Guidance Manager

State of Oklahoma • Stillwater, OK

1d • $66,376 - $88,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Provide statewide leadership for the administration of career awareness and educational attainment initiatives through guidance, counseling and career development programs with effective student services to create a career and academic connections through opportunities and activities for academic development and career readiness.

Requirements

• Minimum of five (5) years of successful school counseling experience in a CareerTech technology center or K–12 educational setting.
• Qualifying experience includes school counseling, career planning, academic advisement, or closely related student support services.
• Read, analyze, and interpret professional journals. financial reports, and legal documents, as necessary.
• Respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers regulatory agencies, or members of the community.
• Write complex reports in a prescribed format.
• Effectively present information 10 top management, public groups, and boards of directors.
• Communicate complex ideas and beliefs to top management.
• Apply mathematical concepts as applicable.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables,
• Knowledge of career development stages, and components of a comprehensive guidance/counseling program.
• Knowledge of career development and guidance/counseling resources and services.
• Familiarity presentation software/equipment and Microsoft Office or comparable software.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, handle confidential and sensitive matters, and planning/organizing statewide events are critical.
• Supervision skills, leadership skills, and professionalism are essential.
• Regularly lifts 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Career and Technical Education Experience
• Supervision Experience

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Counseling and Career Development (CCD) division by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating statewide initiatives that promote career readiness, academic development, and student success.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of career guidance, counseling, advisement, and student services programs across Oklahoma CareerTech technology centers and K–12 CareerTech programs.
• Direct statewide efforts to strengthen educational transitions, workforce readiness, and student access to high-quality career development opportunities.
• Monitor, interpret, and communicate the impact of federal and state legislation, policies, and initiatives affecting career guidance, counseling, academic development, and student services. Develop resources and guidance to support successful implementation statewide.
• Provide leadership in the collection, analysis, and reporting of program data to evaluate outcomes, support continuous improvement, and communicate the impact of CCD initiatives.
• Develop, administer, and monitor the Counseling and Career Development division budget, ensuring responsible stewardship of state and federal resources.
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate division staff while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team focused on innovation, customer service, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the mission, vision, and strategic priorities of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
• Directly supervises employees and shares responsibility for hiring, termination, performance management process. Responsible for scheduling, assigning work tasks and measuring performance objectives.

Benefits

• Benefit allowance to help pay for insurance premiums (health, dental, life and disability insurance)
• State paid teacher’s retirement pension
• Flexible benefits plan
• Vacation leave
• 15 days sick leave
• 11 paid holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Flex-time work schedule options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed