Senior Director of Regional Operations - KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools

KIPP
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public schools educating 120,000 students in grades Prek-12 across 21 states and Washington, DC. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits. You can learn more at www.kipp.org.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools  is part of the KIPP national network. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose – college, career, and beyond – so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. 

In the 2024-25 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region will be comprised of four schools educating more than 3,000 students, kindergarten through twelfth grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida.

• KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 4th grade, 6th - 8th grade 

• KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 12th grade

For the current school year, teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday and may have occasional meetings or special school events outside of these hours. Hours for teachers and students may vary slightly by school.

• K-8 Staff: 7:30am - 4:30pm K-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm, Wednesday K-8 dismissal is at 1:30pm 

• High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm, High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm, Wednesday High School dismissal is at 12:30pm. 

Every Wednesday is a student early release day, which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This doesn’t include Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal. 

To support these schools, we will employ more than 300 full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please visit www.kippjax.org/teach where you can also view all of our job postings.

Title: Sr. Director of Regional Operations
Team: Shared Services Team
Start Date: Immediate
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Location: Regional Offices in Jacksonville, Florida
Position Type: Year-Round; Salaried

This position will be based in our regional offices in Jacksonville, FL. 

POSITION OVERVIEW
KIPP Jacksonville seeks an experienced school operations leader for the Sr. Director of Regional Operations position. The ideal candidate for this position will have a deep passion for social justice and educational equity for all children, clear school-based or regional operations leadership experience that oversees critical operational areas for the organization.

The Sr. Director of Regional Operations (SDRO) is responsible for managing and developing regional operations positions and supporting school-based operations leaders. The SDRO will report to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to accomplish regional and school-based operations goals aligned to student attendance, student enrollment, transportation, IT, food service, and operational excellence. The SDRO will help lead the culture and development of the operations team and report out to the COO on key operational data points that allow the organization to continue to grow. 

This role will focus primarily on the following areas: 

1. Managing regional operations members and supporting school-based operations leaders’ professional development to hit key metrics

2. Oversee progress to goal in key operational areas 

3. Work with external vendors in IT, food service management, etc. as needed

The SDRO is a full-time role on the Shared Services Team which oversees four schools currently and is actively planning for growth in future school years. As a member of the Shared Services Team, this individual would be responsible for doing whatever it takes to ensure that students develop the knowledge, skills, and character strengths they need to succeed throughout their education and in the competitive world beyond.

This position is year-round and performs duties as assigned by their manager. Typical hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. but vary for this role based on the season. Some travel to community events during/after normal business hours would be required.
 

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Managing Others

• Lead the KIPP Jacksonville operations team by managing a Director of Enrollment and Family Engagement, a regional Transportation Manager, and external vendors.

• Support through a dotted-line reporting relationship four (4) school-based Assistant Principals of School Operations to hit key school metrics in student attendance, student attrition, and day-to-day operational satisfaction metrics

• Meet regularly with each school-based Assistant Principal of School Operations to monitor progress to goals on critical deliverables

• Supports Principals  in completing annual performance evaluations of school-based Assistant Principals  of School Operations

• Meet regularly with the Director of Enrollment and Family Engagement and Transportation Manager to monitor progress to goals

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with school-facing vendors

• Create professional development for school-based operations team members

• Together with COO, develop strategic vision for a growing operations team that supports long-term growth

Design and Maintaining Systems

• Design, update, and/or maintain internal operations systems that allow the organization to continue to grow. These systems might include school-based operations needs, school budgeting systems, compliance reporting, risk management, inventory, or technology systems.

• Work to centralize best practices via playbooks and toolkits

• Drive efforts for greater efficiency as we grow

• Track progress of performance of the school-based operations team

• Ensure all charter-based compliance measures are met

• Other duties, as assigned 

COMPENSATION

• The annual salary for this role starts at $87,000

• Free individual health benefits (including medical, dental and vision)

• 403(b) retirement program with a company match

• All staff members receive individualized support and professional development

REQUIREMENTS

• A deep commitment to KIPP Jakcsonville Public Schools’ mission, vision, and commitment to equity. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators and staff who embody them.

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in the education or non-profit setting

• Experience managing others

• Exemplary written and verbal communication, organizational, and project management skills (i.e. speaking to groups and designing a scope and sequence of written communications to a group)

• Ability to set large goals and then work to set interim benchmarks to meet targets

• High level of organization and keen attention to detail

HIGHLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with school-based or regional operations in a non-profit charter setting

• Master’s degree

APPLY
Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered that submit resumes through other job postings.  Link here: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/jacksonville 

If you're a current KIPP Jax team member, you should:

1) Inform your current manager of your interest in the role and

2) Complete the online application

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about this position, please email Emma at ekosanda@kippjax.org. Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.