Operations Manager

Overview

The Operations Manager is responsible for supporting school-based staff with operational information systems, maintaining and analyzing operational data, managing student recruitment and enrollment, supporting and managing special projects, and coordinating any academic or operational purchasing.

Why extraordinary professionals teach at Ascend

Ascend is the largest Brooklyn-based public charter school serving over 5,000 K-12 students in 17 schools. We exist to serve every student - to help them embody their inherent excellence by providing rich, joyful learning experiences that unlock a life of boundless choice.

Access to education is a social justice issue. As educators, we center justice and live out our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (DEIA) by ensuring that our students have the skills, tools, and confidence they need to thrive today and in the future. We are proud to have a workforce that mirrors the diversity seen in our students. Working at Ascend provides a community focused on developing an environment of support and belonging. Educators collaborate closely and encourage each other to achieve great outcomes.

Our schools honor, nurture, and challenge the whole child. Ascend fosters critical thinking skills and a love of learning through an inquiry-based learning approach, Responsive Classroom model, and anti-racist education. We are deeply committed to advancing educational equity for all of our students. Students at Ascend benefit from a rich and rigorous liberal arts curriculum that nurtures natural curiosity about the world and guides them to think critically and independently.

For more information on Ascend Public Charter Schools' model, approach, and core values, please visit our website.

Responsibilities

The Operations Manager must be present and engaged Monday through Friday, except holidays, and work occasional evenings on weeknights and occasional weekends, including parent events. This position has a year-round schedule, with time-off for school holidays and vacation. Additionally, the Operations Manager will :

• Ensure fidelity of the Infinite Campus student information system by training staff and instituting protocols to ensure system-wide consistency in use
• Support in ensuring that ATS and state-level data systems are up-to-date and accurate
• Conduct data entry, analyze and report on operations data, including data required for school, board and regulatory reporting
• Manage student recruiting and enrollment under the guidance of the director of operations
• Help to continually improve school operations systems and procedures and lead or support with special projects in this area
• Support the purchasing of required curricular materials (e.g., textbooks, or science kits) and other operational purchases
• Support academic operations staff in ensuring that academic materials at the schools are inventoried on a regular basis
• Assist the director of operations with special / time-sensitive projects throughout the year, including but not limited to : summer inventory, school year startup, scholar enrollment, assemblies, end of year closeout, and parent events
• Potentially manage one associate-level operations team member

Staff and reporting relationships

Qualifications

The Operations Manager reports to the assistant principal of operations.

Compensation

Initial salary offers for this position range from $65,000 - $90,000. Salaries are determined using an equitable compensation scale that accounts for years of experience and levels of attained education.

Diversity at Ascend

Ascend is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, both through our hiring practices and our focus on creating a culture and environment where diverse perspectives, ideas, and identities are valued and integrated into our way of working and educating students. Ascend staff represent a wide diversity of racial, socio-economic, gender, religious, and national identities-opening a window to the entire Ascend community on the richness of humanity. We welcome all applicants who share our mission and vision to join us in our deeply consequential work.

Salary : $65,000 - $90,000