Job Duties
About the Position:
The Virginia State Police (VSP) is seeking to hire a Leadership Trainer in our Training Division at our Administrative Headquarters in North Chesterfield, Virginia. The job duties for this position include but are not limited to:
• Developing, coordinating, and delivering leadership development training programs that strengthen supervisory, managerial, and executive capabilities across the Department.
• Ensuring high-quality curriculum design, instructor preparedness, and alignment with Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) instructional standards.
• Supporting the Department’s long-term leadership pipeline by delivering structured succession training that prepares employees for advancement into supervisory and command roles.
• Ensuring program evaluation, innovation, and the expansion of leadership learning opportunities for Sworn and Professional Staff personnel, as well as collaboration with internal and external training partners to support Department wide professional development.
About the Agency:
We’re more than a law enforcement agency — we’re a team of problem-solvers, innovators, and public servants shaping Virginia’s future. At VSP, your skills make an impact that reaches every community across the Commonwealth. If you’re ready for meaningful work, real growth, and a supportive culture that feels like family, your next career starts here.
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge:
• Of law enforcement leadership principles, supervisory practices, and command-level decision-making relevant to leadership development programs.
• Of adult learning theory and instructional design, including curriculum development, lesson-plan evaluation, and classroom facilitation techniques used in agency leadership training programs.
• Of leadership training structure, including succession and first line supervisor training, mid-level management programs, and executive-level leadership programs such as Darden School and FBI National Academy.
• Of instructional standards, certification requirements, performance documentation, and compliance procedures related to instructor qualifications and training delivery.
• Of emerging leadership trends, instructional technologies, and professional-development methodologies to ensure continual program modernization and relevance.
Skill:
• In strong program coordination and logistics management, including scheduling, facility coordination, calendar planning, and interagency training management.
• In instructor recruitment, evaluation, and development, including screening, selection, mentoring, and conducting instructor professional-development training.
• In effective communication and presentation including the ability to deliver high-quality instruction and adapt content for diverse audiences.
• In strong relationship-building with internal units, external agencies, educational partners, and training institutions to support program expansion and outreach initiatives.
• In analytical and evaluative processes to assess curriculum relevance, audit course effectiveness, identify improvement opportunities, and measure program impact across the Department.
• In maintaining and updating digital learning content within the Virginia Learning Center (VLC) and integrating new instructional technologies into leadership programs.
Ability:
• To coordinate complex, multi-layered training programs across multiple leadership levels while maintaining timelines, quality standards, and scheduling accuracy.
• To develop and maintain a qualified and diverse instructor cadre, ensuring consistent instructional standards and adequate coverage for all courses.
• To research, implement, and pilot new training initiatives that align with current leadership best practices and Department vision.
• To collaborate effectively with external law-enforcement partners, manage training requests, and deliver high-quality instruction to outside agencies while maintaining VSP standards.
• To stay current with professional trends, attend conferences and training, and apply new methodologies or technologies to enhance leadership instruction within the Department.
• To work independently and exercise sound judgment, provide leadership in curriculum development, instructor oversight, and program innovation.
• To develop, monitor, and manage a defined resource budget.
• Experience and training in education, organizational leadership, criminal justice, public administration, or related field required.
• Considerable experience managing or coordinating multi-course training programs, including leadership curriculums that involve scheduling, logistics, and program evaluation required.
• Experience working with or supporting instructors, including reviewing lesson plans or conducting instructor coaching/development required.
• DCJS General Instructor Certification (or ability to obtain within a defined period) is required.
• Graduation from high school or equivalent.
Additional Considerations
• Certification or formal training in instructional systems design (ISD), curriculum development, or adult learning theory is preferred.
• Experience coordinating Agency leadership programs such as Staff and Leadership Employee Development (SLED), First Line Supervisor School, National Criminal Justice Command College (NCJCC), and executive leadership partnerships is optional.
• Experience with Virginia Learning Center (VLC) content management is optional.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Elements of the selection process include the screening of application(s); the interviewing of qualified candidate(s), to include pre-employment testing, a presentation and/or a work sample, if applicable; salary negotiation(s) if applicable; a background investigation; and a medical evaluation if applicable. The anticipated duration of the pre-employment process is determined by the successful completion of the above items.
Applications, cover letters and/or resumes shall only be accepted on-line through the PageUp recruitment management system at. This position is open until filled. Please limit resumes to four pages and cover letters to one page. Any additional attachments received in excess of this will not be considered.
PageUp provides confirmation of receipt of your application, resume and/or cover letter submitted successfully. Please refer to your PageUp account to check the status of your application for this position. For questions, please contact the Talent Acquisition & Employee Relations Section of the Human Resources Division at ov.
It is the policy of the Department of State Police (the Department) that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
This policy shall be adhered to in all aspects of Departmental employment practices. It does not permit the lowering of bona fide job requirements, performance criteria, or qualifications to give preference to any state employee or applicant for state employment based on the above prohibitions.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
(V)alor (S)ervice (P)ride
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter.