2025-26 Assistant Principal of Operations
2025-26 Assistant Principal of Operations
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$ 107810 - 143060
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ABOUT ALLIANCE COLLEGEREADY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Alliance CollegeReady Public Schools is one of the largest and most successful nonprofit public charter school networks in the nation operating 26 highperforming middle and high schools that educate nearly 13000 scholars who make up the heart of Los Angeles Latinx Black and recent immigrant communities. Alliance schools have been recognized as among the best in the nation byU.S. News & World ReportNewsweek the U.S. Department of Education and the California Department of Education. Since opening our first school in 2004 95 of Alliance scholars have graduated from high school. We strive to uplift our scholars and their communities by fostering unparalleled educational opportunities that encourage scholarly thought resilient learning powerful communication mindbody wellness and community advocacy. To learn more visitwww.LAalliance.
ROLE SUMMARY
The Assistant Principal (AP) of Operations will lead school site operations and will report to the school principal with support from the Alliance Home Office Operations team. This role will lead the strategy and structures for all noninstructional functions necessary to run a highperforming school. As part of the schools leadership team the AP of Operations will not only lead the noninstructional functions of the school but in order to be effective this role must develop positive interpersonal relationships with the entire school community including teachers staff scholars families and visitors and be seen by all as a leader of the school. The AP of Operations also leads and directly manages the operations team of the school responsible for managing finance and procurement student data and reporting nutrition program facilities recruitment and enrollment student health and safety and regulatory compliance.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Visionary Leadership
Sets a compelling vision and laserfocused plan for operational excellence that facilitates collegeready scholar achievement and supports progress toward schoolwide goals
Sits on schoolbased leadership team and supports schoolwide priorities and initiatives
Serves as thought partner to the principal in the design and implementation of schoolwide systems
Operational Leadership and Systems Thinking
Ensures all district state federal and authorizer compliance requirements are completed on time
Designs and manages schoolwide systems including arrival dismissal transitions nutrition and lunch supply requests procurement processing
Oversees and designs systems and structures for all fiscal matters including purchasing inventory budget tracking payroll and implementation of Alliance fiscal policies
Oversees designs and manages student attendance strategy using data and leads crossfunctional schoolsite team to meet annual attendance goals
Creates and manages student recruitment and enrollment strategy using data and ensures the school meets its annual recruitment and retention targets through crosscollaboration with different teams
Serves as the owner of the school information system and plans and executes key inputs for attendance enrollment contact information and other key data including transfer and exit data
Oversees the school nutrition program ensuring compliance and fiscal responsibility
Assesses school health and safety needs and designs emergency response procedures and strategy while serving as school safety officer to train staff and students on emergency procedures
Proactively plans for and oversees daily maintenance and improvements of school facility
Develops vision for and maintains clear family communication and engagement structures
Conducts highquality walkthroughs observations and audits and uses data and trends to determine rigorous and timely strategic shifts to drive operational outcomes
Cultural and Talent Leadership
Hires manages coaches trains and develops school operations team members
Creates and executes training and onboarding of Alliance operational procedures for all school stakeholders
Designs and leads professional development opportunities for teachers and staff for noninstructional priorities of the school
Participates in crossnetwork operations initiatives pilots and projects promoting best practice sharing across schools
Performs or manages other functions as assigned
THE IDEAL CANDIDATES WILL HAVE
Demonstrated ability to lead influence and hold others accountable
Ability to coach and develop direct reports
Strong project and time management skills
Ability to take initiative set priorities and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Strong analytical critical thinking and problemsolving skills
Aptitude for designing and building systems and using data to adjust strategy to drive desired outcomes
Attention to detail
Ability to remain calm under pressure especially in difficult conversations with parents and staff
Ability to treat sensitive issues with respect and empathy maintaining confidentiality where required
Willingness and ability to learn new skills and processes as needed
Organized in work habits and able to meet deadlines
Customer service orientation
Open to feedback and growth
Belief in and alignment with Alliances core beliefs
A deep commitment to Alliances antiracist proBlack mission
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors degree in related field required graduate degree strongly preferred
4 years of school and/or operations experience
Certificated schoolbased or teaching experience preferred
Previous schoolbased leadership preferred
Experience managing others
Spanish fluency preferred
BENEFITS
We strive to be the best employer possible by offering excellent benefits for our employees and their families. Please click HERE for more information about our health benefits retirement options as well as our paid holidays and leave.
Professional Development: At Alliance we believe in supporting staff growth and provide substantial schoolbased and networkwide professional development support to staff.
Recognition: Alliance provides special recognition to staff who demonstrate their dedication inside and beyond the school.
COMPENSATION
$107810.00 $143060.00DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Alliance CollegeReady Public Schools is dedicated to fostering an inclusive antiracist proBlack community that celebrates diversity equity and the unique identities of all scholars and staff. Nearly twothirds of our teachers and administrators identify as people of color reinforcing our commitment to representation and the power of diverse role models.We recognize the richness of the cultures and communities we serve and we believe that embracing and empowering these identities is essential to the success and pride of our scholars. Working at Alliance means joining a movement to drive transformative change nurture resilience and build lifelong meaningful connections with scholars and their communities.
Champion Alliances AntiRacist ProBlack Mission: The strongest candidates will bring a commitment to Alliances mission of building an antiracist proBlack community that prioritizes the success and wellbeing of Black and Brown scholars. Candidates should have a passion for promoting equity through antiracist studentcentered teaching practices that celebrate racial and cultural identities. This role is rooted in service to systemically underserved communities in Los Angeles helping scholars graduate collegeready with pride in who they are.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested candidates should submit an application. Please note that only candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.
For current vacancies by location please click here.
This job description is subject to change at any time based on the evolving needs of the organization.
Alliance CollegeReady Public Schools are tuitionfree public charter schools that do not discriminate against any scholar parent community member or staff member based on actual or perceived ancestry age color disability gender gender identity gender expression nationality race or ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
Alliance CollegeReady Public Schools requires that all team members be fully vaccinated against COVID19 for the safety of our students family and staff. Team members may apply to seek a medical exemption. Regardless of your current vaccination status our team can advise you on how to fulfill this important requirement so that you can start the position in a timely way.
Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60 of the requirements women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they match every criterion. If you think you meet some of the qualifications but dont necessarily check every box in the job description we encourage you to still apply. If you have questions contact the Staffing Team at.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
