[2023-2024] Director of Operations (Fellow)

Company Description

KIPP Capital Region is a part of a national network of high-performing public Charter Schools committed to creating joyful, academically excellent, and prepared students with the skills, ability, and confidence to pursue their paths to college, career, and beyond. 

Located in both Albany and Troy, NY, KIPP Capital Region serves 2,500+ students in grades K-12 across seven schools.  We believe every individual walks through the doors of schools bearing gifts. Talent. Perspective. Drive. Inspiration. So at KIPP Capital Region, we support every student and educator to see those gifts, then build the skills and confidence they need to thrive.

We are committed to furthering anti-racism, equity, and racial justice in all our efforts, and expect all of our stakeholders to participate in this work so that we can create a future without limits for our students, together.

Job Description

Position Overview

At KIPP Capital Region, we believe that strong school operations create the conditions for schools to thrive by ensuring all members of our team and family are welcomed and cared for in clean, safe, financially healthy, and efficiently managed schools. The Director of Operations Fellowship is a full-time program that prepares you to become a Director of Operations (DOO) of a KIPP Capital Region Public School. As DOO, you co-lead a school alongside a Principal, partnering to ensure your students receive an exemplary education. 

The Ops Fellowship will encompass three key experiences:

• Intentional PD and exposure to DOO-level work 
• A Capstone Project 
• A 4-week immersion where the Ops Fellow acts as a DOO and temporarily leads a school

Duties/Responsibilities

Fellowship Deliverables and School Immersion

Fellows are placed at an existing KIPP Capital Region school and serve as full-time members of the school's operations team. They engage in operations work at their host school, tackle KIPP Capital Region-wide operations projects, and conduct observations and analysis of operational systems. Fellows are responsible for completing a variety of pre-determined deliverables designed to provide active learning that supports the development of their leadership. 

Evaluation and Feedback

Fellows receive coaching and feedback from their Managing Director of School Operations, the Director of Leadership Development, and host DOO. This support is rooted in their individualized Fellowship Roadmap, which is customized around their strengths and areas of growth.

Operations Leadership Meetings

Fellows meet periodically with DOOs across the region and join the Operations Manager Leadership Development cohort to share and problem solve around current cross-organization operational challenges and to build their network of current leaders. 

Professional Development

Fellows engage in professional development focusing on Team Leadership, Management, and School Leadership. Each session will be led by our experienced group of DOOs and regional operations leaders. Some examples of professional development sessions provided to our Fellows are Connecting with and Leading Teachers; Difficult Conversations; Managing Teams and Groups; Financial Management, and School Transportation, and  Safety.

Qualifications

• Strongly committed to the mission of KIPP and investment in our vision for being an anti-racist organization
• Passionate commitment to improve the minds, characters, and lives of students both in and out of school
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University required
• A minimum of four to six years of professional experience is required
• Prior experience working in schools and urban communities is preferred but not required.
• Strong project management skills, ability to manage multiple priorities, and meticulous attention to detail. 
• High level of comfort with financial oversight and budgetary tracking. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Ability to think and act strategically
• Team player with strong interpersonal/influence skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Pass Criminal Background Check

Additional Information

WORK PERKS
When you join KIPP Capital Region, you are joining in on our promise to families that their children will enter college and the professional world able to thrive academically due to their literacy, numeracy, and core knowledge in science and social studies. We also promise that our students will develop a passion for learning and the drive necessary to persevere as they climb the mountain to and through college and career. Our graduates will be prepared to return to their communit