Starting Salary: $90000 $110000 /year based on experience |
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Work Environment: Alternative Education Program Secondary |
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Regional Support Role: Arizona Charter Schools |
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ChanceLight Behavioral Health Therapy & Education a rapidly growing organization with a social mission to offer hope is seeking a dynamic Vice President of Operations to join our Ombudsman Educational Services team and perform meaningful work in a culture that welcomes innovation encourages creative expression and offers limitless potential for personal and professional satisfaction!
If youre passionate about leading teams to deliver exceptional educational outcomes thrive in dynamic missiondriven environments and excel at building strong partnerships with educators community stakeholders and leadership teams We Should Talk!
As the Vice President of Operations you will partner closely with the Senior Vice President of Operations to lead and inspire our Ombudsman Charter Schools leadership teams across the Arizona market. This dynamic role is essential in ensuring the successful delivery of highquality educational programs driving robust student enrollment cultivating impactful community outreach and achieving strong performance on state accountability measures. The VP of Operations will strategically guide sitebased leaders fostering collaboration and alignment with ChanceLight Educations mission and objectives to positively impact student outcomes throughout the Arizona region.
Responsibilities Include:
- Ensuring regular and professional relationships are established and maintained with all district personnel so that the needs of internal and external stakeholders are met to maintain and grow partnerships and enrollment.
- Providing training and professional development as well as developing and implementing an annual professional development calendar based on data from various surveys and needs assessments. Training can include instructional practices intervention techniques employee relations and performance management and financial management.
- Conducting all onboarding activities for new employees within the district as well as ensure systematic evaluations are conducted based on timelines.
- Partnering with internal and external stakeholders (i.e. site leadership district personnel executive management crossfunctional teams etc.) to solve operational issues or programmatic concerns.
- Upholding the quality and integrity of their designated areas operations and compliance with all ChanceLight policies and procedures and State and Federal regulations.
- Establishing and maintaining effective communication with all stakeholders (i.e. parents staff district partners executive management etc.) by projecting a positive and professional image and participates as a liaison when required.
- Developing management and organizational plans for the assigned region working directly with the site leadership to formulate annual operating plans and activities to maintain and grow the region and meet organizational goals and objectives.
- Analyzing the financial and budgetary performance of the designated area and collaborating with site leadership and SVP to make financial adjustments as necessary.
- Collaborating with Human Resources on staffing succession planning performance reviews personnel development and employee relations. Supports site leadership in managing employee relations.
- Collaborating with the Program Administrator and Department Leads to ensure consistency and implementation of standard operating procedures.
- Ensuring site leadership shall adhere to contractual obligations certification and/or accreditation requirements including renewal requirements. Utilizes the Sate Accountability System Integrity Assurance Review (IAR) and Accountability Matrix (AM) to monitor programmatic and operational compliance with the organizations quality assurance standards. Supports site leadership to fix deficiencies via improvement plans. Visits sites regularly to ensure ongoing compliance with internal (i.e. IAR and AM) and external (i.e. accreditation state approvals) quality assurance standards.
- Utilizing data from various sources (i.e. Integrity Assurance Reviews Accountability Matrix student data etc.) to make programmatic and operational decisions and guide instruction.
- Performing other duties as necessary to ensure organizational success consistent with the positions general purpose.
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelors degree or higher in Education Special Education Student Services or a closely related field of study.
- Masters degree in Education Educational Leadership Special Education Business Administration Human Resources or a closely related field of study preferred.
- Meet all AZ state teaching license and/or certification requirements.
- Licensed currently or in the process of obtaining an educational leadership general administration school principal or related credential.
- Hold currently or able to obtain a valid AZ fingerprint card.
- Minimum 3 yr.s prior experience working in a school administration or educational leadership role overseeing multisite schools or programs strongly preferred.
- Minimum 3 yr.s prior experience working in a business marketing or sales driven role is strongly preferred.
- Prior experience and/or highly knowledgeable in the development assessment and management of curriculum content areas and instruction.
- Effective management skills and comprehensive knowledge of administrative and school operations functions and staffing requirements.
- Prior experience and/or knowledge in alternative educational services for atrisk students and working with students with diverse needs at various levels.
- Prior experience and highly skilled in providing professional development and/or coaching to teachers.
- Knowledge of applicable state licensure certification accreditation laws and regulations.
- Prior experience and/or highly knowledgeable in security operations and safety practices preferably in an education and/or classroom setting.
- Advanced oral and written communication organization conflict resolution multitasking problem solving and decisionmaking ability.
- History of success building credibility making quick decisions delivering fast results and demonstrating resilience and persistence to get things done.
- Proven success in developing and implementing effective treatment plans for students with diverse needs.
- Proficiency in providing motivation and having critical conversations with students that help move them toward realistic goals and next steps.
- Highly skilled in building relationships with students parents teachers and community and/or business partners.
- Wellversed in the use of relevant technology including experience with instructional technology Microsoft Office Suite database entry and basic office equipment.
- Skilled leader who exhibits the characteristics of servant leadership looking to the needs of the team and seeking to help solve problems and promote personal development.
ChanceLight Behavioral Health Therapy & Education is the nations leading provider of alternative and special education programs for children and young adults. For more than 45 years and in partnership with over 235 school districts nationwide we have helped change the direction of more than 240000 student lives!
Learn more about our history our mission and the program services we provide by visiting the link below: