Director of Regional Operations & Compliance

• Develop and implement the regional operations strategy to ensure operational excellence across schools.
• Establish standardized operational systems processes and expectations across campuses.
• Ensure strong implementation of operational priorities through Program Managers.
• Lead operational planning for major initiatives new programs and school year transitions.
• Identify operational risks and develop proactive solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

• Directly supervise and coach Program Managers.
• Set clear priorities goals and performance expectations for the operations team.
• Provide ongoing coaching feedback and professional development to strengthen operational leadership across schools.
• Ensure effective distribution of responsibilities between Program Managers to maximize team capacity.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the regional operations team.

• Oversee systems that ensure compliance with state federal and authorizer requirements including:
• Williams audits
• Instructional minutes
• School calendars
• Comprehensive School Safety Plans
• Mandated staff trainings
• Partner with the Regional Compliance Manager and Human Resources to monitor compliance timelines and reporting requirements.
• Ensure schools are prepared for authorizer oversight and audits.

• Oversee regional systems for facilities management and vendor coordination.
• Ensure effective management of maintenance vendors service providers and contracted partners.
• Guide procurement and vendor management practices across schools.
• Ensure Regional Operations Managers conduct facilities walkthroughs and address maintenance needs in a timely manner.

• Establish and maintain regional systems and expectations for school safety and emergency preparedness.
• Ensure Regional Operations Managers support schools in maintaining updated Comprehensive School Safety Plans and compliance with safety requirements.
• Ensure Regional Operations Managers conduct regular safety reviews and facilities walkthroughs to identify potential risks and ensure safe school environments.
• Oversee regional incident response protocols and ensure Regional Operations Managers support schools in implementing appropriate reporting and follow-up procedures.
• Partner with school leaders to ensure alignment with all applicable safety regulations and authorizer requirements.

• Develop scalable operational systems that support school growth and consistency.
• Monitor operational performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Use operational data and feedback from schools to strengthen systems and processes.
• Ensure operational tools and resources are accessible and effectively utilized by school teams.

• Serve as the regional lead for coordination of oversight visits conducted by Los Angeles County Office of Education and Los Angeles Unified School District.
• Develop systems and timelines to ensure schools are prepared for authorizer oversight visits documentation requests and operational reviews.
• Ensure Regional Operations Managers support schools in preparing required documentation and operational evidence for oversight visits.
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between school leaders and regional teams to ensure readiness for authorizer reviews.
• Support charter renewal preparation by ensuring operational systems compliance documentation and evidence of strong school operations are organized and accessible.
• Partner with compliance and academic teams to ensure operational components of charter renewals are complete and aligned with authorizer expectations.
• Identify operational improvement opportunities based on feedback from oversight visits and renewal processes.

• Partner with school leaders to ensure operational systems effectively support instruction and student services.
• Work closely with regional office teams to ensure alignment across operational initiatives.
• Serve as a key strategic partner to the VP of Regional Operations & Strategy.

• Demonstrated track record in seeing and dismantling racism and other forms of oppression
• Strong organizational planning time management and multi-tasking skills
• Strong attention to detail and communicator
• Strong analytical critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated skills in identifying issues formulating and implementing solutions
• Unafraid of data! Driven to discover issues and insights that help drive to a decision
• Collectivist orientation with ability to build strong interpersonal relationships and work effectively in a collaborative environment
• Ability to think strategically anticipating future outcomes and events and incorporating them into thoughtful solutions
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously adjust priorities and work autonomously in ambiguous environments
• Track record of leadership influence curiosity and perseverance
• Enjoy identifying opportunities to reinvent and simplify current processes
• Experience in education or nonprofit sector
• Demonstrated ability to influence people
• Demonstrated interest in continuous improvement
• Strong commitment and passion for social justice and Aspire Public Schools core values
• This role will require travel up to 70% time to schools across the region and will require some periodic travel to all Aspire regions and/or other locations for conferences/professional development

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• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces
• Remaining in a stationary position often standing or sitting for prolonged periods
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
• Assessing the accuracy neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned
• Communicating with others to exchange information
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists hands and/or fingers

• The work environment characteristics are representative of those in a normal office classroom/school setting which one might encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work indoors in a standard office environment computer lab and/or classroom environment.
• Work is performed in indoor and outdoor environments.
• Exposure to dust oils and cleaning chemicals.
• Some exposure to childhood and other diseases in a school environment.
• May be required to work outside of normal workdays and office hours to meet operational deadlines.