Search and Recruitment Services

The Vendor is required to provide consulting services for a search for an interim superintendent.
- Requirement:
•    Engage staff, students, and the community to inform the development of a candidate profile, for board consideration and adoption that reflects the district’s goals and identifies the leadership characteristics necessary for success. 
•    Demonstrate a candidate identification strategy that results in a diverse pool of experienced, highly qualified candidates, including individuals with experience in districts of similar size, demographics, and community context. 
•    Advice the board on a competitive compensation package designed to attract and secure a highly qualified interim superintendent. 
•    Solicit applications from candidates serving in state and regionally. 
•    Develop, for board approval, hiring procedures to be used for the position. 
•    Advise the board regarding the identification and assessment of candidates.
o    Develop and distribute recruitment materials that will encourage qualified candidates to apply 
o    Engage the current acting superintendent in the recruitment process (if not a candidate). 
o    Conduct a search that will include advertising the position broadly in print media as well as through an effective web-based strategy 
o    Conduct personal outreach recruiting to ensure that the applicant pool includes highly qualified candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences 
o    Collect all relevant background information on potential candidates so that the strengths and weaknesses of each applicant can be assessed 
o    Assist the board with prescreening candidates based on clearly delineated criteria 
o    Assist the board in evaluating the applicants against the qualifications and criteria developed to create a group of candidates for interviews 
o    Assist the board with reference and related background checks
•    Assist with logistics of finalist interviews
o    Assist the board in determining the process (public, closed, or hybrid) that will secure the best pool of finalist candidates 
o    Potentially, facilitate visits by the board to the communities of the finalists 
o    Potentially, facilitate community forums and interviews with the finalists
•    Ensure a satisfactory conclusion to the search
o    Assist the board in contract negotiations with the selected candidates.