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The Croft School – Interim Director of School Operations April - August 2025 (Jamaica Plain)
Start Date: April 2025
About The Croft School
The Croft School is a young independent school in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Having opened in Fall 2020, our school currently enrolls 224 students in Preschool through Grade 4. During the 2025-26 school year, we will expand to include Grade 5. Over time, we will grow (one grade level per year) into a 300-student Preschool - Grade 6 school.
The Croft School is built around the following core attributes:
The Croft School has sister schools in Providence (founded 2018) and the South End neighborhood of Boston (founded 2022).
More information about our school can be found here: www.thecroftschool.org.
About The Role
The Croft School: Jamaica Plain is seeking an exceptional Interim Director of School Operations to lead and oversee all critical non-instructional, non-programmatic aspects of the school during the current Director of Operation’s parenting leave. This position will run from approximately April through mid-August.
Importantly, this role is both a “do-er” and “manager” role. We are a small school. This is a job where the right candidate should expect to roll up their sleeves and “dive in” to hands-on operations work, from trying to fix a broken toilet to entering student information into a database, just as much as they are “managing” operations.
With support from and in partnership with Croft Jamaica Plain’s Head of School and Assistant Head of School, as well as our organization’s Executive Director and Chief Operating Officers, this individual will have a broad array of responsibilities across many functional areas, including the following:
Facility and Construction Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will play a key role in oversight of the school’s space.
Financial Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will be responsible for proper and timely execution of critical school-level financial systems and processes, including purchasing approvals, reimbursement, inventory management, vendor management, and budget vs. actual tracking.
Overseeing Effectiveness and Supporting Implementation of School-Level Operational Systems. The Interim Director of School Operations, in partnership with the Head of School and the operations associates, will ensure effectiveness and integrity of all critical school-level operational systems, (e.g., safety protocols, front office protocols, morning drop-off, parking lot management, lunch distribution, snack procurement, attendance protocols). Importantly, this individual will manage the details of the school’s schedule, including the “coverage” assignments for absent team members.
Student and Family Information and Database Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will be charged with ensuring that the systems associated with our student and family data collection, data entry, data analysis, and data integrity are efficient, effective, and non-redundant.
Team Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will directly coach and manage one operations associate and will indirectly manage all school staff in the execution of operational systems.
School wide Family Events. The Interim Director of School Operations will oversee and execute schoolwide events, particularly from a logistical perspective, including scheduling, set up, take-down, and more. The Director of School Operations will work closely with school leadership on the vision for these events, and with family coordinators on the execution of these events.
End of Year Closeout and Summer Planning. The Interim Director of School Operations will play a critical role in overseeing and managing the end of school year close out and transition to summer. Including but not limited to inventory, purchasing, space pack up, preparations for camp, securing valuables, and offboarding transitioning team members.
In addition to the above areas of work, this individual can expect regular ad hoc projects and tasks to arise in our fast-paced environment. Occasional evening and weekend work should be anticipated.
The ideal candidate will be modeling behaviors that support the kind, inclusive atmosphere that is a cornerstone of The Croft School. In addition, the ideal candidate will be excited to and committed to build strong relationships with our school’s educators, families, and students, as the depth of these relationships are a critical piece of what makes Croft a special place to teach and learn. Further, given that The Croft School is committed to being a self-reflective, ever-improving anti-racist organization, the right candidate should be excited to contribute the school’s related efforts and practices.
Qualifications And Qualities
At The Croft School we deeply value diversity, equity and social justice as we believe in the humanity of all people. We are committed to being an anti-racist and anti-bias school. We explore and affirm identity including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomics, social class and family structures. We, the students, educators, and families of The Croft School, hold ourselves accountable to the daily work of working towards an inclusive and liberated society.
Compensation And Benefits
The Croft School offers compensation which is competitive with other local independent and public school opportunities.
Non-Discrimination
As an equal opportunity employer, The Croft School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
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Start Date: April 2025
About The Croft School
The Croft School is a young independent school in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Having opened in Fall 2020, our school currently enrolls 224 students in Preschool through Grade 4. During the 2025-26 school year, we will expand to include Grade 5. Over time, we will grow (one grade level per year) into a 300-student Preschool - Grade 6 school.
The Croft School is built around the following core attributes:
- Rigor and Spark
- Student-Centeredness
- Balance
- Strong Relationships
- Outstanding Teachers, Collaborative Improvement
- A Diverse, Inclusive, Anti-Racist Community
The Croft School has sister schools in Providence (founded 2018) and the South End neighborhood of Boston (founded 2022).
More information about our school can be found here: www.thecroftschool.org.
About The Role
The Croft School: Jamaica Plain is seeking an exceptional Interim Director of School Operations to lead and oversee all critical non-instructional, non-programmatic aspects of the school during the current Director of Operation’s parenting leave. This position will run from approximately April through mid-August.
Importantly, this role is both a “do-er” and “manager” role. We are a small school. This is a job where the right candidate should expect to roll up their sleeves and “dive in” to hands-on operations work, from trying to fix a broken toilet to entering student information into a database, just as much as they are “managing” operations.
With support from and in partnership with Croft Jamaica Plain’s Head of School and Assistant Head of School, as well as our organization’s Executive Director and Chief Operating Officers, this individual will have a broad array of responsibilities across many functional areas, including the following:
Facility and Construction Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will play a key role in oversight of the school’s space.
Financial Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will be responsible for proper and timely execution of critical school-level financial systems and processes, including purchasing approvals, reimbursement, inventory management, vendor management, and budget vs. actual tracking.
Overseeing Effectiveness and Supporting Implementation of School-Level Operational Systems. The Interim Director of School Operations, in partnership with the Head of School and the operations associates, will ensure effectiveness and integrity of all critical school-level operational systems, (e.g., safety protocols, front office protocols, morning drop-off, parking lot management, lunch distribution, snack procurement, attendance protocols). Importantly, this individual will manage the details of the school’s schedule, including the “coverage” assignments for absent team members.
Student and Family Information and Database Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will be charged with ensuring that the systems associated with our student and family data collection, data entry, data analysis, and data integrity are efficient, effective, and non-redundant.
Team Management. The Interim Director of School Operations will directly coach and manage one operations associate and will indirectly manage all school staff in the execution of operational systems.
School wide Family Events. The Interim Director of School Operations will oversee and execute schoolwide events, particularly from a logistical perspective, including scheduling, set up, take-down, and more. The Director of School Operations will work closely with school leadership on the vision for these events, and with family coordinators on the execution of these events.
End of Year Closeout and Summer Planning. The Interim Director of School Operations will play a critical role in overseeing and managing the end of school year close out and transition to summer. Including but not limited to inventory, purchasing, space pack up, preparations for camp, securing valuables, and offboarding transitioning team members.
In addition to the above areas of work, this individual can expect regular ad hoc projects and tasks to arise in our fast-paced environment. Occasional evening and weekend work should be anticipated.
The ideal candidate will be modeling behaviors that support the kind, inclusive atmosphere that is a cornerstone of The Croft School. In addition, the ideal candidate will be excited to and committed to build strong relationships with our school’s educators, families, and students, as the depth of these relationships are a critical piece of what makes Croft a special place to teach and learn. Further, given that The Croft School is committed to being a self-reflective, ever-improving anti-racist organization, the right candidate should be excited to contribute the school’s related efforts and practices.
Qualifications And Qualities
- Experience working within a school setting;
- Strong attention to detail and an ability to self-organize and prioritize;
- Experience managing projects in a fast-paced environment, including creating systems and engaging with stakeholders to achieve project outcomes;
- An entrepreneurial spirit coupled with an ambitious work ethic and solutions-oriented mindset;
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, inclusive of empathy for others, thoughtful listening, team-orientation, and enthusiasm for collaborating with other colleagues;
- Self-reflectiveness, humility, and an eagerness to continually improve one’s practice; and
- A Bachelor’s Degree and current authorization to work in the United States is required.
At The Croft School we deeply value diversity, equity and social justice as we believe in the humanity of all people. We are committed to being an anti-racist and anti-bias school. We explore and affirm identity including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomics, social class and family structures. We, the students, educators, and families of The Croft School, hold ourselves accountable to the daily work of working towards an inclusive and liberated society.
Compensation And Benefits
The Croft School offers compensation which is competitive with other local independent and public school opportunities.
Non-Discrimination
As an equal opportunity employer, The Croft School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
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