What are the responsibilities and job description for the Campus Operations Manager (22/23 School Year) position at Odyssey Buckeye K-5?
Position Title: Operations Manager, Campus Specific
Status: Exempt, Full-time, Year-round
Supervisor: Campus Administration, Operations Director
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree preferred
- 3 to 7 years of work experience, preferably in education and/or business or operations management
- Demonstrated management and leadership skills (e.g. at least 2 years managing a team or multiple large projects)
- Strong project and time management skills; ability to effectively backwards plan, juggle multiple priorities with great attention to detail, and deliver consistent and timely results
- Customer service mindset, and shows urgency and the ability to proactively solve problems and make decisions quickly
- Team player with strong interpersonal and stakeholder management and relationship building skills
- Ability to lead, influence, and hold others accountable to upholding high standards of operational excellence
- Ability to be calm under pressure, especially in difficult conversations with parents and staff
- Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
- Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel; Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Sheets
- Desire to continuously learn and increase effectiveness as a professional
- Commitment to the Odyssey mission, core values and willingness to go above and beyond to meet the needs of Odyssey scholars, families, and staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Manages the School Operations Team and appropriate campus functions (e.g. Front-Office managers, health aids, support staff)
- Develops, manages, and coordinates the campus arrival and dismissal procedures
- Liaison for child nutrition, developing the lunch line flow, ensuring procedures are followed, training teachers on processes including the snack purchases/pizza, student rosters, providing feedback
- Monthly Facility Audit Walk with the Campus Facilities Manager
- Plans and coordinates shared space usage in coordination with ARM, Progress monitors school ops performance, communicates back to School Support Partners - District Operations Manager, Co-Principals and Executive Directors
- Responsible for driving school based strategies to ensure kids are in seats, by meeting student application/ registration/ enrollment/ attendance goals
- Leads weekly enrollment/ attendance check-in meeting with Co-Principals, SPED, ELL Director, Office manger, Registrar
- Campus Incident Command Leader; main POC for campus emergency management and communication
- Direct liaison with HR/Marketing
- Builds a culture of operational excellence from leaving it better than you found it, to cleanliness/ maintenance expectations, to safety and security being a team effort
- Performs other duties as assigned by the School Leader or District Operations Manager
- Fill out purchasing and field trip Seamless docs requests.
- Coordinating and clearly communicating absences to HR for teachers through the SmartFind system. Reconcile hourly staff hours on a weekly basis.
- Serve as a liaison between parents, scholars, and school administration to address and resolve disciplinary matters, fostering a supportive and communicative school environment.
- Coordinate staffing needs, including securing substitute teachers and assigning support staff to ensure consistent campus operations.
- Manage and monitor the campus budget, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to support scholar success and operational goals.