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.
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT - UNCLASSIFIED
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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.
SUPERVISOR, IT BUSINESS ANALYST
- This position is located within the Department of Education in Carson City area. The Supervisor, IT Business Analyst, serves as a working supervisor responsible for leading, developing, and supervising a team of Senior IT Business Analysts who support agency applications, business processes, and technology initiatives. The position assigns and reviews work, establishes priorities and business analysis standards, provides coaching and technical guidance, evaluates staff performance, and promotes the development of strong functional and application expertise within the team. The incumbent works closely with agency program staff, application vendors, database administrators, developers, infrastructure staff, contractors, and other technical resources to identify business needs, analyze existing processes and system functionality, and recommend appropriate solutions. The position oversees requirements gathering and documentation, business and data process analysis, application functionality and configuration analysis, testing and quality assurance, implementation planning, training, documentation, and ongoing application support. A key responsibility of this position is promoting effective application ownership within the IT Business Analyst team. The supervisor ensures analysts develop a thorough understanding of the applications and business processes they support; independently research application functionality, configuration, documentation, workflows, and available vendor-supported solutions; and appropriately engage database, development, infrastructure, or other specialized technical resources when a solution requires those services. The position also leads technology projects by reviewing project scope and objectives, coordinating stakeholders and technical resources, developing implementation and transition plans, monitoring schedules and deliverables, providing status reporting, and assisting with resource and budget planning. The supervisor works with vendors and contractors, contributes to long range planning for agency applications and automated systems, and develops or maintains policies, procedures, standards, and documentation to support consistent and effective technology operations. Information Technology (IT) Business Analysts document, analyze, and recommend technical solutions to problems and participate in implementing, supporting, and documenting changes that lead to an improved operating environment.