Director of Campus Operations, Orange County
Director of Campus Operations, Orange County
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ABOUT US
Amerigo Education is a U.S.-based education company that helps international students in the United States achieve their full potential. As a growing number of students from around the world seek to advance their education in American high schools Amerigo is setting a new standard in educating international students by combining the established practices of nurturing supportive environments from traditional American boarding schools with innovative approaches to language development and college guidance.
Backed by the Sterling Partners Education Opportunity Fund Amerigo forms strategic partnerships with private day schools in the United States to provide a seamless academic experience for our students. Through the Amerigo model we collaborate with our partner schools as they provide the core preparatory high-school curriculum while our team on-the-ground delivers a suite of academic language and cultural immersion programs in a well-staffed residential environment based in our local boarding campus. Amerigo seeks partners that our aligned in our mission to energize American educational communities through the diversity of students from around the world.
job Overview
The Director Campus Operations (DCO) will be an influential voice and leader in a growing global education organization. The DCO will have accountability for operations at an Amerigo partner school campus location (or locations) including all academic operational financial and cultural components of the program. This role is ultimately responsible for the physical and mental well-being of its students; leadership and development of staff; fiscal responsibility for its programs and initiatives; and the development of the relationship with our partner school(s).
Leveraging existing elements of the Amerigo program this leader will be expected to implement a residential life program that values academic achievement prioritizes each students overall well-being and provides a high level of customer service to our students families staff members and partner school community.
In addition to local operational responsibilities this position will partner with the Central Services team and peers within the organization to develop and refine replicable best practices that can be shared throughout a growing family of partner schools.
Success in this role will be demonstrated by:
- Establishing nurturing and trusting stakeholder relationships
- Implementing an organizational focus on delivering student outcomes and satisfaction
- Aligning oneself and the team around a set of organizational values and standards
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The DCO will be responsible for overseeing and implementing all operational elements of the program with our local school partner(s).
On a day-to-day basis the DCO will be responsible for:
- Implementing core elements of the Amerigo program while creating unique campus-based activities for students
- Building and developing a community-oriented culture that drives the recruitment and retention of students and staff
- Managing recruiting developing assessing and training the campus team
- Maintaining fiscal responsibility for the boarding budget
- Overseeing all residential facility needs and resources
- Maintaining appropriate communication channels with students parents agents and our school partner(s)
- Collaborating with a school liaison to monitor student performance and progress related to any relevant academic disciplinary and emotional issues
- Coordinating a calendar of evening and weekend activities
- Supervising the logistics and scheduling related to academic study co-curricular activities transportation meals and travel
- Communicating ideas issues and opportunities to the Central Services and partner school teams
- Organizing and leading weekly dorm parent meetings
- Developing and implementing a disciplinary program
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial energetic leader with a love of working with people particularly adolescents. This person will be organized and have excellent written and oral communication skills. This person must be resilient and reliable while demonstrating an ability to build a strong community culture within a global environment.
In addition they will possess:
- Bachelors Degree from Accredited 4-Year University in related discipline. Masters degree preferred.
- 5 years prior management experience in a residential education setting at the K12 or Higher Education level and/or in a high-level leadership and administrative role at a similar institution.
- Working knowledge of one other language or experience in learning a foreign language. Mandarin Cantonese Korean Spanish or Portuguese language abilities preferred.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
