Company Description

KIPP
KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public schools educating 120,000 students in grades Prek-12 across 21 states and Washington, DC. While each of our schools is as unique as the community to which it belongs, we are united around a shared promise: Together, A Future Without Limits. You can learn more at www.kipp.org.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools
KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is part of the KIPP national network. 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. 

In the 2024-25 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region will be comprised of four schools educating more than 3,000 students, kindergarten through twelfth grade in the North and West sides of Jacksonville, Florida.

• KIPP Impact Academy: Kindergarten - 4th grade, 6th - 8th grade 

• KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten - 8th grade 

• KIPP Bold City High School: 9th - 12th grade

For the current school year, teachers at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools work the following hours Monday through Friday and may have occasional meetings or special school events outside of these hours. Hours for teachers and students may vary slightly by school.

• K-8 Staff: 7:30am - 4:30pm K-8 Students: 8:00am - 3:30pm, Wednesday K-8 dismissal is at 1:30pm 

• High School Staff: 6:45am - 3:45pm, High School Students: 7:15am - 2:30pm, Wednesday High School dismissal is at 12:30pm. 

Every Wednesday is a student early release day, which allows teachers to participate in weekly professional development and content team meetings. *This doesn’t include Wellness Wednesdays when all staff leave at student dismissal. 

To support these schools, we will employ more than 300 full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools, please visit www.kippjax.org/teach where you can also view all of our job postings.

Job Description

Title: Director of Facilities
Team: Shared Services Team
Reports to: Chief Operating Officer
Location: Regional Offices in Jacksonville, Florida
Position Type: Year-Round; Salaried

This position will be based in our regional offices in Jacksonville, FL. 

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Director of Facilities oversees the physical upkeep and maintenance of all KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools buildings and properties. The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer (COO). It requires significant collaboration with school leaders and the Assistant School Leader of Operations as well as peers throughout the KIPP Jacksonville regional team. The Director of Facilities also acts as a key KIPP liaison to the Duval County Public School System regarding school safety and compliance.

The Director of Facilities sets facilities standards and works with regional leaders to develop long-term capital improvement plans and annual capital projects to meet these standards. The Director of Facilities supports regional operations teams with vendor selection and procurement, ensuring compliance with local laws, acquiring all necessary materials and approvals, and overseeing the projects.

The ideal candidate for this position will have a deep passion for social justice and educational equity for all children, and clear school-based or regional operations leadership experience that oversees critical operational areas for the organization.
The DoF manages the facilities tech team, the custodial teams, and all vendor relationships, across all four campuses. The DoF will build and engage a plan to hit school-based operations goals aligned to custodial, building cleanliness, and other facilities metrics. The DoF also works closely with school teams and the COO to assist with moving into new buildings and opening new campuses that allow the organization to continue to grow. 

The DoF is a full-time role on the Shared Services Team which oversees four schools currently and is actively planning for growth in future school years. As a member of the Shared Services Team, this individual would be responsible for doing whatever it takes to ensure that students develop the knowledge, skills, and character strengths they need to succeed throughout their education and in the competitive world beyond.

This position is year-round and performs duties as assigned by their manager. Typical hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. but vary for this role based on the season. Some travel to community events during/after normal business hours would be required.

SPECIFIC DUTIES

Managing Others

• Lead the facilities team members to oversee all building maintenance, service, etc. 
• Lead the KIPP Jacksonville custodial team by managing a robust team of sanitation team members responsible for school and office cleanliness
• Manage in-house ticketing system that assigns tasks and issues to specific roles for excellent customer service responses
• Meet regularly with each school-based Assistant School Leader of Operations to monitor progress toward goals on critical deliverables
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with school-facing vendors and contractors
• Together with the COO, develop a strategic vision for a growing operations team that supports long-term growth

Design and Maintaining Systems

• Design, update, and maintain internal operations systems that allow the organization to continue to grow. These systems include school space needs, construction projects, moving projects/timelines, custodial ticketing systems, and compliance with vendors. 
• Manage the operational facilities budget
• Build and manage short/long-term maintenance plans across the region
• Set up region-wide compliance systems as it relates to mandated drills
• Set up region-wide systems for keys and building/campus access
• Work to centralize best practices via playbooks and toolkits
• Drive efforts for greater efficiency as we grow
• Other duties, as assigned 

COMPENSATION

• Pay is commensurate with experience. The starting salary for this role is typically $67,000.
• Free individual health benefits (including medical, dental and vision)*
• 403(b) retirement program with a company match
• All staff members receive individualized support and professional development

Qualifications

• A deep commitment to KIPP Jacksonville’s mission, vision, and commitment to equity. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators and staff who embody them.
• Bachelor’s degree 
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the education or non-profit setting
• Exemplary written and verbal communication, organizational, and project management skills (i.e. speaking to groups and designing a scope and sequence of written communications to a group)
• Strategic thinking and an entrepreneurial spirit that maximizes available resources and develops excellent, sustainable outcomes
• Ability to manage and lead a team to meet quarterly and annual goals to create the most productive and timely outcomes
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to coordinate activities across team members at multiple locations
• Solid organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to advance numerous competing priorities
• An ability to cultivate partnerships and build consensus forming lasting vendor relationships
• Comfort defining and upholding high expectations, including delivering and receiving constructive feedback
• Adaptability and comfort working in a complex, fast-paced environment that demands continuous learning and improvement

HIGHLY PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with school-based or regional operations in a non-profit charter setting
• Experience with facilities management
• Master’s degree

Additional Information

APPLY
Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered that submit resumes through other job postings. Link here: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/jacksonville 

If you're a current KIPP Jax team member, you should:

1) Inform your current manager of your interest in the role and

2) Complete the online application

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about this position, please email Emma Kosanda at [email protected]. Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.

KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.