Deputy Superintendent, California Specialized Training Institute (C. E. A.)

Job Description and Duties Ready to Lead When It Matters Most? At the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), our mission is bigger than responding to emergencies, we help California prepare for what’s next.We’re looking for an accomplished executive leader to join the California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) as Deputy Superintendent. This is an opportunity to shape the future of emergency management and public safety training across California and make a direct impact on the people and communities who depend on it. About CSTI The California Specialized Training Institute is a critical component of Cal OES that operates year-round from our main campus in San Luis Obispo, Cal OES headquarters in Sacramento, and training sites across the state. We deliver over 150 specialized courses covering emergency management, hazardous materials, exercise development, fire and rescue, criminal justice, disaster recovery, and crisis communications - equipping first responders and emergency personnel with the skills they need when every second counts. As Deputy Superintendent, you’ll serve as a key executive leader in one of California’s most critical public safety training organizations. Working under the administrative direction of the Assistant Director and Superintendent, you will provide strategic leadership for the statewide development, implementation, evaluation, and oversight of CSTI’s emergency management, and public safety training programs and provide high-level oversight of CSTI campus daily operations in San Luis Obispo. You will help shape priorities, solve complex challenges, and ensure California’s training programs evolve alongside emerging threats and the changing needs of communities across the state. What You’ll Lead In this high-impact role, you will: • Provide executive leadership and strategic direction across CSTI programs and operations. • Shape statewide training strategies for emergency management, homeland security, hazardous materials, fire and rescue, disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. • Advise Cal OES executive leadership on complex policy, fiscal, operational, program, and training matters. • Lead and develop a diverse workforce through subordinate managers, fostering accountability, collaboration, and innovation. • Manage daily campus operations on the San Luis Obispo campus. • Oversee statewide coordination of FEMA and other federally supported training activities in California. • Ensure programs meet applicable state and federal regulations, certification and accreditation standards, and credentialing requirements. • Strengthen partnerships across government, public safety, emergency management, and other organizations. • Anticipate emerging risks and translate statewide needs into effective, innovative training solutions. As Deputy Superintendent, you will have the opportunity to influence statewide policy and program priorities, strengthen California’s emergency preparedness and response capabilities, and help build a resilient public safety workforce. If you are a strategic and decisive leader who can see the big picture while navigating complex operational environments, build trust and bring people together, and make sound decisions when the stakes are high, we want to hear from you. You know how to turn emerging threats and changing needs into practical solutions, and you are motivated by the opportunity to lead programs that make a meaningful difference for California communities. Take the next step. Apply today and help prepare California for whatever comes next. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements Follow the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) guidelines carefully, applicants that do not comply with the SOQ and application filing instructions will be disqualified from the examination. When preparing your Statement of Qualifications, you are required to follow these guidelines: • Responses to the Statement of Qualifications must be addressed and numbered in the same order as is listed on the bulletin • Responses must be in paragraph form • Responses must be typewritten on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, single spaced, using 11-point, Arial font • Responses must be limited to five (5) single sided pages • One-inch margins must be used • Specific examples must be provided to justify your knowledge and experience described. Evaluation of each candidate will be based on the content of the SOQ responses, demonstrating written communication skills, and the ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing. Note: Each response must clearly identify your specific role in the example provided, including the number of years of experience in that role and the dates of that experience. The SOQ must address the following statements and in order listed below: 1. Describe your experience leading staff and managing operations in a complex or geographically dispersed environment. Provide a specific example demonstrating how you fostered an inclusive, high-performing workplace; addressed staffing, resource, security, safety, or continuity challenges; and drove collaboration, workforce development, and operational results. 2. Describe a complex project, policy, procedure, or operational process that you developed, implemented, managed or significantly improved. Explain how you established priorities, managed resources and timelines, addressed requirements and challenges, communicated expectations, and evaluated the quality and effectiveness of the final product or process. Include in your response the results and any measurable improvements. 3. Describe a situation in which you used data, or other complex information to identify a significant problem or opportunity and develop a strategic recommendation for management. Explain how you analyzed the information, assessed risks or program effectiveness, and communicated clear, actionable findings to leadership or key partners. What was the resulting impact on the organization? 4. Describe a specific example in which you represented and advocated for an organization, program, or mission while working with internal or external partners. Explain how you communicated priorities, addressed competing interests or challenges, and built effective partnerships. Note: Resumes or a cover letter do not take the place of the Statement of Qualifications. Please review the bulletin in its entirety before submitting your application package. Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: • Proven ability to lead complex operations, establish priorities, allocate resources, manage projects, address operational challenges, and ensure effective, consistent, and accountable organizational performance. • Ability to lead diverse, multidisciplinary teams; establish accountability and performance expectations; develop managers and staff; lead through change; and foster a professional, collaborative, inclusive, and results-oriented workplace culture. • Ability to analyze organizational priorities, operational requirements, risks, trends, and available resources to develop sound recommendations, courses of action, and strategic solutions. • Experience using data, performance measures, trends, and analysis to identify issues, assess risk, evaluate programs, improve processes, monitor outcomes, and support executive decision-making. • Experience developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving policies, procedures, guidelines, programs, and operational processes; establishing systems that are documented, consistently implemented, monitored, and compliant with applicable requirements. • Experience managing complex projects, including establishing priorities and timelines, assigning and coordinating work, monitoring progress, resolving barriers, managing resources, and ensuring quality outcomes. • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical, operational, policy, fiscal, or programmatic information into clear, concise, decision-ready recommendations for executives, employees, partners, and the public. • Demonstrated ability to build trust, obtain buy-in, mediate differences, exercise diplomacy and sound judgment, and bring together diverse perspectives and partners, including individuals and organizations outside the incumbent’s direct authority, to achieve common goals. • Ability to represent and advocate for an organization’s mission, programs, priorities, and operational needs while coordinating effectively across organizational boundaries and with government agencies, external partners, multidisciplinary teams, and other interested parties. • Knowledge or experience in instructional design, adult learning, training delivery, or workforce development, with the ability to connect instructional priorities to operational requirements and organizational mission. • Experience coordinating operational and facilities requirements, including staffing, resources, security, continuity of operations, technology, and other organizational needs. • Knowledge of state fiscal processes, human resources, purchasing and contracting requirements, management and supervisory practices, and other public-sector administrative requirements. • Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion, diplomacy, and sound judgment; resolve complex organizational and interested party issues; and develop practical solutions in challenging or changing environments. • Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement, compliance, consistency, accountability, professionalism, and achieving measurable results aligned with the Cal OES mission and the needs of the communities and agencies it serves.