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Now hiring: Butler County
Here is a link to the job postings page on Butler County’s Web site. There’s not much there, but the county auditor’s office, MetroParks, the Emergency Management Agency, county care facility and county commissioners are hiring.
High-profile jobs include Children Services director, finance director and EMA director. Full position descriptions are available at the link above.
How good is a county gig? Here is a searchable list of salaries for public employees across Butler County, including city, township and county government.
And here is a story about the Children Services director search from today’s paper:
Wanted: Someone with a master’s degree or equivalent experience in social work and demonstrated leadership skills to take the helm of Butler County’s most scrutinized public agency.
Chosen applicant will be paid far less than his or her predecessor. Deadline to apply is April 13.
Butler County is accepting applications for a new Children Services director. The job posting lists a salary range of $75,232 to $99,000.
Before taking a pay cut this year, former director Michael Fox, who retired Tuesday, March 31, was the highest paid county employee, taking home $134,331, including perks. Jan Heffner, agency director before Fox, had a base salary of $125,000.
County Administrator Tim Williams said the pay cut brings the job in-line with what other agency directors make.
There are no plans at this point, Williams said, to give the new director a contract, as Heffner and Fox had. And there are no plans to include perks such as the $425 monthly car allowance or $300 monthly cell phone allowance Fox received.
But if a candidate wows county commissioners, he or she could ask for more pay, a contract and perks, officials said.
County Commission President Donald Dixon said the board hopes to have a new director within weeks of the April 13 deadline.
“I don’t think it’s going to be a long drawn out deal,” he said.
The only other job commissioners are advertising for is a finance director. This person will coordinate countywide budgets and track spending across offices with the mission of cutting spending wherever possible.
The deadline to apply for that post is also April 13. The pay range is $79,806 to $105,188.
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By redsailor
April 2, 2009 11:39 AM | Link to this
WOW,they must have ran out of friend’s, and family member’s.
By Foul Water
April 2, 2009 12:09 PM | Link to this
How many Water and Sewer managers are needed…especially at their rates of pay? Plus, did this department ever fire people as some on the list are still pulling in some good coin?
By Fred
April 2, 2009 11:05 PM | Link to this
It may sound like these are good jobs but you are working for three idiots who will fire you if they don’t like they way you part your hair or say hello.
By spyderman
April 3, 2009 7:38 AM | Link to this
In response to foul water, those Water & Sewer salaries are for 2008, the cuts didn’t happen until earlier this year. You can hack 50+ names off that list and reduce everyones salaries because of bumping rights. I speak from experience.