Director of Special Projects

Company: KIPP
Location: Houston
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Company Description

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose -college, career, and beyond-so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Director of Special Projectswill work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and Operations lead team to meet team and organizational objectives and craft the operations 2025 and 2030 plans that align with KIPP Texas' new 2025 and 2030 plans. This person will support the Chief Operating Officer in a chief of staff-like capacity focusing on systems, processes, planning and projects to support the success of the Operations team. This person will serve as a liaison and service partner to other Operations lead team members and various KIPP Texas departments.

This position will sit on the Operations team, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer.

You know you are successful if:

• You communicate and embody KIPP Texas' culture and core values
• KIPP Texas' Operations Team improves its effectiveness as measured by retention, goal attainment, and organizational surveys
• You increase and facilitate high-impact coordination among cross-functional teams to support KIPP Texas' Operations goals and priorities
• You serve as a critical thought-partnerto the Chief Operating Officer while providing sound counsel to the Operations Leadership Team and maintaining complete confidentiality
• You set vision, plan, and manage communication to stakeholders, and execute annual and quarterly planning processes for Ops' owned KIPP Texas priorities and maintain a pulse for other departmental priorities
• You support the COO in developing critical communications, presentations, and correspondence; accompany the COO to critical meetings and/or serve as representative at meetings or functions she is unable to attend
• You provide coordination and oversight in the development and execution of strategic initiatives and special projects for the COO, organization, and network
• You demonstrate master-level facilitation skills, zooming in on the problem to solve, and zooming out to make connections for solutions with the appropriate stakeholder input.
• You facilitate effective leadership team meetings ensuring the team is focused on the most critical strategic and tactical issues, making decisions, monitoring organizational progress on key indicators, and cascading communications through the organization
  Key Responsibilities:
  
  • Support the operations leadership team through progress monitoring of key performance indicators, prioritizing discussion, decision making and driving the strategy of the organization based on cross-functional connections to achieve specific outcomes on behalf of the organization in a timely and effective manner
  • Support in setting the agenda/scope and sequence, prepare briefings, memos, or presentations to communicate findings as appropriate for the Operational Leadership Team + T2 as requested by the COO
  • Oversee cross-functional, organization-wide projects and initiatives to help drive execution
  • Establish, maintain and run team operating mechanisms
  • Serve as a thought partner and provide COO support with board meetings and special projects
  • Promote team integration as well as cross-functional communication and collaboration
  • Manage key relationships with stakeholders and clients ensuring excellent customer service
  • Communicate the strategy, projects and process to stakeholders helping to connect the dots across all departments
    
    Qualifications
    
    • Education: Bachelor's degree required
    • Experience: 10+ years of full-time professional experience required;
    • Licenses or Certifications (if applicable): None
      Personal Values and Leadership Style
      
      • Unquestioned integrity, passion, and commitment to KIPP Texas' mission, the families we serve, and the work
      • An unquestioned belief that all children will learn and that education is for all
      • Must promote high expectations for faculty and students in an enabling manner
      • Must be a team player, working both collaboratively and independently
      • Must be highly organized and resourceful
      • Must be able to toggle between the big picture and the details
      • Must be able to relate and connect to others (empathy)
      • Must be able to drive results with a sense of urgency
      • Must be solutions-oriented with a growth mindset
      • Must be able to make decisions with imperfect information
      • Must be a strong planner with the ability to be flexible when plans need to pivot and change
      • Must have a sense of humor and genuinely show appreciation
        
        Additional Information
        
        Compensation and Benefits
        
        As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas' benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, and disability plans.
        
        KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.
        
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