Associate Director of Health and Compliance

Company Description

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW:

By 2025, KIPP DC will build upon two decades of proven results to develop into a more impactful, innovative, and inclusive school system that provides joyful, identity-affirming learning experiences so that all students and alumni achieve extraordinary outcomes.

Our work is grounded in a commitment to excellence, equity, and justice. We believe all students have the right to rigorous, relevant, and joyful learning experiences led by exceptionally talented and diverse educators who promote student achievement and a sense of belonging. We believe students and teachers best succeed when surrounded by an ecosystem of supports, including our central headquarters team that supports KIPP DC’s 20 schools, 7,300 students, and 1,300 teachers, leaders, and staff members dedicated to this mission.

Job Description

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Associate Director of Health and Compliance is a leadership team member on the Legal and Accountability Team.  The Associate Director is responsible for the implementation and progress monitoring of a variety of school-health related programs and activities. The Associate Director will fully own the relationship between KIPP DC and Children's School Services (CSS), as well as the contract with Capital City Nursing. This position will also involve shared management responsibilities of the KIPP DC Compliance Team. This position is an exempt position and  reports to the Senior Director of Accountability. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

Leadership on the Compliance team

• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Compliance, other compliance team leaders, and other legal team leaders on larger compliance initiatives, including revising policies and protocols that impact the compliance team workstream 
• Represent compliance work stream and needs to other legal team leaders
• Share  organizational and compliance updates with compliance managers so that they can incorporate it into their work, for example, OSSE policy updates that will be important for school leaders or families to understand
• Lead by example to create and reinforce positive and productive team culture

No Shots No Schools - 40%

• Track overall immunization compliance at the network level,
• Work with Communications team on outreach and awareness campaign to families
• Work with Compliance Managers to identify students who are out of compliance at the school level and help create plans to increase immunization rates
• Schedule mobile clinics at campuses and manage sign-up process with parents
• Research and identify other supports and partnerships to increase immunization compliance at schools
• When students must be excluded from school due to missing immunizations, work with school leaders and compliance managers on communications and execution

General Health Compliance - 20%

• Ensuring all schools are compliant with a variety of health-related regulations, including:
  • Staff certified to administer medicine
  • EpiPen administration
  • Defibrillator program
• Planning and execute annual Health assessment at all schools in the spring
• Collaborate with schools to complete OSSE’s annual School Health Profile, and raise any gaps in programming to the academic team.

Children’s School Services School Health Program - 10%

• Manage relationship with Children's’ School Services/School Health Suite Program, including:
  • Monitoring nurse staffing at all campuses
  • Sharing calendar and facility updates with Nurse Managers
  • Completing Health Suite approval process at new sites
  • Investigating nurse complaints from school leaders and resolving with Children’s staff
  • Continuing to focus on improvements in working relationship between KIPP DC and CSS.
• Secure backup Health Suite coverage as needed
• Participate in annual budgeting process for nurse-related expenses

 Team Management - 30%

• Take on top-to-bottom management responsibilities of three compliance team members, including:
  • Deliver both positive and critical feedback on job performance
  • Conduct annual performance review process
  • Support individual growth and development
  • Support and guide compliance manager relationships with school leaders as needed

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 5-7 years of experience required, with three of those years involving work with schools and principals
• Bachelor's degree required
• Some teaching experience preferred
• Strong cultural competency skills, including ability to communicate and work effectively