Assistant Principal of Operations (26-27)

KIPP•Houston, TX

4h•Onsite

About The Position

Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP Texas Public Schools plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for their students and their families, working tirelessly to ensure that our students have access to opportunity. In our classrooms and across the KIPP family we embrace, honor and celebrate our differences across several characteristics that construct our unique identities in our little and big KIPPsters. We are especially committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe the best work we do is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and KIPPsters. The School Operations Team is focused on creating the conditions by which our schools can thrive by successfully driving attendance, enrollment, and school wide systems; leading safety and crisis management; and providing exemplary customer service for students, families and staff members.. The Assistant Principal of Operations (APO), a key member of the school’s Leadership Team, will lead implementation and maintenance of clear operational systems while building a data-driven, service-oriented culture. This position is central to the realization of our mission as it provides the School Leader and Assistant Principals (APs) the opportunity to focus almost exclusively on teaching and learning within the schools. The APO will, therefore, be an individual who embraces innovation and continuous improvement, is willing to jump into projects, and relishes the challenge of finding ways to work smarter and more efficiently, all in support of ensuring the instructional staff and leaders can stay focused on teaching and learning.

Requirements

4-5 years of related work experience
Minimum 3 years experience in operations or education
Effective people manager who is energized by developing and coaching others to do their best work while fostering a positive, inclusive team culture
Strong project and time management skills; ability to effectively backwards plan, juggle multiple priorities with great attention to detail, and deliver consistent and timely results
Strong strategic and analytical skills with an aptitude for shifting from in moment troubleshooting to systems-building
Ability to pause and reflect to identify opportunities to improve procedures to make them more effective
Sense of humility, customer service mindset, and shows urgency and the ability to proactively solve problems and make decisions quickly
Ability to lead, influence, and hold others accountable to upholding high standards of operational excellence
Skilled at leveraging communication, understanding of the perspectives of internal and external stakeholders, and collaborative approach to navigate complex and sometimes ambiguous situations in order to get work done
Ability to be calm under pressure, especially in difficult conversations with families and staff
Desire to continuously learn and evolve as a professional
Reliable transportation is needed for travel between campuses
Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
Work with frequent interruptions.

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in people management
Bilingual: English and Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

Recruits, Hires, Onboards, Develops and leads a high-performing team
Creates and Drives school-based strategies to ensure kids are in seats every day and year over year
Design and continually evolve school-based operations policies and procedures such as arrival and dismissal
Informs and manages the school budget in partnership with the School Leader
Partners with School Support Partners (SSP) to ensure campus is safe and well maintained

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage options for employees and their families.
Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
Paid family leave.
Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.
Employee assistance programs.
KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.

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