Special Projects Manager

Reporting to the Dean of Operations, the Special Projects Manager wears many hats while delivering first-class customer service to families, students, teachers, visitors, and other stakeholders. As the “right hand” of the DOO, the Special Projects Manager is an essential strategy partner in driving operational excellence, managing school-wide systems, planning and executing school-wide events and experiences.

The Special Project Manager builds and deepens relationships with families of current and prospective students, engages our community through service and partnership, and drives student recruitment and enrollment so that our schools maximize their potential to serve young people and achieve our mission.

Who We Are:

What if all students graduated high school with the knowledge, skills and habits they need to lead a fulfilled life? This is the question that guides our mission at Summit Public Schools.

Summit is a leading network of public schools that prepare a diverse student population for success in a four-year college and to be thoughtful, contributing members of society. We operate 12 schools serving over 4,500 students in the Bay Area and Washington state. 100% of Summit graduates are college ready and Summit graduates complete college at double the national average.

We need exceptional, diverse, and mission-aligned teachers to join our team to help prepare our students for a fulfilled life. Join us!

What You’ll Do:

Project and Event Management

• Develop the strategy and implementation plan for school-wide projects.
• Support the planning and execution of school-wide culture initiatives (i.e.Teacher Appreciation Week).
• Support with testing logistics.
• Plan, organize, and execute preparations and day-of logistics for school events, meetings, and activities such as celebrations of learning, college fairs, and college trips.

Main Office and School Support

• Support the Office Manager in ensuring the front desk area is welcoming, professional, clean, and organized:

  • Greet visitors at the front desk and create a warm and welcoming environment.
  • Ensure a welcoming, orderly, responsive, and open Main Office; this includes responding to public inquiries, answering phones and emails, taking messages, checking voicemails, sending robocalls/robotexts, maintaining school apps (i.e. ParentSquare), responding to questions and concerns from families and students, and assisting faculty with inquiries.
  • Greet and sign guests in and out, ensure they have proper identification while on site, and monitor access to the school.
• Support the Office Manager with collection and maintenance of student, personnel, school, and organization information
• Receive forms and paperwork, track missing forms, manage databases, update contact information, keep records current, manage contract signatures, etc.
• Manage relationships with service providers and vendors.
• Coordinate team member onboarding and offboarding, including distribution of faculty welcome packages, key cards, and technology.
• Support with filing and data entry.
• Provide coverage for the Office Manager as needed.
• Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues; draft professional family-facing and staff-facing communications.
• Participate actively when needed in department meetings, faculty meetings, and other team meetings.
• Commit to continual professional growth, participating actively in personalized learning plans, career matrix conversations, and professional development workshops.
• Implement and enhance the school’s systems and culture.
• Welcome and on-board new Summit students.

Management of Whole School Systems

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