Assistant Director of Operations (Available Immediately)
Full Time
Bronx, NY
Posted
Job description
An Invitation to Apply for the Position of
Assistant Director of Operations (Available Immediately)
Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School II (Grades Pre-K - 2)
Bronx, NY
Public Prep is an award-winning network of charter schools across Manhattan and the Bronx and the nation’s
first non-profit tuition-free charter school network that develops exceptional Pre-K, and single-gender elementary and middle public schools.
We pursue continuous excellence through our dedication to an inclusive community focused on scholar, family, and staff collaboration. Our scholars are resilient and empathetic, guided to realize their power and promise through our four core values of scholarship, excellence, community, and integrity.
Our teaching model is grounded in an anti-racist framework, and designed to incorporate a culturally responsive approach that is informed by data to cultivate an environment that empowers scholars to become independent learners. At Public Prep we believe race, income level, and zip code should not define your destiny, systemic and institutional racism must be disrupted, and all scholars should be empowered and ready to enter high school with voice, choice, opportunity and independence.
Our network comprises 7 schools across 5 campuses in the Lower East Side and Bronx, serving 2,100 scholars in grades PreK-8:
Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5)
Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School II (Grades Pre-K-2)
Girls Prep Bronx Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Girls Prep Lower East Side Elementary School (Grades PreK-4)
Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School (Grades 5-8)
Boys Prep Bronx Elementary School (Grades K-4)
Boys Prep Bronx Middle School (Grades 5-8)
What Sets Us Apart
Our approach is rooted in love and justice and our ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality, accessible, and anti-racist education.
In addition to the academic rigor, Public Prep emphasizes character development, and college and career readiness as critical to supporting the whole child. Relationship-building and partnerships are the levers that move adults to move students and that move families to invest time and energy in schools. Each school has a committed leadership team and staff that strives to
work collaboratively to build a warm, joyful culture of rigor that ignites the power and promise of every child.
Public Prep is committed to investing in our adult learning culture. Our team of teachers and school staff reflects the diversity of our neighborhoods and scholars. As a team member at Public Prep, you can anticipate a learning environment where a growth mindset, humility, and data-informed decision making is evident through professional development that takes place within coaching cycles, observations, feedback, and targeted professional development opportunities within the network and from outside providers.
Public Prep offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, internal equity, and budgeted amount for the role. The salary range for this position is $70,000- $80,000. We offer a comprehensive benefits package. It includes Oxford Medical, United Dental/Vision, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account, generous paid time off, commuter benefits, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) package with a 5% employer match. For more details about our benefits package, visit our website atwww.publicprep.org/careers.
Public Preparatory Network is an Equal Opportunity employer. Public Preparatory Network is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment.
Primary Function & Position Overview:
The Assistant Director of Operations (ADO) fulfills their commitment to our mission by providing critical support and analysis for the Public Prep Network. This role reports to the Director of Operations. This position is responsible for managing a host of network-wide operational projects that support the charter school network. The role has significant project management (development of scope, project plans, data gathering and analysis, and project execution) responsibilities. The ADO must have effective communication and leadership skills to be able to navigate the entire organization to collaborate with colleagues to drive project-based work. Additionally, this role will have play a significant role in helping to structure processes, policies, and protocols for the Network.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting & School Information
- Support Managing Director of Finance/Operations in the completion of all reporting as per city, state, federal, and authorizer requirements related to public school operations
- Oversee development and execution of some network-wide data and measurement reports; will support development and execution of new Network and School-based operational protocols
- Support COO in implementation and management of productivity tools
Special Projects
- As necessary, take the lead on special projects as assigned by the Director of Operations as it relates to academics, human resources, and finance
Home Office Operations
- Support day-to-day functioning of the home office, including coordinating back-up for front office support
- Create and execute a set of operational policies, including purchasing, event planning, that allow all home office functional teams to focus on their areas of expertise
Event Planning and Support
- Support logistics for large network-wide events including celebrations, graduation, professional development, or other network-wide gatherings
- Support school teams with logistics planning for network-initiated field trips or advocacy events
Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required
- Master’s degree or PMI-certification preferred (MPA, MBA)
- A minimum of 3 years of demonstrated success in a fast-paced environment
- Significant project management experience
- Exceptional organization, analytical, and planning skills
- A minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience working with data to produce analysis and reports
- Strong familiarization with MS Office suite of productivity tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint)
- Superior communication skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and effectively manage initiatives and multiple projects simultaneously
- An ability to work collaboratively
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