Executive Director - Phoenix School of Roseburg

Executive Director - Phoenix School of Roseburg

Phoenix School of Roseburg is a dynamic organization providing the opportunity for a leader to make a huge positive impact in the lives of Douglas County youth. The work is demanding but the rewards are legion.

Phoenix School of Roseburg’s Executive Director is responsible for initiating, recommending, and implementing overall leadership for the Phoenix School of Roseburg Corporation and its subsidiary corporation(s) including Phoenix Charter School. The position provides an opportunity for the employee who desires to manage an enterprise with diverse and complex programs designed to prepare individuals to become caring, committed, productive citizens including educational options, workforce development, and social support programming and services.

Direct reporters to this position include administrative and operations personnel such as the Charter School Principal, Program Managers, Development Director, Executive Assistant, and Business Manager. The Executive Director is the Agent of and responsible to the Boards of Director for the Phoenix Charter School and Phoenix School of Roseburg Corporation. Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or comparable.
• Successful experience in Educational and Private Non-Profit Management
• Demonstrated leadership and supervision skills including the ability to support employee improvement and/or impose appropriate discipline.
• Hold a current Oregon School Administrator’s license or hold or become qualified for an Oregon Charter Administrative Registry
• Have a valid driver’s license and evidence of insurability, and criminal justice fingerprint clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in managing private non-profit corporation systems including Human Relations, Fiscal Management, Grants Management, MOUs and Contracts, and Community Partnerships/Collective Work
• Teaching or administrative experience with programming benefitting Opportunity Youth, special education, trauma affected youth, and/or diverse and/or underserved student populations

Board Leadership Facilitation:

• Preparing and recommending a vision and strategic plan for the Charter School and the Corporation that reflects creativity and continuous change to ensure long term-success
• Providing leadership and initiating support for all Board and Staff committees, assuring that committees are timely and effective in completing and reporting their work
• Initiating and executing regular Board meeting agendas and participating as an adviser to the Board
• Carrying out Board policies, administrative rules, organizational by-laws; and initiating new policies for Board consideration.
• Informing the Board of developments, issues, and barriers in a timely, proactive manner
• Recruitment, training, evaluating, and recommending staff for hiring, retention, promotion and dismissal
• Providing leadership for successful relationships and outcomes with stakeholders including Roseburg School District and other community partners
• Providing leadership in partnership with the Charter School principal in the development, revision, and implementation of all school academic and academic support programs
• Preparing and monitoring the annual school budget in concert with the principal; preparing and monitoring the corporation budget and annual auditing process
• Initiating and directing the school marketing and public relations program
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned by the Board

Administrative Leadership:

• Working with the staff to prepare ongoing strategic plan updates for Board consideration
• Supervising and evaluating school and corporation programs and employees
• Working closely with Lead Staff to monitor and evaluate the budgets for all operations
• Insuring communications between all areas of the Charter School and Corporation
• Developing and implementing the internal school and organization planning and improvement processes
• Working closely with all staff to promote a high level of morale, professionalism, and inspired teamwork
• Facilitating and compiling required external reports and requests for special funding
• Serving as a liaison between Phoenix School and the community
• Overseeing the operation, management, and development of school facilities, property, and campus
• Coordinating with the Business Manager to conduct fiscal and human resource functions

Key Leadership Roles for the Corporation by Serving as the following:

• Representative to the community and external agencies, promoting community awareness, involvement, and commitment to Phoenix Charter School and the Corporation
• Fiscal Officer
• Risk Manager
• A resource for managing and promoting a positive and effective learning environment

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions, duties, and responsibilities of this job.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Regularly required, in an 8-hour day, to sit for 3-8 hours; stand/walk/move around for 1-4 hours; drive 1-3 hours.
• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Regularly lift, move or carry up to 25 pounds; occasionally lift, move or carry up to 50 pounds.
• Frequently required to stand or walk (occasionally on an uneven surface), reach with hands and arms, stoop and/or bend.

While performing the duties of the position, the employee works with standard office and/or instructional equipment with moving mechanical parts.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment could be low to moderate. The employee’s work is most frequently indoors but occasionally requires going outdoors in the weather to monitor operations or pass from site-to-site.

NOTE: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions, or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. Phoenix School of Roseburg may add to, modify, or delete any aspect of this (or the position) at any time as it deems advisable.

Questions about the position?
Contact Christie Wuerst, HR & Payroll Manager, at (541) 673-3036 x1122, cwuerst@roseburgphoenix.com

Application Process:
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