Manager School Operations

• Develop and implement school-wide non-instructional systems and procedures that ensure operational excellence within the school. Systems include but are not limited to: Transportation, Safety, National School Lunch Program, procurement,compliance tracking, and budget management.

Compliance

• Capture and organize key school data with reliability for the creation and completion of various compliance reports (attendance, enrollment, staffing, etc).
• Manage and successfully complete all necessary compliance reporting to the Local, State, Federal Government, and LHA stakeholders.
• Ensure that all fire, life, and safety regulations and procedures are implemented ensuring the well beingof all school staff and scholars.
• Support the Coordinator of Family and Community Partnerships to conduct the school’s lottery and enrollment process with integrity and uniformity.

School Operations

• Update and maintain accurate student records and student data in student information system.
• Manage the daily execution of the school’s national school lunch program.
• Ensure that the transportation needs of scholars are met.
• Oversee all janitorial staff to ensure that the facility is well maintained and continues to be a source of pride in the community.
• Manage school’s inventory process.
• Support Charter Facilities Management with any facility related initiatives as needed.

Business

• Support the development, management, and maintenance of the procurement lifecycle, including but not limited to: vendor selection, account creation, purchase order management, materials requisitioning and receiving, inventory management, and invoice reconciliation and payment.
• With regional and national office support, maintain school’s financial management system (QuickBooks).
• Support the Principal in the development and management of the annual budget to ensure that school meets its financial goals.

Information Technology

• Serve as on-site IT contact, including managing IT assets, assisting staff with IT issues as able, and serving as main touch-point to regional and national IT staff.
• Support the National Office in the administration of the E-Rate program.

Human Resources

• With regional and national office support, serve as human resource administrator as it relates to employee information and benefits.
• Maintain all employee files; update required HR paperwork and data systems.
• Oversee payroll administration.

Team Leadership

Management

• Recruit, hire, lead and manage larger school operations team. Staff could include: office manager, office assistants, non-instructional aides, janitorial and maintenance staff, transportation staff, and lunch services team.
• Meet with school leadership team regularly to discuss goals, progress towards goals, trends and challenges, areas for growth, and action plans.
• Create a culture of service and support developing team members to excel in their roles and ensuring the school maintains operational excellence.

Culture of Achievement and Respect

• Communicate respectfully and thoughtfully with parent/guardians remaining sensitive to different families’ cultures, values and needs.
• Work with the school leadership team to implement the school’s mission; coordinate work and collaborate with the LHA network.
• Assist in creating a school culture with staff, parents and students focused on strong academic achievement, fairness, respect and high expectations for behavior.
• Ensure staff members understand the procedures and have the resources to operate effectively.

PROFESSIONALISM

• Collaborate with colleagues to continuously improve personal practice and achieve overall goals and mission of the school and the network.
• Access meaningful learning experiences (professional development opportunities, and ideas from colleagues and supervisors) and exercise judgment in accepting findings as valid for application.
• Reflect critically upon operational leadership experience, identify areas for further professional development as part of a professional development plan that is linked to school and network goals, access meaningful learning experiences, and listen thoughtfully to other viewpoints and respond constructively to suggestions and criticisms.
• Use feedback to inform and update Individual Professional Development Plan.
• Fulfill all outlined and related functions professionally and thoroughly.