and Experience Evaluation).
• Interview.
• Appointment subject to successful completion of a pre-employment background examination.

All communication regarding application status and interview notifications will be sent via email—please monitor your junk/spam email for communication, as it will come from a system-generated source.