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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading K-12 executive searches, including stakeholder engagement, candidate sourcing, and community involvement. Proficient in managing the search process, contract negotiations, and public-sector consulting.
Highest-signal resume keywords
K-12 Executive Search LeadershipStakeholder EngagementCandidate Sourcing and ScreeningCommunity Engagement ExperiencePublic-Records Compliance
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Hard Skills
Search Process FacilitationInterview PreparationReference and Background ChecksContract NegotiationPublic-Records Rules Knowledge
Soft Skills
CollaborationCommunicationProject Management
Industry Keywords
Superintendent SearchSchool Board EngagementDiverse Candidate RecruitmentPublic Sector ConsultingCommunity Surveys
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Facilitate board planning sessions and set the search process and timeline
- Run stakeholder engagement, including staff, parent, student, and community surveys, forums, and focus groups, to build the leadership profile
- Write the position profile and advertise through education networks and associations
- Source, recruit, and screen candidates, including diverse and nontraditional candidates
- Conduct reference, background, credential, and media checks
- Prepare interview questions and support board interviews, finalist visits, and deliberations
- Support contract negotiation and transition planning for the new superintendent
- Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming
- Work as a project-based collaborator in AlphaGov's public-sector consulting engagements
Requirements
What you’ll need- At least 5 years leading or co-leading superintendent or senior K-12 executive searches for school boards
- A record of completed placements, with references from board chairs or district leaders
- Experience running community engagement for a public search
- Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant
- Former superintendent, assistant superintendent, or school board member (nice to have)
- Experience with open-meetings and public-records rules that apply to board searches (nice to have)
- College president or city manager search experience (nice to have)