Managing Director of School Operations - Newark
Managing Director of School Operations - Newark
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Job Description
Heres what you need to know:
The Camden Managing Director of School Operations (MDSO) is directly responsible for ensuring excellent school operations in the Camden region. The MDSO comanages the Directors of Schools Operations (DSOs) with each school leader develops school operations talent and support builds effective operational systems and integrates these systems in partnership with Ops leaders across regions. The MDSO leads the team of DSOs to allow school leaders to focus on driving results and teachers and students to do their best work. The MDSO provides ongoing coaching and support to DSOs to ensure that best practices are shared throughout the regions. The MDSO reports to the Managing Director of Operations (MDO) of the region. The MDSO may support DSOs in other regions while smaller regions are scaling.
Heres what youll be doing:
Director of School Operations Coaching and Support
- Manages supports coaches and is jointly accountable with the School Leader for the success of the DSOs
- Sets network school operations goals for DSOs and supports School Leaders in setting school specific goals for each DSO
- Conducts weekly/biweekly one on ones with all DSOs
- Conducts weekly/biweekly observations of each KTAF school focused on operational systems and processes
- Works with other MDSOs to provide professional development and coaching to DSOs
School Operations Pipeline:
- Along with the recruitment team develops and cultivates a DSO recruitment strategy to attract operational leaders at each school
- Develops succession plans with all school operations leads to ensure continuity year to year and to ensure healthy retention of excellent school operations team members
- Designs professional development pathways for all school ops roles in order to ensure that high performing operations teams exist in all schools
- In concert with the Director of Leadership Development leads the design and implementation of the DSO Fellowship program as well as other DSO training
School Operations Resources to Enable Growth:
- Sets standards for all operational functions in schools; formalizes key operational systems and structures to ensure that a replicable and measurable standard of excellence is in place across all schools
- Works with other MDSOs to create and revise regional and school playbooks that include milestones best practices and example resources for excellent school operations
- Supports the work of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and MDO in identifying and developing networkwide system improvements to support the CMOs growth
- Creates scalable growth plans to ensure that all new KIPP New Jersey schools meet a standard of excellence from inception
Strategic Operations (Network Operations):
- Supports CMO and regional departments in defining and implementing regional level work streams in the areas of technology facilities nutrition compliance recruitment and enrollment.
- Develops networkwide efficiencies to better support school operations leads
- Facilitates communication and builds structures to ensure both DSOs and CMO/regional department leads can do their best work
Qualifications :
Must Haves:
- Bachelors degree from an accredited institution
- Experience in a schoolbased operations leadership role
- 5 to 10 years of work experience preferably in business or operations management
- Experience managing coaching and developing others to achieve goals
- A history of building relationships and driving results
- A passion for the mission vision and values of KIPP TEAM and Family
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- A determined problemsolver who works best in a goaloriented timelinedriven environment with the ability to create and innovate; gets things done
- Strong organization skills with respect to data and project management
- Adaptability: ability to solve problems in a variety of areas and feel comfortable in promptly interchanging between tasks across different functions and/or departments
- Comfort working both independently and on teams
- Accustomed to giving and receiving feedback
- Solutionoriented continuous learner
Additional Information :
Compensation & Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary KIPP New Jersey offers a full comprehensive benefits plan including health care retirement a school laptop and transportation benefits for TEAMmates commuting into New Jersey from the New York City area.
KIPP New Jersey KIPP Miami is an equal opportunity employer
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
