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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 12/02/15

Applications Due07/07/15

Vacancy ID26188

AgencyEducation Department, State

TitleDeputy Commissioner for Cultural Education, Box OCE-898/26000

Occupational CategoryNo Preference

Salary GradeNS

Bargaining UnitM/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $0 to $0 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Exempt Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address Office of Cultural Education

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12234

Minimum Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: The successful candidate for the position will have an advanced degree in a related field AND a minimum of five years’ experience in a senior leadership role at a large complex cultural or educational organization with an annual operating budget of at least $25 million and a staff of at least 100.

Preferred Qualifications: Special consideration will be given to candidates who possess the following skills:
• Clear vision for the role of libraries, museums, archives and public broadcasting in service to the public.
• Ability to work with broad and diverse constituent groups
• Decisive and ethically sound approaches to complex challenges.
• Strong evidence of success in advocacy for programs and needed resources.
• Evidence of excellent communication and networking skills, and positive professional relationships with staff and internal and external stakeholders.
• Leadership in major policy development and successful implementation.
• Commitment to ensuring a diverse workforce and inclusive programs.
• Record of creating dynamic, effective programming with long-term impact.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Research-based decision-making.
• Successful teamwork beyond one’s own sphere to achieve lasting results.
• Up-to-date understanding of applications of technology to education and cultural purposes.
• Success working with a broad scope of institutions/environments for achieving collaboration across public/private boundaries.

Duties Description The New York State Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education seek to fill the position of Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Cultural Education. The Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Education is a senior leader in the State Education Department, who leads a dynamic cultural education program. The Deputy Commissioner oversees over 300 full time staff and an operations budget of nearly $60 million and a local aid budget of nearly $130 million. The major institutions and statewide programs of the Office of Cultural Education include:

• The New York State Archives, with responsibility for the management of all active and archival State records and with regulatory authority over all public records at the local level. The Archives provides grants for organizing, managing and providing broad access to local records repositories, both public and private, and to non-governmental historical repositories;
• The New York State Library, which operates a research library and the Talking Book and Braille Library for eligible upstate residents and oversees 3000 libraries and library systems statewide. It provides policy recommendations, technical assistance and regulatory monitoring of all libraries in New York, as well as overseeing state and federal aid to libraries and library systems, including formula operating aid and competitive grants for library material conservation, construction and family literacy.
• The State Museum, the primary museum for interpretation of the natural and human history of New York State, drawing over 400,000 visitors a year. It is also a research institution, with ongoing work in biology, geology, paleontology, archaeology and history;
• The Public Broadcasting Office, which provides regulatory oversight and financial support for the educational work of New York’s 25 public radio and television stations;
• Chartering of cultural institutions across the state, as well as insuring that they meet professional standards for operating museums, historical societies, non-profit archival repositories, libraries, and public broadcasting organizations; and
• The Summer School of the Arts, which operates a program of seven one-month residential programs each summer for high-school students to receive advanced training in ballet, modern dance, orchestral music, visual arts, media arts and choral studies.

Working closely with the Commissioner of Education and the Board of Regents, the Deputy Commissioner will be responsible for:

• Developing policy recommendations: anchoring proposals in research data, engaging with stakeholders to garner support and to refine elements, developing and successfully executing plans for implementation and advocacy;
• Managing public funds to obtain goals, including an operating budget of approximately $60 million, State and Federal aid of about $ 130 million, and numerous grants and private contributions;
• Effective leadership on behalf of New York’s Cultural institutions with staff and with colleagues at the national and international level, and across the state;
• Executing priority actions to ensure that cultural resources play an effective role in meeting educational goals for all New Yorkers;
• Providing counsel and advice to the Commissioner as a part of the Education Department’s leadership team; and
• Ensuring coordination within the State’s cultural institutions and resources and alignment of those resources to the state’s educational system.

Additional Comments Conditions of Employment: This position is in the exempt class and the incumbent serves at the discretion of the Commissioner of Education. Filling of this position is contingent upon the Division of Budget approval.

*Salary will be commensurate with Education and Experience.

APPLICATION: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until a candidate is appointed. Qualified candidates should send a letter of interest and resume to ocejobs@nysed.gov (email applications are preferred). You must include the box number (OCE-898/26000) in the subject line of your email to ensure receipt of your application.

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Name Office of Human Resources Management

Telephone (518) 474-5215

Fax (518) 486-5631

Email Address ocejobs@nysed.gov

Address

Street NYS Education Department

89 Washington Avenue, Room 528 EB

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12234

 

Notes on ApplyingAPPLICATION: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until a candidate is appointed. Qualified candidates should send a letter of interest and resume to ocejobs@nysed.gov (email applications are preferred). You must include the box number (OCE-898/26000) in the subject line of your email to ensure receipt of your application.

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