Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career, and beyond - so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.

Job Description

The Opportunity
The Director of Regional School Operations is responsible for leading and improving school operations
for 11+ schools while partnering with School Leader Management to upkeep, elevate, standardize and
progress monitor school operations. The strategic goals are to lead operational strategies that impact
the regional enrollment goals as well as meeting engagement and attendance metrics. As a member of
the operations leadership team, the Director of Regional School Operations is responsible for designing
and leading the school operations team to build systems, collaboratives and professional development
to implement scalable processes and systems.

Key Responsibilities
Lead, support, and oversee school operations, in conjunction with School Leaders, to ensure
efficiency, standardization, and improved support.
● Design in collaboration with State strategies standard and scalable processes, protocols, and
systems aimed at improving school operations and solving common challenges across schools.
● Develop State expectations of school operations and measure via Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs).
● Direct School Operation team members on the vision and direction for school operations.
● Serve as a regional and state liaison to all non-academic central operations functions impacting
school operations including but not limited to Facilities, Information Technology, Child Nutrition,
Student Transportation and Accountability (i.e. state reporting).
● Manage Regional School Operations budget and analyze monthly financial statements.

● Support new school openings by participating and co-leading planning meetings so as to provide
best practices, train school operational faculty, and monitor implementation for a strong school
start.
Lead cross collaborate with city and statewide team members to support and implement the
upcoming KIPP Texas Strategic Plan.
● Work with the State cohort of Directors of School Operations to centralize best practices via
handbooks, toolkits, and playbooks. Lead training and implementation for school team
members.
● Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders that positively impact school
operations and foster KIPP’s competitive edge.
● Develop the future organization structure aligned to the strategic plan and operational vision in
collaboration with School Management, School Operational Leaders, School Leaders, and KTX
Operations.
● Create state collaboration knowledge base tools to reach operational excellence.
● Lead communication with internal and external stakeholders to efficiently inform members of
any emergent or planned protocol involving school operations.
● Work closely with the Managing Director of Operations to establish strategies and goals which
support the schools and the strategic plan.
● Attend relevant professional development training as requested by the Managing Director of
Operations.
● Take on additional roles and responsibilities as assigned.
Integrate teams and continuously seek operational innovation
● Lead regional school operation state initiatives by creating and influencing a cross collaborative
working culture.
● Lead school operation regional challenges and navigate solutions for school’s operational
excellence.
● Work in collaboration with the School Leader Management team to update on regional
operational bright spots, challenges, and to gain general feedback.
● As KIPP Texas continues to expand, this role might evolve into having direct reports.

Qualifications

● Exceptional project management skills, with an ability to juggle multiple priorities
simultaneously
● Excellent interpersonal skills and an energetic attitude; ability to work with all levels of the
organization effectively and quickly build rapport
● Proven experience building operational efficiency while proactively finding solutions
● Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to produce high-quality work in a dynamic
environment
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills
● Passionate about the KIPP Texas mission
● Service-oriented, able to adapt to a changing environment while applying flexibility to work
under pressure and remaining calm in the midst of competing demands

● Strong ethics and a determination to make the campus operate safely, efficiently and effectively
● Proven data management skills
● Budget management experience
● Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and Google
applications (Sheets, Docs, Google Drive), with the ability to quickly learn new technologies
(Slack, video conferencing apps, etc)
● Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; plus 7 years of work experience, preferably in
a business, nonprofit, or school operations environment
● 3 years of supervisory experience
● Must have reliable transportation to travel between campuses
● English fluency is required; Spanish is a plus

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits

The starting salary for this position is $90,000 and placement in the salary range is commensurate upon qualifications of the role, experience, and education.

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, and disability plans.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.