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7/25/2023 (8:00 PM EDT)

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Assistant Director

Employment Type

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

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 (KDE) 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 Assistant Director.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide management and leadership assistance in the operation, planning, design, development, implementation, procurement and funding for technology services for K-12 public schools.
• Provide management and operation of employees, approving leave, conducting performance evaluations, workflow, training and overall staff communications.
• Develop and manages a staff training and support portfolio against all services and deliverables to ensure and align future supportability needs.
• Customer Support Manager for Microsoft Premier Support contract. Includes monthly meetings, coordination of workshops, dissemination of information to Office of Technology (OET) staff and project management for reviews/assessments.
• Develop and review correspondence to KDE agency offices, other state agencies and K-12 customers. Provide technical assistance, guidance and training to Division’s service and operations teams in the administration of policy, procedural and regulatory issues.
• Responsible for leading activities in the collection and reporting of metrics, division budget development and tracking, division procurement and strategic planning.
• Represent the Division and director as necessary. Conduct duties of Division Director in his absence or as assigned by the Division Director.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Applicants and employees in this classification may be required to submit to a drug screening test and background check.
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 999-897-7781 or E-Verify website.

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