Manager of District Compliance

Lower Merion School District is seeking a highly capable, detail-oriented professional to serve as its Manager of District Compliance. This 12-month Act 93 position provides advanced administrative, compliance, and project support to the Assistant to the Superintendent for District Administration. 

The successful candidate will help advance District priorities involving public records, Board policy, school safety, equity, investigations, enrollment and residency, and other areas of District administration. This role requires exceptional judgment, discretion, organization, and written communication skills, as well as the ability to manage sensitive and time-sensitive matters professionally.

Key Responsibilities

• Support implementation of District and departmental goals, priorities, and initiatives.
• Research issues and prepare clear, accurate correspondence, reports, presentations, forms, and other administrative materials.
• Track projects, deadlines, assignments, and action items; identify matters requiring escalation.
• Serve as the District’s Open Records Officer or provide designated support for Right-to-Know Law requests, including intake, coordination, response preparation, record review, redaction, and appeal-related materials.
• Draft, revise, organize, and support implementation of Board policies, administrative regulations, procedures, forms, and public-facing materials.
• Support compliance activities and administrative investigations involving allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, misconduct, or other concerns.
• Coordinate registration, enrollment, and residency matters, including documentation review, family communication, notices, hearing preparation, and case-file management.
• Coordinate residency hearings and other assigned administrative proceedings.
• Serve as a liaison among District offices, schools, families, outside agencies, and legal counsel.
• Assist with departmental communications, meetings, presentations, budget monitoring, purchasing, and related administrative operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in public administration, business administration, education, human resources, legal studies, political science, or a related field preferred.
• Three or more years of progressively responsible experience in administration, compliance, education, human resources, law, government, or a related field preferred.
• Legal, policy, public-records, investigative, or hearing-management experience strongly preferred.
• Juris Doctor degree, paralegal certificate, or comparable legal education or experience strongly preferred, but not required.
• Experience in a school district, governmental agency, legal office, human resources department, compliance function, or similarly regulated environment preferred.
• Equivalent combinations of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered.

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Exceptional discretion and judgment when handling confidential, sensitive, legally protected, and public-records information.
• Strong written, analytical, organizational, research, and project-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines, priorities, and complex records simultaneously.
• Professional, objective, and respectful communication with students, families, employees, administrators, attorneys, outside agencies, and community members.
• Ability to respond effectively to sensitive, urgent, or contentious matters.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; familiarity with student information and records-management systems is preferred.

Lower Merion School District is committed to maintaining safe, lawful, equitable, and effective operations and seeks a professional who shares that commitment.

Terms of Employment: 12-month Act 93 position. Salary, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment will be established in accordance with applicable District policies and administrative compensation provisions.

The School District is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of race; color; creed; religion; sex; age; national origin; ethnicity; marital status; sexual orientation, including gender expression or identity; honorably discharged veteran or military status; the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability; or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability. Please contact Kyra Gordon for accommodation requests at gordonk@lmsd.org.