Employment Opportunities
Welcome! We are pleased that you are interested in dedicating your skills to Nevada's K-12 education system. Below you will find links to help you explore job opportunities here at the Nevada Department of Education as well as at schools across the Silver State. Please note that this information may not be current. We recommend verifying the closed date on the posting for the most accurate details.
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER - UNCLASSIFIED
- The Chief Strategy Officer serves as a strategic partner and trusted confidant to the State Superintendent, helping translate the Superintendent's vision into measurable outcomes for students, educators, and communities across Nevada. This is a senior advisory role operating at the strategic core of the agency. This role requires sound judgment, deep organizational awareness, and the ability to provide a balanced, cross-agency perspective across complex organizational and stakeholder dynamics. The Chief Strategy Officer is responsible for driving alignment across the agency; strengthening internal systems and operations; supporting the Superintendent’s communications and engagement with the state legislature as well as keyboards, commissions, and councils; and ensuring the effective execution of the Nevada Department of Education’s priorities and initiatives. The Chief Strategy Officer leads agency-wide coordination, performance management, and executive operations, enabling NDE to operate with clarity, urgency, and coherence in service of its strategic priorities. This role is also responsible for building the internal operating systems that translate strategy into execution and measurable results. Critically, this role is designed to free the Superintendent to focus on the highest-priority decisions and relationships by ensuring information flows well, follow-through happens without prompting, and challenges are surfaced early enough to be addressed proactively.
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT - UNCLASSIFIED
- The State of Nevada Department of Education is hiring for a Deputy Superintendent for the Student Investment Division. The position will perform the following duties: Fiscal Management & Strategic Planning: Multi-Year Budgeting, Developing and monitoring multi-year operating budgets, including financial projections, fiscal notes, and reporting. Facilities & Long-Term Planning: Engaging in multi-year financial planning and assisting in the preparation of multi-year facilities plans. Financial Impact Modeling: Projecting the local, state, and national financial impacts of decisions on the operations of the State and local school districts, public charter schools and University schools for gifted children. Resource Optimization: Advising the Superintendent and grant managers on how to maximize the use of available resources. Compliance, Policy & Accountability: Financial Compliance: Oversight of establishing procedures sufficient to ensure compliance with financial laws, regulations, and standard business practices, as well as adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Policy Administration: Oversight of developing and administering fiscal regulations, policies, and procedures. Funding & Oversight: Directing the fiscal administration of programs to fund school districts, charter schools, and subrecipients. Accountability Research: Conducting research, recommending strategies, and developing new processes to advance the financial and operational accountability of districts and schools. Legislative & Rulemaking Proceedings: Participating in legislative and administrative hearings and rulemaking proceedings. Leadership & Stakeholder Relations: Public & Legislative Representation: Representing the Department publicly through media appearances, conferences, councils, committees, public information campaigns, and testifying before the Nevada Legislature. Superintendent Proxy: Representing the Superintendent on committees and at public functions on an as-needed basis, and speaking to professional bodies. Interagency Collaboration: Establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships with local, state, and federal government partners. Strategic Vision: Helping define and achieve the performance-driven, results-oriented vision, mission, goals, and objectives of the Department.