25-26 SY: Special Projects & Data Manager

About DeKalb Brilliance Academy: Designed with input from nearly 1,000 South DeKalb community members, we are a tuition-free, public Kindergarten-8th grade South DeKalb charter school enrolling grades K-5 in 2025 (adding a grade each year). Our vision is that each child will know and leverage their unique brilliance to critically analyze the world around them and to design a better and more equitable future. Our school empowers students to be leaders by combining rigorous & relevant academics with social-emotional learning. We put all of this together through our Real-world Project-based Learning, where students learn not only from their teachers and peers, but also directly from scientists, lawyers, engineers, and designers (learn more about our founding journey here).

DeKalb Brilliance Academy: where the strength of our community nurtures the brilliance of our children.

About the Role:

The Special Projects & Data Manager is a critical cross-functional leader who ensures operational and strategic excellence through project management, data analysis, and organizational coordination. This role reports directly to the Head of School and works closely with leadership and team leads across instructional and operational teams.

Key responsibilities (including but not limited to):

Cross-Functional Project Management

• Drive the execution of high-priority projects across teams, including hiring, performance management, survey administration, next-year readiness, and adhoc cross-functional initiatives.
• Build and monitor project trackers and systems to ensure timely completion of milestones.
• Create and manage internal communications around key initiatives ensuring clarity, transparency, and smooth implementation.
• Facilitate effective cross-functional meetings to ensure alignment, surface risks, and drive decision-making.

Data Strategy & Analysis

• Produce user-friendly data dashboards and reports for grant submissions, internal reviews, and external stakeholders.
• Analyze assessment and academic data, as well as student, family, and staff survey results, to generate insights and trends that inform teacher and leader planning.
• Prepare and present clear, accurate reporting for stakeholders including the governing board, funders, and charter authorizer. Support strong family engagement by ensuring data shared with families (e.g. surveys, progress updates) is timely, accessible, and actionable.
• Lead rostering for school systems and coordinate ongoing updates throughout the year.

Governing Board Coordination

• Serve as the liaison between the school and its governing board by managing meeting schedules, materials, minutes, and compliance documentation.
• Support the Head of School in preparing board presentations and tracking strategic priorities.
• Track and manage compliance-related data for grants, charter authorizer, and internal performance metrics. Surface risks early and ensure documentation and mitigation strategies are in place for project-related challenges.

Other duties as assigned

Requirements

DeKalb Brilliance Academy has a charge from our community to build a different kind of education. Instead of operating in isolation, we build learning partnerships between educators and a) students (our most important stakeholders), b) families (experts on our students), and c) community leaders (experts on the fields in which our students will lead). The work to found our school will be complex, challenging, and deeply rewarding. DeKalb Brilliance Academy is a great fit for individuals who are:

• Purpose-driven: have deep reverence for the brilliance of our children and unwavering commitment to empowering our children to have impactful legacies in our communities
• Community-minded: has ability work collaboratively with peers and manage up to improve the work of everyone around them
• Emotionally intelligent: knows how to care for themselves, collaborate with others, use tools to regulate their emotions under stress, and approach difficult situations with others with empathy and compassion
• Equity-minded: understand how specific behaviors, laws, and institutions limit the rights and freedoms of people and work with our community to take collective action to make our world fairer for everyone.
• Strong pr