Chief Administrative Officer

Position Summary

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) provides strategic leadership and oversight to the administrative business functions for the Missouri Department of Transportation. The CAO directs major functional areas including communications, media relations, human resources, equal employment opportunity, risk management, and benefits administration. The CAO serves as the department’s primary advisor on administrative matters, ensures alignment with strategic and business plan goals, formulates policy, and represents the department with stakeholders and other state agencies. A key focus of the CAO includes strengthening recruiting and retention efforts by overseeing personnel and employment programs, ensuring the department attracts, develops, and retains a high-quality workforce.

What You’ll Do

• Serves as primary advisor regarding administrative issues.
• Directs and oversees all administrative support services in order to achieve department goals and objectives; provides resources to division leaders to accomplish division objectives.
• Supports the development of innovative solutions to Missouri’s transportation needs; directs and oversees the implementation of innovations.
• Ensures strategic and business plan goals and objectives are met through planning and coordination with units throughout the department.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, public administration, or related field.
• Nine years of progressively responsible management experience in benefits management, business administration, communications, human resources management, or public administration including senior level management experience.

Special Working Conditions

• Job requires regular, statewide, overnight travel.
• Job directly supervises division directors in the associated functional areas.

Benefits

MoDOT offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Visit our CAREERS page to explore all we have to offer. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for MoDOT, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees.