Associate, Credentials - Talent (2025-26) at Oakland Unified School District
Job Summary
Job Summary
BASIC FUNCTION: The Credentials Associate is responsible for ensuring that all certificated staff meet California State credentialing requirements. Under the Supervision of Manager, Systems and Processes, the Credentials Associate oversees validation processes and satisfies reporting requirements to District and external entities. The Associate serves as the District’s lead on all matters related to credentialing laws, policies and regulations. The Credentials Associate must maintain confidentiality of all personnel matters; some duties will involve access to confidential information concerning employer-employee relations. REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: (Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements). ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Provide exemplary leadership, consultation and customer service on all credentialing issues. Develop and implement strategies and systems to ensure compliance of certificated staff with credentialing requirements and appropriate teacher placement. Evaluate employment transcripts, education units, credentials, and other records to assess certificated applicants’ eligibility and placement; serve as point of escalation to resolve complex or non-standard credentialing issues. Manage the renewal process for credentialed employees, including: drafting and delivering communications to relevant employees; receiving employee credential documentation; reviewing and assessing the validity of employee credential documentation. Provide support to teachers who have invalid credentials to help them become compliant; and to teachers converting provisional credentials to cleared credentials. Train relevant District staff to screen and verify teacher, administrative and other credentials during routine hiring and po
Requirements / Qualifications
Associate’s Degree or its equivalency required (2 years of similar and relevant work level experience = 1 year of college) in Human Resources, Business Administration or Public Administration. A combination of experience and education may be used to meet the Associate Degree requirement; however, the work experience years used to qualify for the Associate’s Degree requirement cannot be used to meet the work requirement. Four (4) years of recent, increasingly responsible credentials experience, two years of which must have been in a full-time, directly related school district personnel office Experience working with credentialing in public education setting strongly preferred Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Requirements / Qualifications
Associate’s Degree or its equivalency required (2 years of similar and relevant work level experience = 1 year of college) in Human Resources, Business Administration or Public Administration. A combination of experience and education may be used to meet the Associate Degree requirement; however, the work experience years used to qualify for the Associate’s Degree requirement cannot be used to meet the work requirement. Four (4) years of recent, increasingly responsible credentials experience, two years of which must have been in a full-time, directly related school district personnel office Experience working with credentialing in public education setting strongly preferred Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Application Deadline
5/18/2025 12:00 AM Pacific
Date Posted
5/16/2025
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Number of Openings
1
Salary
Pay Range
$100,063 - $127,708 Annually
$100,063 - $127,708 Annually
Length of Work Year
261 days/7.5 hours
Employment Type
Full Time