Executive Recruiter - Superintendent Search

AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.

We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. When you authorize it, AlphaGov may name you as an expert collaborator or key personnel on proposals that match your expertise. We build ready teams for live pursuits - not speculative staffing banks.

AlphaGov is building a bench of executive recruiters who lead superintendent searches for K-12 school districts and boards of education. You would guide boards through a transparent, community-informed search, from the leadership profile through final selection and transition.

We confirm scope, schedule, and fee with you before any engagement begins.

What you'll do

• Facilitate board planning sessions and set the search process and timeline
• Run stakeholder engagement, including staff, parent, student, and community surveys, forums, and focus groups, to build the leadership profile
• Write the position profile and advertise through education networks and associations
• Source, recruit, and screen candidates, including diverse and nontraditional candidates
• Conduct reference, background, credential, and media checks
• Prepare interview questions and support board interviews, finalist visits, and deliberations
• Support contract negotiation and transition planning for the new superintendent
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Apply to be considered.

Required

• At least 5 years leading or co-leading superintendent or senior K-12 executive searches for school boards
• A record of completed placements, with references from board chairs or district leaders
• Experience running community engagement for a public search
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant

Nice to have

• Former superintendent, assistant superintendent, or school board member
• Experience with open-meetings and public-records rules that apply to board searches
• College president or city manager search experience