Strategic Staffing Specialist

Job Title: Strategic Staffing Specialist

Division: Instructional Services

FLSA Status: Exempt

Pay Grade: 104

Workdays: 226

Reports To: Director of Instructional Services

Primary Purpose


The ESC Texas Innovative Staffing Fellow will build capacity in facilitating LEAs through the implementation of high-quality, sustainable residencies via innovative staffing models.

Qualifications


To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Certification:

• Master's Degree
• Texas Teacher Certification,
• Texas Administrative Certification, required

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Team-oriented attitude and desire to work collaboratively with TEA, ESC staff, various university partners, and campus/district/charter school personnel.
• Strong organizational, communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated track record of LEA leadership and district-level technical assistance, including facilitating:
• Strategic decision-making
• Change management
• Campus-to-district-level alignment
• Operational decisions

• Familiarity and preferably direct prior experience with school finance and operations, particularly staffing, scheduling, and budgeting
• Strong project management, process facilitation, and coordination skills
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics for each program initiative to measure success and progress
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of each program initiative regularly, conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Ensure that the performance management process is cyclical and iterative, promoting continuous improvement.

Experience:

• A minimum of two years campus leadership experience in Texas public schools
• A minimum of two years' experience as a district-level leader or two years as a successful ESC consultant
• Successful experience in program development (preferred)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities


* This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions.


This position is funded using federal monies and is assigned programs to include activities designed to enhance the effective and coordinated use of funds.

This list of essential functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented.

• Participate in designated local, state, and national professional development activities and share information with ESC staff and appropriate regional personnel.
• Build the capacity of LEA's understanding of paid teacher residencies
• Effectively recruit LEAs and support campus selection for innovative staffing and talent pipeline support work.
• Facilitate innovative staffing model design process and implementation with LEA district leadership and Educator Prep Programs.
• Submit and track data supporting the design and implementation year milestones.
• Manage deliverables and milestone completion of the LEA district leadership and EPP during design and implementation years.
• Maintain and revise the Implementation Playbook for current and future facilitation to support LEAs in the staffing model design scope and sequence.
• Develop a measurement plan to include key staffing models and residency implementation, outputs, and outcomes.
• Delivers technical assistance that prioritizes engaging the LEAs and their Educator Preparation Program Partners to design and implement innovative staffing models that support the sustainability of high-quality teacher residencies.
• Provide support for implementing the strategic staffing model and assess its effectiveness.

• Articulate the Texas vision for innovative staffing and talent pipeline support and build capacity in other ESCs in offering these supports in their regions.
• Establish a business model to operationalize this LEA support and make it sustainable over time.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Duties


None.

Equipment / Specialized Software Used


Computers, projection devices, control panels in meeting rooms, printers, productivity software, software specific to the job assignment, network resources, Internet resources, and other hardware and software necessary to effectively and efficiently perform the functions of the job.


Working Conditions (Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors)

Mental: Public relations and people skills are required; work with frequent interruptions and maintain professionalism.

Physical: Occasional prolonged and irregular hours, ability to move tables and chairs and load and unload boxes/materials. Prolonged use of computers. Frequent daily and statewide travel. (Requires employee to provide reliable transportation and proof of insurance; mileage and expenses reimbursed in accordance with ESC policies).

Environmental: Open cubicles/workstations.


Evaluation


Annual performance evaluation will be performed in accordance with adopted policies of the Education Service Center Region 11. Employment in this position is contingent on performance, need and funding - including grant funding.

Revision Date: April 6, 2026

Benefits at ESC Region 11

• $645 monthly contribution for Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pay and Growth Opportunities
• Retirement Account Matching Program
• HSA, FSA, Dental, Vision, Life, Cancer Insurance Offered
• 10 Local Sick Paid Days provided Annually (Per School Year)
• 5 State Personal Paid Leave Days provided Annually ( Per School Year)