Bilingual (Spanish) Director of Operations, School-based

Company Description

At KIPP Chicago, we are guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: Together with families and communities, we 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. Our campuses are located in the Austin, Englewood, North Lawndale, and West Humboldt Park neighborhoods. KIPP Chicago also advises over 2000 KIPP alumni currently in high school or college through our KIPP Forward program.   For more data and information about our successes and vision for the future, visit www.kippchicago.org

About KIPP Public Schools 

KIPP Chicago partners with the KIPP Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports schools across the country. 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 currently a network of 278 schools, nearly 15,000 educators, and 175,000 students and alumni. When you work at KIPP, you’re part of a national network that partners with families and communities to create nurturing, rigorous, and joyful schools in pursuit of a more just world.

Job Description

Position Overview

The Director of Operations (DOO) plays a vital role in ensuring the smooth, efficient, and mission-aligned functioning of our schools. The DOO’s primary responsibility is to successfully execute on our two top priorities: enrollment and attendance. They are charged with designing, implementing, and maintaining strong operational systems that free the principal and teachers to focus on high-quality instruction and student learning, while fostering a supportive and well-organized school environment.

The ideal DOO is someone who values structure, embraces innovation, and seeks continuous improvement, consistently looking for ways to enhance effectiveness, streamline processes, and manage resources wisely. This individual will report directly to the Principal and collaborate closely with school leadership, teachers, and the KIPP Chicago School Support Team to ensure seamless day-to-day operations. Regular and dependable on-site attendance is essential to fulfilling the responsibilities of this role. The Bilingual Director of Operations also holds a unique role as a key Spanish language communication lead for the school’s operations team with our Spanish-speaking families. The Director of Operations reports to the Principal and works in collaboration with the regional Operations Team leaders.

Duties and Responsibilities

The responsibilities for the DOO include, but are not limited to:

• Student Enrollment: Leads the school’s annual effort to enroll new students – including strategic planning, canvassing (nights and weekends), waitlist management, and registrations – and re-registers current students each spring/summer. 

• Attendance: Leads the school’s effort to reach 96% average daily attendance for the year, which includes creating a plan for daily attendance calls and data entry with the OMs; analyzing data; and implementing incentives for students, families, and staff members for hitting daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly goals.

• Leadership: Is a critical member of the school leadership team, along with the principal and assistant principals, helping the school achieve ambitious academic outcomes. Manages and leads a team to successfully execute on KIPP Chicago’s top priorities. 

• Finance & Purchasing: Assists principal and KIPP Chicago’s regional operations team in overseeing school finances: creating the discretionary budget, managing purchasing, monitoring spending, and ensuring adherence to the school’s fiscal procedures.

• Facilities: Keeps the school’s physical plant –both inside and out – in good repair and supervises engineers and custodians.

• Compliance: Ensures compliance with health and safety laws, teacher licensure and fingerprinting, city and state education mandates, and all federal and state workplace regulations.

• Technology: Oversees purchasing and maintenance of student and teacher computing devices and other hardware & software.

• Student Information and Reporting: Manages the student information system, generates progress reports & report cards, and coordinates with the KIPP Chicago School Support Team on data analysis and reporting.

• Logistics: Plans and coordinates logistics for parent mee