Director of Operations

Department: Administration

Status: Fulltime 1.0 FTE

Reports To: Head of School (HOS)

Travel Requirements: Occasional local offsite meetings (during business hours)

Location: Northwest Yeshiva High School Campus

Pay Range: $75,000 - $85,000

Description of Benefits: This is a full-time position for the 2024-2025 school year. Compensation includes medical and vision benefits, voluntary dental, and FSA plans, 403b contributions and generous paid time off (including statutory holidays and school breaks).

About the Company

Northwest Yeshiva High School, educating students in 9th through 12th grade, is a community motivated by a real passion for Torah values, Religious Zionist ideals, and the pursuit of excellence in General and Judaic learning and leadership. Northwest Yeshiva High School students are encouraged to develop intellectual skills, emotional strength, and spiritual commitment. Enriched by their experiences in our hallways, the students are poised to become future community leaders.

As Director of Operations, we anticipate that you will partner with the head of school to lead five areas of the institution: finance, facilities, human resources, technology, and security. In each area, you will identify key performance metrics in alignment with the school’s strategic plan. You will lead the measurement of performance in those areas and reporting progress regularly to the head of school and the board. Your work will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty, and staff.

Facilities and Operations

• You will ensure that we steward our resources including our physical plant, monitoring policies and procedures.
• You will promote safety, security, and effective emergency planning.
• You will maintain accreditation and ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations and standards.
• You will manage a team consisting of the operations manager, front desk person, and outsourced maintenance, janitorial, and security contractors.
• You will also be responsible for managing, organizing and ordering, on an ongoing basis, our school/building supplies.

Human Resources

• You will continue to build the positive relationships that make NYHS a happy place where people love to come to work and to school, including managing staff appreciation events,
• You will assist the Head of School in sourcing candidates for open positions.

Technology

• Together with outside vendors, you will be responsible for managing NYHS’s core IT systems, including Schoology, phone system and PC equipment, security, and related software.

Events and Athletics

• You will manage logistics relating to field trips, and events.
• You will also manage our ahtletics program in conjunction with our athletics director, with an emphasis on logistics and transportation relating to the athletics program.

We believe:

• Maybe you have a degree in business, finance, or a related field. Maybe you started in another field and grew into a leadership role. We are open-minded with regard to education, even though we’re sure you should be knowledgeable about accounting and finance.
• You've got experience building systems and processes that keep things running smoothly in a school, non-profit, or corporation.
• You've led teams successfully in the past and want to do it again.
• You've reported to a board of trustees or board of directors before and understand how to build a trusting relationship built on visibility and data.

Does this person sound like you?

Please apply as soon as possible. Let us know when you are available to start. Thank you very much for your consideration.

Additional information

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and three references to jobs.

Northwest Yeshiva High School is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at jobs@nyhs.org.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Mercer Island, WA 98040: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person