Director, Kentucky Center for Mathematics

Monday - Friday 8:15 a.m. -4:30 p.m. on NKU campus
Monthly statewide travel required

Northern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access institution. We embrace inclusiveness, equity, and global awareness in all dimensions of our work and seek excellence through diversity among our students, administrators, faculty, and staff. Application by members of diverse groups is encouraged.

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Kentucky Center for Mathematics ( KCM), the Director position is a vital member of the KCM team, responsible for developing, administering, planning, directing, and implementing new and existing professional learning experiences for pre-service and in-service mathematics educators across the state of Kentucky. This position will primarily focus on the areas of program management, grant facilitation, and financial oversight. This person will serve as a liaison between the KCM and both the Kentucky Department of Education and the Council on Post-secondary Education. This position will also provide supervision for KCM staff members, KCM Regional Consultants, and outside consultants.

1. Responsible for strategic planning, operational and financial oversight for KCM's state-wide professional learning programs for elementary, intermediate grades, middle grades, and instructional coaching. Serves as a KCM expert on mathematics pedagogy, content, and professional learning for instructional coaching, elementary, intermediate grades, and middle grades. Supports and implements other KCM professional learning experiences as needed. Visits all RCs, on-site, during selected professional learning experiences and school visits. Uses observations coupled with other qualitative and quantitative data to inform and develop KCM programming. Provides leadership, direction, and supervision for KCM Regional Consultants (RCs) who have MOAs with educational institutions across the state. Oversees the work of KCM RCs as they provide professional learning and support that impacts more than 3,000 Kentucky teachers.
2. Co-faciitates grants and serves as principal investigator, provides budget, programmatic oversight, and IRB compliance. This will be a focus for this position. Collaborates in the design, implementation, and analysis of program evaluation; obtains approval from the IRB (Institutional Review Board); ensures proper fielding of approved measures to gather evidence of the effectiveness of KCM's programs; works with researchers to provide annual evaluation reports of program activities, effectiveness, and needs for improvement. Coordinates the dissemination of the evaluation outcomes with various stakeholders.
3. Responsible for oversight of KCM staff work in the coordination of logistics for promotion, registration, delivery, and ongoing support for KCM professional learning events in elementary, middle, high, coaching, post-secondary, and adult education.
4. Responsible for oversight of all aspects of KCM cost center and grants. Keeps detailed records of all revenue and expenses associated with the center and grants. Proficient user of NKU's SAP system to ensure accuracy with all financial transactions.
5. Assists the KCM Executive Director in presenting to and advising stakeholders across Kentucky, fostering collaborative relationships with entities such as the Kentucky Department of Education, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and Kentucky Adult Education. Works to implement the KCM Strategic Plan.
6. Other responsibilities as assigned by KCM Executive Director.

Bachelor's Degree (minimum). Master's Degree (preferred).

Minimum of 3 years business/finance/logistics/operations experience. Understanding and proficiency with SAP (preferred).

Proficient in use Microsoft Excel/Word and Google Docs/Sheets.

Competent office management, as well as strong interpersonal and organizational skills are necessary.

Any candidate who is offered this position will be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check as mandated by state law.It is Northern Kentucky University's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all persons and to take the necessary actions needed to recruit, employ, train, promote, and retain qualified faculty and staff, including members of protected groups. Discrimination against any individual based upon protected status, which is defined as age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic, or veteran status, is prohibited.