Job Opportunities in United States

Salary

$120,840.00 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | INELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

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Hiring Agency

Education & Labor Cabinet | Department of Education

Location

300 Sower Blvd
Frankfort, KY 40601 USA

The agency may authorize the selected candidate to telecommute. The agency may terminate or modify the telecommuting arrangement at any time.

Description

Kentucky Department of Education employees work to support and improve Kentucky’s public education system so that the nearly 650,000 students attending public schools will have a bright and successful future. KDE offers its employees exciting and rewarding careers supporting Kentucky’s public education system. In addition to rewarding work, KDE employees enjoy excellent benefits and flexible work opportunities, including telecommuting commensurate with job duties and responsibilities. KDE is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in Kentucky’s public schools and the KDE workforce.

Our mission is to partner with districts, schools, families, students, business and industry, and communities to provide leadership and support to ensure success for each and every student.

We seek persons of the highest moral character who understand it is a privilege to represent the Kentucky Department of Education and work on behalf of Kentucky’s children. This role represents a great opportunity to work in a dynamic, challenging and professional environment.

The department seeks to hire a smart, experienced, hardworking and dependable KBE/KDE Division Director to join our dedicated team.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Provide oversight and management of all activities within the Division of Resource Management within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) including but not limited to personnel, payroll, disciplinary actions, grievances, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), workers compensation, benefits, training, facilities, phone systems, property and floor plans.
• Provide technical guidance and assistance to all Kentucky Department of Education management and staff.
• Serve as liaison for KDE with the Personnel Cabinet, Personnel Board and Governor’s Office of Policy and Management (GOPM), Legislature and other agencies.
• Serve as KDE Appointing Authority.
• Serve as KDE designee at meetings. Develop and initiate policies and procedures as directed. Provide counseling and mediation.
• Provide administrative oversight and guidance to department leadership regarding employment under 18A, KBE/KDE Unclassified Service, KRS 161B for the Kentucky School Deaf and Kentucky School for the Blind, Master Agreements, Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Contractors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Applicants and employees in this classification may be required to submit to a drug screening test and background check.

In accordance with KRS 161.220 the applicant selected for this position will become a member of the Teachers' Retirement System.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. KDE will only use E- Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that KDE has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or https://dhs.gov/e-verify

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