Education Specialist – Support Services

Overview

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Position Title: Education Specialist I

Position Code: 30122

Salary Range: $50,253.60-$

Position Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Open Date: September 2025

The Support Services Section of the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), intends to hire one (1) Education Specialist I.

• Communicate written and oral information to immediate supervisor, staff, and public stakeholders.
• Provide professional learning opportunities to leaders implementing the Mental Health Tele-Counseling Services.
• Develop presentations and conduct training sessions with and for LEAs.
• Conduct virtual professional training for LEAs, as well phone meetings.
• Review selected vendors to ensure requirements of the law are met before LEAs utilize them.
• Attend sessions to stay current on all applicable aspects related to the mental health field and the implementation of the law.
• Complete the compliance monitoring portion related to the Tele-Mental Health section.
• Compute numeric information so that travel reimbursements, time sheets and other reports are produced and routed without a valid delay.
• Conduct office functions to include, but not limited to, proofreading, editing, and revising to avoid errors in punctuation, grammar, formatting, routing, and other functions as appropriate to effectively support the work of the Department’s initiatives assigned to Support Services/Tele-mental Health in accordance with the supervisor’s directives.
• Operate office equipment and utilize various computer software programs to produce office documents efficiently.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Must meet the minimum requirements as noted on the State Personnel Department Job Announcement

• Must meet the minimum requirements as noted on the State Personnel Department Job Announcement.
• Experience in district-level leadership as a Mental Health Coordinator, preferred.

• Knowledge of technology support applications as related to specific job functions (e.g., word processing, spreadsheets, and email)
• Effective skills in oral and written communications
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with stakeholders, including education partners, personnel, students, and parents
• Disciplined to work independently
• Focus on details
• Organizational and data management skills required
• Ability to use critical thinking skills to generate solutions
• Collaborative, positive attitude, and flexible
• Deliver presentations to professional audiences
• Travel overnight, required, as needed
• Provide professional development in person and online
• Proficient in Microsoft applications (excel, word)

Step 1:

To be considered for this position, you must be on the employment register for this classification. Employment registers are established through the Alabama State Personnel Department. Please visit their website at Alabama State Personnel Department for instructions on the application process.
Contact the Alabama State Personnel Department at  for questions regarding the application process.

Step 2:

After you receive notification from the Alabama State Personnel Department that you have been placed on the employment register, you may: