County Administrator at Plumas Unified School District at Kern County Superintendent of Schools Share on X      Print Application Deadline

8/6/2025 5:00 PM Pacific

Date Posted 7/11/2025 Contact Michael Fine
951-212-2334 Number of Openings 1 Salary Single Rate
Base annual salary is $275,000 plus a comprehensive benefit package Annually Length of Work Year 244 days per year, including negotiated vacation days Employment Type Full Time Job Summary Job Summary

FCMAT invites applications of interest from qualified candidates to serve as the county administrator at the Plumas Unified School District (Plumas). At the request of the governing board, the district entered state receivership on June 27, 2025, with an emergency appropriation of up to $20 million to avert fiscal insolvency. FCMAT is the agency designated to identify and vet candidates to serve as county administrators or trustees for districts in receivership. The final selection of a candidate for Plumas will be made by the Plumas county superintendent of schools, with the concurrence of the state superintendent of public instruction and the president of the State Board of Education. The county administrator serves under the direction and supervision of the county superintendent and provides day-to-day governance and administrative leadership. The administrator is not a superintendent, but rather serves as a hybrid of governing board, superintendent, fiscal expert, turnaround specialist, systems developer, master communicator, advocate for students, and strategic implementer, called upon to lead the district through the challenging initial steps of recovery in all operational areas. The ideal administrator will have the ability to lead the district’s continuous improvement process to increase all measures of student achievement, restore fiscal solvency, strengthen and balance the district’s fiscal, human and facility resources, and design and strategically implement policies, procedures, systems and structures — all with an eye to sustainability and a return to local governance.

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All eligible individuals are encouraged to submit a letter of interest and resume to plumas@fcmat.org no later than Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 5 pm. See job flyer for details regarding letter of interest and resume. Tentative Selection Timeline: • Application deadline: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 • Initial screening: Friday, August 8, 2025 • Candidate interviews in Quincy: Monday, August 25, 2025 • Appointment by PCOE/SPI/president of SBE: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Dates above are shown for planning purposes and may be subject to change. Additional information is available at https://www.fcmat.org/plumas. Classified administrators are welcome to apply. Questions may be submitted via email to plumas@fcmat.org.

Requirements / Qualifications

All eligible individuals are encouraged to submit a letter of interest and resume to plumas@fcmat.org no later than Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 5 pm. See job flyer for details regarding letter of interest and resume. Tentative Selection Timeline: • Application deadline: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 • Initial screening: Friday, August 8, 2025 • Candidate interviews in Quincy: Monday, August 25, 2025 • Appointment by PCOE/SPI/president of SBE: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Dates above are shown for planning purposes and may be subject to change. Additional information is available at https://www.fcmat.org/plumas. Classified administrators are welcome to apply. Questions may be submitted via email to plumas@fcmat.org.

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