Operations and Data Manager (Managerial Tier C) (SY 26-27)

Boston Public Schools • Boston, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Ruth Batson Academy (RBA) is a pilot school offering a college-preparatory course of studies that is designed to promote the leadership capacity of students to be change agents in their communities. RBA students develop crucial academic and leadership skills. RBA is seeking an innovative Operations Manager to work with the multiple programs within the school. The Operations Manager will manage multiple tasks associated with the multiple programs and work to establish, implement and maintain systems that will ensure a highly effective and well-functioning learning environment, assessment procedures, data and data collection systems, and personnel management. Operations Manager must be able to work with multiple stakeholders and school partners to help deliver the best experiences possible for RBA students.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• Minimum of 2 years experience working in data collection and reporting
• Experience in program and/or project management, evaluation, and analysis
• Familiarity with state and other district assessments
• Mastery of Office Suite; Excel required
• Strong organizational skills with outstanding attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create trusting relationships
• Successful experience with planning and conducting meeting; and facilitation and training methodologies
• Demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities guiding investments in people and systems (Acute attention to detail and project completion)
• Demonstrate capability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, such as school staff, school partners, families, youth, community members and other essential internal and external partners
• Comfort with handling multiple projects simultaneously as well as working with rapidly shifting priorities
• Experience working with diverse student populations
• Commitment to self-reflections and ongoing learning
• Experience developing and monitoring systems for quality improvement
• Current authorization to work in the United States
• An understanding of and commitment to gain greater understanding of what is necessary for an urban school system to enjoy continuous improvement in an increasingly complex and competitive environment.
• A deeply held and unyielding belief in the overarching mission of public education.

Nice To Haves

• Post graduate degree in a relevant discipline
• 3-5 years experience in urban setting
• Familiarity with Boston and Boston Public Schools

Responsibilities

• Schedules and Program Support: Develop a master schedule (including Early College), develop/maintain systems across multiple programs to ensure smooth functioning of schedules and programs (daily duties of entry, lunch, dismissal), ensure sustainability of school systems and monitor system functionality, perform analysis and assessment of systems, manage systems to ensure classroom coverage and monitor staff absences, support and manage enrollment operations, monitor shifts in student enrollments, communicate changes with impacted staff, monitor student placements and programs for effectiveness and efficiency, complete necessary paperwork for student transfers.
• Support Budget items for programs and partnerships: Work with the budget team to ensure timely successful management of all budget related items including ordering, stipends, purchase orders, grants, etc., recognize and identify areas of concern and communicate the need for adjustments.
• Partnership Management: Support work with key community partners including UMASS and HUB school initiative, establish and maintain successful relationships with community members in collaboration with school administration, design and implement structures to identify and recruit community partners to support students, continue to seek and build new partnerships, with a focus on maximizing resources.
• Assessments: Ensure assessment schedules are followed, order, receive, ship, safeguard, distribute and account for all testing materials, ensure accurate upload of assessment data (MCAS, WIDA, MAP, and other state assessments), ensure all assessments are properly staffed, ensure all staff are properly trained and tests accurately proctored.
• Data Management: Help to develop, coordinate and administer data retrieval and collection systems, surveys (school climate, attendance, programming, health and wellness, safety, etc.) to help identify promising practices/address areas of improvement, maintain systems to track credits and graduation requirements, help to identify and define systemic patterns/problems, monitor ongoing efforts to address challenges.

Benefits

• Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step.
• School-based managerial employees will work 223 days between July 1st and June 30th each year.
• The 223 day work-year will include the 180 days in which school is in session, and the additional days will be determined by the employee and the principal or headmaster of the school.
• This position is subject to the City of Boston residency requirement.
• School-based managerial employees are not eligible for vacation time or compensatory time.
• In the event of school cancellation due to snow or inclement weather, school-based managerial employees need not report to work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees