K - 8 Director of School Operation - Boston MA 2025-2026

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership and Management

• Manages the School Operations Leadership & Operations Team

• Develops the schoolwide operations vision that supports and operationalizes the academic and cultural vision of the school in partnership with the School Leader and the regional leadership teams

• Plays a leadership role in the schools strategic and annual planning and budgeting processes

• Hires manages coaches and develops school operations team members and holds them accountable to goals and outcomes

Finance & Purchasing

• Works closely with the School Leader to develop the schools annual budget

• Actively manages the school budget throughout the year by participating in monthly budget meetings with the regional Finance team to review budget variances actively monitoring school spending and proactively seeking opportunities to ensure spending is always aligned to the schools academic priorities

• Manages the school purchasing process by establishing clear systems for staff to request items placing orders with vendors tracking delivery and coding and submitting purchases orders invoices and reimbursement requests

• Manages the school payment process for activity fees testing and other miscellaneous payments

• Approves school purchases under a specific financial threshold

• Serves as the first schoolbased point of contact regarding finance and works with the regional Finance team to ensure financial compliance and reporting
   

Facilities & Maintenance

• Works with the Facilities Manager to ensure facility issues are properly handled including maintenance managing staff/vendors and campus safety

• Manages all aesthetics and staff room supplies throughout the facility

• Ensures that the main office is neat organized welcoming and has all important familyfacing materials
   

Food Service Transportation and Special Events

• Serves as the eyes and ears of the school to ensure that all school operations run seamlessly each and every day proactively problem solving and developing systems where needed

• Oversees all aspects of food service including quality managing staff/vendors meal tracking and compliance

• Manages the logistics of meal delivery (breakfast lunch snacks) including staff duty schedules and cafeteria schedules and routines

• Oversees all aspects of transportation including vendor management arrival and dismissal procedures and setting and managing staff duty schedules

• Owns logistics of communications and external relations through family letters weekly staff notes surveys and visitors

• Owns all logistics (e.g. transportation lodging meals staffing plan etc.) of all offsite field trips and all onsite special events (Report Card Nights Performances Graduation staff celebrations etc.)

• Serves as the point person for hosting visitors on school tours

Technology & Equipment

• Ensures that students and staff have access to needed technology and works with regional Tech Team to plan technologyrelated enhancements

• Leads the school opening/startup process each year to ensure that doors are ready to open by ordering furniture equipment instructional supplies and ensuring that student services (e.g. food service transportation) are ready to go

• Manages the schools supply and asset inventory (e.g. computers textbooks)
   

Student Information Testing and Educator Operations Support

• Manages systems for and maintains accurate student data and information in compliance with federal state regional and school expectations

• Manages the coverage of classes/duties for staff that miss work and manages the process by which teachers seek coverage for absences

• Works with the School Leadership Team to manage the logistical elements of all major student assessments (i.e. ACT MCAS etc.)

• Manages logistics of report cards/progress reports/transcripts

• Develops prepares and schedules courses for teachers and students each year

• Builds relationships with both educators students and families
   

Student Recruitment & Enrollment

• Develops and manages student recruitment strategy to ensure that the school begins the academic year with full classes

• Maintains enrollment at or above predetermined enrollment numbers throughout the year

• Ensures that family info sessions school tours and the lottery and enrollment process are tightly planned and executed
   

Risk Management Compliance and Human Resources Administration

• Ensure that the school is prepared for emergencies by conducting all drills and training staff on emergency plans

• Partners with regional Human Resources/Talent on the new hire process (e.g. interviews new hire offer letters onboarding)

• Partners with regional Human Resources/Talent to ensure that school staff have complete current and accurate employee files and certifications; all personnel interacting with students have background checks on file; and schools comply with all areas of legal compliance (e.g. Human Resources FERPA etc.)

• Collects all items from terminating employees and partners with the regional human resources team on any action items surrounding the exit logistics

• Tracks time off data from school based staff and assess leave trends

• Communicates leave needs and critical dates to the Human Resources team and assists in the facilitation of employee leaves
   

General Requirements and Responsibilities

• Embody KIPP MAs Code of Conduct by acting with integrity leading with humanity centering selfawareness and critical consciousness taking personal responsibility and engaging productively

• Participate and engage in regional professional development and community events as required

KIPP MA staff are supported in their demanding work by experienced and dedicated leadership and staff who have themselves proven successful in education. DSOs are supported by the Managing Director of School Operations in order to provide that consistent foundation for educators and leaders within our schools.

In addition to the responsibilities listed above there will occasionally be other duties as assigned that staff will engage in to help promote a positive and safe learning environment and culture.

Qualifications :

QUALIFICATIONS

• Love and have an unwavering belief in the high potential of all students

• Commitment to antiracism and equity

• Prior leadership and management experience

• Successful team leadership and strong record of results

• Experience working with underserved communities families and/or students

• Excellent organizational and communication skills

• Friendly and able to work well with others in a fastpaced environment

• Ability to multitask and work within an ambiguous fastmoving environment while driving toward clarity and solutions

• Extreme flexibility with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate high levels of responsibility and multiple priorities

• Computer and financial literacy including Microsoft Word Excel and Google platforms

• Bachelors degree required

• Pass Criminal Background Checks

KIPP MA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in the importance of being a diverse equitable and inclusive organization that enables all of our students and staff to thrive. We are committed to building an exceptional team that reflects the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our students. We also strive to ensure an inclusive community by creating a space for meaningful dialogue about issues of race and identity for our staff and students. We hire without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability.

Additional Information :

What We Offer

The minimum base salary for this exempt position is $85000 to $100000 (per 1.0 FTE/45 hours per week) with a $1000 signing bonusand an annual $2000 retention bonus in subsequent years as well as other bonuses when eligible. For more about what we offer how to apply and more about KIPP MA please visit this link HERE.