Managing Director - Operations Training

Part-time - Senior

Remote - Seattle, WA

About the position

About SchoolOps The SchoolOps team is committed to ensuring that every school and organization in the education world has access to high quality professional learning and support for its operations teams. SchoolOps has worked across multiple states to bring together communities of operations learners and provide them with national best practices, a resource library of tools and templates, and guided discussions to solve problems together. We believe that excellent operations are a core driver of student success, and that investing in operations teams builds strong foundations for sustainable schools. The Role The Managing Director of Operations Training will be responsible for creating and leading a vision of the “SchoolOps Way” to build and deliver Operations-centered professional learning and coaching to school teams around the country. This Managing Director will own modeling high quality professional learning and coaching and build a team of content developers, subject matter experts, coaches, and facilitators who are aligned to their vision of excellence. The Managing Director of Operations Training will report directly to SchoolOps' Founder and President. The responsibilities of this role are expected to expand and deepen as SchoolOps grows. Location This role is fully remote. Travel may be required up to 20% of work time, with initial levels closer to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Creating and facilitating operations content, training, and coaching.
• Model high quality professional learning by building both in-person and remote professional learning modules.
• Create model resources, templates, and exemplars for the SchoolOps Resource Library.
• Review, provide feedback on, and suggest improvements for SchoolOps' existing professional learning content.
• Facilitate both remote and in-person SchoolOps professional learning sessions.
• Lead high quality coaching sessions.
• Build and lead a vision for the 'SchoolOps Way' of developing and facilitating high quality operations professional learning.
• Work with the SchoolOps President, and directly with clients, to identify content & training needs across a range of projects.
• Lead execution of that content & training in accordance with project goals.
• Test and refine interview processes to ensure that SchoolOps is staffing projects with content developers, subject matter experts, coaches, and facilitators who meet our bar of excellence.
• Assess the needs of each project, staffing and managing a team of professional learning creators that is uniquely poised to meet the needs of the project.
• Build standard operating procedures and checklists to ensure that SchoolOps has systematized processes for building and facilitating professional learning as well as providing high quality coaching.
• Build a roadmap for exemplars, artifacts, and other resources that our team will need to create for our Resource Library.
• Manage the project team to success on each project.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience creating high quality professional learning sessions for adult professionals.
• At least 3 years of experience in a school, CMO, or district-level operations leadership role.
• At least 3 years of experience managing project teams.
• Deep understanding of the importance of anti-racist and inclusion-centered practices in education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to give and receive frequent feedback.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Strong understanding of School Operations and Organizational Management.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Finance and Budget management.
• Knowledge of Food Service and Nutrition operations.
• Familiarity with Recruitment, Enrollment, and Registration processes.
• Experience in Facilities Management and Procurement.
• Understanding of Student Information Systems and Event Planning.
• Knowledge of Family and Community Communications.
• Experience in Transportation and Bus Management.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with 5% employer matching
• Competitive salary range of $140,000 - $160,000