Require Education Deputy Advisor (Office of Teaching and Learning) in Baton Rouge, LA

Job title: Education Deputy Advisor (Office of Teaching and Learning)
Company: State of Louisiana
Job description: Supplemental Information

**This position is open to current permanent classified employees of the Louisiana Department of Education only**

Office of Teaching and Learning

Job Focus Areas

This Education Deputy Advisor is located within the Office of Teaching and Learning and reports directly to the Assistant Superintendent. This position will serve as the Director of Teaching and Learning Support Services supporting the Assistant Superintendent with program specific projects (including tracking, monitoring, and budgeting) to ensure successful implementation and scaling of program initiatives across all divisions in the Office of Teaching and Learning. This position is responsible for overseeing and managing communicating with school systems, scaling statewide programs, goal setting, monitoring, tracking progress, and ensuring alignment between priorities and funding needs across all of the Teaching and Learning Divisions.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assists and serves as principal assistant to the Assistant Superintendent in directing the work activities of all state educational authority (SEA) and local educational authority (LEA) educational programs within the Office of Teaching and Learning.
• Supports the Assistant Superintendent, Division Directors, contractor/subcontractors, and other departments across the agency with high-level policy, research, and design recommendations relative to Teaching and Learning.
• Reviews and makes recommendations to the Assistant Superintendent for departmental budget revisions in matters related to personnel services, equipment, materials, and capital outlay for the office, performance indicators, and operational plans.
• Coordinates the alignment of program initiatives and funding through grant application processes, such as Super App, which combines the agency's competitive and formula awards to schools into a single annual application process.
• Conducts research and special projects and assures implementation of programs developed and initiated by the office;
• Performs all other duties as assigned by the Assistant Superintendent.

Candidates with the following skills and experience are encouraged to apply:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Experience in working with people from diverse cultures and economic backgrounds
• Possess the skills necessary to manage people
• Ability to work with parents, administrators, teachers, and other staff and members of the community
• Ability to be flexible and perform multiple tasks successfully

**Note regarding the advertised pay range: The Education Consultant series has an established special entrance rate and is the advertised minimum. The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make at each level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

One position is available and it is located in Baton Rouge, LA. The person hired for this position is expected to regularly report to the Baton Rouge office. This position may be filled by promotion of a current permanent classified employee of the Louisiana Department of Education only.

You may attach a resume; however only the information listed on the online application will be considered to determine qualification. All education, prior experience, including dates related to education and prior experience MUST be listed on the online application.

To be considered for this position, you are encouraged to attach a copy of your college transcript(s) to your online application, fax to the Department of Education (DOE) Human Resources Office at 225-342-1499 or mail to the DOE Human Resources Office, P. O. Box 94064, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 by the closing date of this announcement.

This is Announcement #50641073.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the ?? link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.

NOTE: Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Louisiana Department of Education - Human Resources

PO Box 94064

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any of the following will qualify:

1. A baccalaureate degree plus six years of professional level experience in teaching or education; or in a public or private sector setting.

2. A master's degree plus five years of professional level experience in teaching or education; or in a public or private sector setting.

3. A master's degree in education plus four years of professional level experience in teaching or education; or in a public or private sector setting.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

A master's degree plus thirty graduate hours will substitute for one year of the required experience.

An Educational Specialist Degree will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. or Ed. D will substitute for two years of the required experience.

NOTE:

Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To serve as the deputy to an Assistant Superintendent or other equivalent cabinet-level unclassified executive.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Administrator.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Administrative direction from an Assistant Superintendent or other equivalent cabinet-level unclassified executive.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Functional supervision as designated by the unclassified executive over lower-level staff and programs under the jurisdiction of the office served and/or programs that cross office and programmatic lines.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Predominantly located at the Department of Education. Other locations may be approved by SCS.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from lower-level Education Consultant jobs by the presence of broad administrative responsibility or executive office programmatic responsibility and by serving as a deputy to an Assistant Superintendent or other equivalent level unclassified executive.

Differs from the Education Division Director by the absence of direct line supervision over Education Consultant Supervisor and related staff.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Assists and serves as principal assistant to an unclassified executive in directing the work activities of all state educational authority (SEA) and local educational authority (LEA) educational programs.

Meets with high-level state and local officials on matters relating to the department and may represent the superintendent or deputy superintendent at meetings, conferences, etc.

Reviews and makes recommendations to the unclassified executive for departmental budget revisions in matters related to personnel services, equipment, materials and capital outlay for the office, performance indicators, and operational plans.

Prepares responses for the unclassified executive on complex and sensitive matters affecting the office and the department, such as audit resolutions, compliance issues, and resolving complaints, as well as to direct the preparation of special academic and nonacademic reports relating to the office and the department.

Oversees educational program data collection, evaluation, and analysis.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at

Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (

). LASERS has provided this to give you more detailed information about their system * Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
), * Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (
), among others
Expected salary: $5833 - 10038 per month
Location: Baton Rouge, LA

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