Job Description

Title: Lead Flight Director

Salary Range: $33,000 annually

Contract Term Length: Not Applicable

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: West Kentucky Community & Technical College

Campus Location: West Kentucky Community & Technical College

Department: Challenger Learning Center

Total Rewards

- Holidays: those observed by WKCTC

- Sick Leave: Nine days paid sick leave

- Travel mileage: reimbursement provided at the current rate used by WKCTC.

- Vacation: 5 days paid vacation.

- Workman’s Compensation Insurance--provided.

- Unemployment Insurance--provided.

- Funeral Leave--Policy observed by WKCTC.

This 9 month position is for the Lead Flight Director, responsible for conducting missions, maintenance of the simulator, and assisting with other STEM related programs as needed.

Job Duties:

-Conduct missions for schools, community, public and corporate groups
-Conduct on and off-site workshops and other programs as needed
-Develop and implement improvements to mission operations and materials as assigned
-Maintain mission supply inventory
-Maintain and clean simulators
-Troubleshoot technical issues in the simulator
-Set up and shut down of simulators
-Maintain extended activities supply inventory
-Facilitate after school and weekend programs as needed
-Maintain STARLAB dome and update software and programs as needed
-Facilitate STARLAB programs
-Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

-Associates degree
- Has experience giving presentations to different age groups

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bachelors in education or science
- Teaching experience preferred (recent)

Additional Skills Requested:

- Comfortable with technology.
- Good communication, leadership and organizational skills.
- Physical effort and dexterity: ability to manipulate props and technical equipment, must be able to present for long periods of time.

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Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.