Executive Director of Facilities Development

Application Deadline: August 8, 2025
Work Months: 12
Hours:  8.0 hours per day, 5 days a week
Salary: $11,646 to $18,623 per month (DOE)

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Job Announcement - Executive Director of Facilities Development

Under the Direction of the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services, the Executive Director of Facilities Development is responsible for providing a high degree of leadership and support service to the District and is responsible for developing and coordinating the development and execution of short and long range master plans for school facilities, including components such as enrollment projections, financing, project planning, design phase management, cost control, schedule control, value engineering, quality control, construction administration and claims prevention, repair, alteration, reconstruction, and relocation of school buildings and district facilities.

Qualifications:

Education

• BA or BS in planning, engineering, architecture, construction management; or equivalent work experience in a related field.

Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years of increasingly responsible experience in the field of engineering, construction, facilities management, education or school business in a multi-site environment.

License/Certifications:
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Serves as the District representative to Office of Public School Construction, Division of State Architect, Department of Toxics Substance Control, State Department of Education, and other state and local agencies as required for construction-related approvals and funding applications.
• Lead the strategic development and continuous refinement of the District’s facility master plan, leveraging comprehensive planning databases to inform decision-making. Analyze key data points—such as student enrollment trends, construction rates, student yield factors, address grids, building inventories, district maps, and school boundary information.
• Oversee all aspects of managing facility program funds, including establishing policies for fund collection, disbursement, and reporting. Ensure compliance with district and regulatory standards, review financial reports, guide staff, and maintain transparency. Responsible for the accuracy of financial operations, and ensuring resources are used efficiently to meet district goals.
• Address District related real estate issues and the development and presentation of information for the sale and implementation of local bond measures.
• Provides executive oversight for the coordination, implementation, and supervision of all construction projects for new schools and District facilities, as well as the repair, reconstruction, and relocation of existing schools and District sites, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and standards.
• Provide leadership in coordinating the selection and development of new school sites, and oversees the negotiation of developer agreements, including collaborating with developers, builders, and local city and county agencies to secure approval of school sites, ensuring that all processes align with district goals and regulatory requirements.
• Selects, coordinates and monitors architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, inspectors, and other professional service agencies used in support of the facilities program.
• Provides recommendations and implements plans for attendance boundary changes, school closures, class size reduction, and facility needs for educational programs including Career Technical Education Programs, Special Education, Student Care and Preschool.
• Presents periodic or special facility housing and financial reports to the public, funding agencies, Board of Education, Superintendent's cabinet, management team, school sites, and community groups.
• Attends and participates in Board of Education, cabinet, staff, state agency, city, county, and community meetings as required.
• Establish and maintain educational design standards and specifications for school facilities, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and best practices throughout the planning and construction process.
• Directs the coordination and administration of "joint-use" agreements between the District and other public agencies, and all facility use requests for the District.
• Provides general executive oversight of the coordination and administration of special uses of school facilities, establishing procedures for granting access, ensuring compliance with insurance requirements, and supervising the invoicing and accounting processes related to facility usage.
• Causes to be produced tentative budgets from all units under his/her direction; compiles and transmits such budget requests to the appropriate departments; monitors and controls the expenditure of budgeted funds and causes periodic reports of allocation of funds to be produced.
• Keeps supervisor informed in a timely manner of construction project problems and issues.
• Makes recommendations to ensure project compliance with legal requirements, construction project drawings, and specifications.
• Research, makes recommendations, and coordinates preparation of bids, contracts, purchase orders, and related documents.
• Develops cost, time and material estimates for selected projects to include fund, location, program, and object coded budgets.
• Monitors and expedites construction timeline information.
• Directs coordination of construction projects with site administrators and personnel.
• Prepare analyses and reports on construction problems.
• Directs coordination of activities on construction projects beginning with the preliminary plans through the conclusion of the warranties.
• Serves as the District's spokesperson, representing its interests and goals. Plays an active or lead role in all district facilities committees.
• Function as a member of the District Leadership Team and Superintendent’s Cabinet.
• Responds to emergency calls evenings or weekends.
• Performs generally related duties assigned.
Upon Conditional Offer of Employment:

• DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check
• TB Test within the last 60 days (Education Code 49406, Assembly Bill 1667)
• Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment, etc.

Comments and Other Information:

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, contact:

Jim Huber, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, ADA Coordinator (students) [email protected]
916-294-9000 x 104580

Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator [email protected]
916-294-9000 x 104415
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Folsom Cordova Unified School District’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The District Title IX Coordinator is:

Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator [email protected]
916-294-9000 x 104415
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

The District non-discrimination policy can be located at:

The District’s nondiscrimination complaint procedures can be located at:
Students:
Staff:

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or sex-based harassment, or make a complaint of sex discrimination or sex-based harassment under Title IX, please refer to:
Students: Staff:

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Este empleador participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU