Percent Employed 100%
Months of Employment 12
Position Type Continuing
Level of Benefits Full benefits
Pay Range State Director Salary Scale + [10.5% - 18% local supplement]
Minimum Degree Level Bachelor's degree
To inform and engage the school community and its internal and external stakeholders through effective and strategic communication strategies, promote efforts to recruit and retain students and staff, manage crisis communications efforts, and serve as public information liaison for open records requests and media requests.
Chief Communications Officer
Why Buncombe County Schools?
If you are a dedicated individual who believes in the power of public education and the potential of every child, we invite you to apply. At Buncombe County Schools, you'll find a supportive community, opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a meaningful impact each day.
Buncombe County Schools is the state's 13th largest school system and the largest district in Western North Carolina. We employ nearly 3,800 people and serve more than 24,500 students, making BCS the county's second largest employer. More than 55 different languages are spoken in our 44 schools.
Buncombe County rests in a central area of a high plateau bordered by the Blue Ridge, Great Craggy, and Black Mountains on the East and the Great Smokies chain of the Appalachians on the West. Sprawling over seven hundred and seventy square miles of valley lowlands and mountain coves, Buncombe County is home to over 206,000 residents. Asheville, located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers, is the county seat as well as the economic and cultural center of Western North Carolina. Buncombe County enjoys a broadly based economy supported by a thriving tourist and convention enterprise, widely diversified industry, forestry and agriculture.
