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Bold is building world-class K-12 public schools that challenge and empower every student to excel in college and life. Beginning in Kindergarten, our students develop the intellectual mastery and empowering habits that will prepare them to succeed at the highest levels in all they pursue.

We benchmark ourselves against indicators proven to predict success in college and beyond, and set rigorous standards for academic and personal development to ensure our graduates are prepared to compete and succeed alongside students from the top schools across the U.S.

We set ambitious goals-more ambitious than most think possible-and as a team won't settle until we achieve them. We align on priorities, measure progress, and evaluate our results openly to improve quickly. We own our impact, live our values, and focus intentionally on creating a culture that supports every student, family, and team member to achieve excellence.

As we continue to build our flagship K-12 campus in the Bronx, and lay the foundation for growth, we are searching for extraordinary colleagues to join our team.

Role & Responsibilities

As a School Operations Fellow at Bold, you will participate in a highly-selective, work-based training program that prepares aspiring leaders with the training, skills, and experiences needed to become highly effective in their work. Ideal candidates are those who hold a commitment to improving educational outcomes in traditionally underserved communities and aspirations to serve in strategic leadership roles.

Fellows will develop skill in all aspects of project management related to school operations, from defining and analyzing opportunities, to developing and communicating recommendations, managing cross-functional teams, and measuring impact.

In your first year, you will work closely with Bold's school operations team, developing mastery of Bold's model, approach, and systems. You will collaborate with teams across the school to monitor and drive progress toward shared team and organizational priorities, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and growth. In your second year, you will lead on a specific area of responsibility, ensuring high levels of operational excellence. Note that this timeline serves as a general guideline. Ultimately, the timing in which you increase your scope of responsibility is dependent on prior experience, performance, and demonstrated capacity.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and apply a deep understanding of Bold's goals, vision, and values to build a culture of purpose and impact
• Train with colleagues and school leads to achieve ambitious outcomes, ensuring high levels of professionalism, alignment, collaboration, and impact
• Ensure operational excellence and high level of detail in all areas of school operations and community engagement
• Develop strong relationships that meaningfully engage and invest students, families, and team members in collaborating to achieve shared goals
• Implement structures that foster a transparent, outcomes-oriented culture; regularly lead and participate in data reviews and coaching cycles
• Demonstrate a mission-first mindset to ensure all decisions and actions are rooted in what is best for student achievement and Bold

• Role Model: Exemplifies values, leads by example; operates within team structures; seeks out opportunities to support the team.
• Ownership & Responsibility: Takes active ownership for goals and responsibilities; monitors progress, provides proactive updates, and effectively adapts strategy to close gaps; demonstrates bias toward action; holds self and team accountable for achieving results.
• Strategic Thinking & Effectiveness: Translates goals into strategic action plans; effective at forward-planning and anticipating needs; addresses root causes to close gaps and follows through on implementation.
• Team Development: Consistently implements team development structures; coaches effectively by providing high-leverage, transferable, and timely opportunities for development aligned to root cause of gaps
• Communication: Communications are consistently clear and connected to goals and values; actively listens and asks clarifying questions to understand root causes; leverages team communication systems.
• Reflection & Self-Development: Reflects on personal and team strengths and growth areas, actively pursuing development opportunities for self and team.

• 2-4 years professional experience
• Bachelor's degree with an outstanding record of achievement and leadership, advanced degree preferred

Company Description KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 54 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 32,000 students across Austin, Dallas, 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 fair world. Founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, we are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in belongingness, academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission and values-driven community who wants every child to want to run to school, the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you! KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni. You can see all our job opportunities at Job Description The Opportunity The School Operations Manager is a school based position that assists with all finance and operations functions necessary to run a high-performing school. This includes coding invoices, purchasing, facilities, food services, transportation, technology, student recruitment, student data, regulatory compliance, and academic operations support. The School Operations Manager serves as a key member of the school's Front Office Team, ensures that the school's operations meet high standards of operational excellence, families are offered outstanding customer service, and enables instructional leaders and staff to focus on driving strong student achievement outcomes. This is a pooled opportunity. We will be hiring on an ongoing basis and/or when a role becomes available. By applying to this position, you are expressing interest in being considered for current and future openings for this role at various campuses within Houston. As positions become available over the next few months, our team will review applications and reach out to candidates whose skills and experience align with the needs of our campuses. We encourage you to apply if you are interested in joining our team, even if you do not see an immediate opening at your preferred campus. Key Responsibilities

• Supervises School Operations Associate
• Purchases items & services for the school; knows the procurement process, is trained in KIPPeMart
• Codes invoices, collects money (e.g. EOY trips, club fees), prepares deposits
• Implements the arrival and dismissal procedure (car flow, bus line up, walkers)
• Manages the day to day busing operations for their school; rosters, parent requests/ issues, student line-up process, parent and student ID tags, student behavior; works closely w/ their Bus Coordinator Lead for needs and changes
• Manages Child Nutrition day to day logistics (meal card replacement, supper rosters); works closely with the Child Nutrition Field Supervisor
• Manages school event coordination (i.e. meet the teacher night, parent engagement sessions, enrollment and recruitment activities - working with Regional Student Recruitment)
• Manages copier and teacher workroom supplies, troubleshoots copiers, trained on the copiers
• Manages any student technology program the school runs (i.e. Chromebooks)
• Updates any school based calendar for the School Leader
• Supports field lesson logistics (booking buses, ordering sack lunches, hotel rooms, travel, etc.)
• Manages any school based social media communications/ postings
• Gives parent tours for potential student prospects
• Schedules shared space
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Assistant Principal of Operations

• Bilingual: English & Spanish required
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 3 to 5 years of work experience, preferably in education and/or business or operations management
• Demonstrated leadership skills (e.g. at least 1 year managing a team or large projects)
• Strong project and time management skills; ability to effectively backwards plan, juggle multiple priorities with great attention to detail, and deliver consistent and timely results
• Strong strategic and analytical skills with an aptitude for shifting from fire-fighting to systems-building
• Sense of humility, customer service mindset, and shows urgency and the ability to proactively solve problems and make decisions quickly
• Team player with strong interpersonal and stakeholder management and relationship building skills
• Ability to lead, influence, and hold others accountable to upholding high standards of operational excellence
• Ability to be calm under pressure, especially in difficult conversations with parents and staff
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel; Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Sheets
• Desire to continuously learn and increase effectiveness as a professional
• Unwavering commitment to the KIPP Texas mission, core values and willingness to go above and beyond to meet the needs of KIPP Texas students, families, and staff