PLEASE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW, CONTRACTED EMPLOYEES ARE NOT PAID FOR THE TWELVE SCHEDULED HOLIDAYS, DO NOT RECEIVE ANY PAID, VACATION, PERSONAL LEAVE BENEFITS, OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR SOCIAL SECURITY. AS A STATE CONTRACTED EMPLOYEE, YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN DIRECT DEPOSIT AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS STATE ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN, (\"OBRA PLAN\"). The Education Secretariat is committed to equity and valuing the unique and diverse characteristics and experiences of every member of its workforce. We encourage an authentic workplace where colleagues show up as their full selves, where collaboration, innovation, and connections are key to realizing our mission that all children, youth, and families thrive socially, academically, and economically. We seek teammates who are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment, where everyone is valued and engaged. We encourage you to apply and identify your strengths in these areas. The Department of Elementary & Secondary Education?s Office of Charter Schools and School Redesign (OCSSR) is seeking a contracted employee to perform the following essential duties: The Contracted School Redesign Specialist will support OCSSR staff in its oversight of existing charter and virtual schools and will support the development of support structures for charter school developers. The experienced specialist will provide support in three primary areas: Support the Accountability Team in implementing the charter school and virtual school accountability process: Participate in accountability site visits to charter schools that assess charter school performance in terms of the Massachusetts Charter School Performance Criteria, contribute to resulting written site visit reports that become part of each school?s body of evidence for charter renewal Review and analyze charter school and virtual school accountability data Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the Massachusetts charter school and virtual school accountability systems Review all site visit materials; participate in review processes of site visit materials; and draft suggestions to update site visit materials Review annual reports to ensure alignment with expectations Assist the Coordinator of Accountability Monitoring in disseminating best practices, aligned to the Department?s strategic objectives. Support the School Redesign and Virtual School Manager with new virtual school procedures and virtual school applications: Assist in developing an opening procedures handbook for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Virtual Schools, help in reviewing submissions for new virtual school(s) and ensure the virtual school meets opening procedure expectations. Assist in renewal of the virtual school certificates, by reading applications for renewal, preparing for upcoming renewal inspections, and writing summaries of the virtual schools? performance. Contribute to the ongoing improvement of Massachusetts virtual school application materials and review processes. Support the Assistant Director in developing a pipeline of prospective charter developers: Develop and implement an applicant pipeline development plan to assess, engage, and support the readiness of qualified charter applicants and existing high quality charter schools to apply for and implement a new charter school or significant expansion. The plan will effectively identify individuals, groups, or schools for participation in development support. This pipeline development plan will: Include a landscape analysis of potential developers taking into context the unique needs of historically resilient student populations, potential demand for innovative school models, the developers? experience and success serving their community, and the developers? capacity to implement a high quality charter