Talent Development

   Career Development Specialist

ABOUT CPS
Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) serves nearly 36,000 students preschool to 12th grade in 63 school communities, across a 90-square-mile district in Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati Public Schools is the best-performing large urban district in Ohio and ranks among the top 2 percent of Ohio districts for students' learning and growth and offers families high-quality school choices and academic programs.

The district's innovative approach to education, its investment in effective and caring educators and employees, and vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated school performance to the highest level in decades - ensuring that students in preschool to 12th grade thrive and graduate prepared for successful lives in the 21st century.

Cincinnati Public is looking for creative, innovative, passionate, problem-solvers to join our team. We seek to have a positive impact on our children and families every day and are looking for staff members who want to not only do an excellent job with their career field but also serve as a role model for the children in CPS. We invite you to become a member of our CPS work family.

Overview: The Department of Talent Development at Cincinnati Public Schools seeks a Career Growth Specialist to join our growing team. The Career Growth Specialist will report to the Leadership Manager and will support our work to professionally grow grow all employees as well as develop leaders within the organization. The Career Growth Specialist will:

Core responsibilities:

• Leadership Development
  
  • Maintain updated publications of leadership competencies that serve as the CPS standard for each leadership position in coordination with the Leadership Manager and Employee Experience Managers.
    
  • Maintain updated publications and communications regarding leadership pathway professional learning opportunities.
    
  • Collect and analyze from various assessments to identify needs for leadership training and support.
    
• Career Pathway Development and Succession Planning
  
  • Maintain records and track usage of career pathways for each role outlined in the various bargaining units and contracts in Cincinnati Public Schools.
    
  • Support the facilitation of programming associated with succession planning and career pathways that deepens the bench of leadership talent.
    
  • Develop and implement tools to assist employee career advancement.
    
  • Develop and maintain a system for organizing succession planning documentation.
    
  • Liaise with Human Resources to support succession of employees.
    
• Training and Development
  
  • Monitor the facilitation and participation of training connected to career pathway support.
    
  • Analyze professional development survey results and make recommendations to the Professional Learning Manager and Leadership Manager.
    
  • Support the Leadership Manager in meeting the training needs of divisions and departments.
    

Qualifications:

• Associate Degree or higher
  
• Experience with advancement along a career pathway
  
• Excellent written, oral and positive influential interpersonal skills required; ability to communicate in both technical and non-technical terms
  
• Must be an independent thinker
  
• Possesses strong organizational skills
  
• Customer focused: makes participant satisfaction a top priority
  
• Demonstrated project management experience: can stay on top of multiple projects, plan backwards and anticipate obstacles, pursue goals with energy, and identify and involve stakeholders appropriately
  
• Experience with facilitating and designing learning experiences for adult learners
  
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality work on time and on budget, taking into consideration how actions impact the broader organization
  
• Adapts approach and style to be inclusive of the values and beliefs of others
  
• Track-record of developing trusting, respectful relationships
  
• Proactively seeks and acts on feedback
  
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills
  

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter expressing both 1) your interest in the role and 2) how you have taken initiative to acquire the skills needed to advance along a career pathway.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
All interested applicants are encouraged to apply and only online applications will be considered.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources.

Cincinnati Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and is subject to federal regulations pertaining to employment. The district has a continuing non-discrimination policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. We hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.
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