Need Operations Associate in The Bronx, NY
Job title: Operations Associate
Company: Brilla Public Charter Schools
Job description: Brilla Public Charter Schools
Operations Associate
About Brilla Public Charter Schools:
Brilla Public Charter Schools is a network of K-8th grade schools that currently serves nearly 1,800 students from Mott Haven, University Heights, and other neighborhoods in the Bronx. The network is growing from its current four elementary and two middle schools to five elementary and five middle schools educating some 4,000 students in the Bronx and Paterson, NJ. The Charter Management Organization (CMO) for Brilla Schools Network is Seton Education Partners, an organization inspired by the Catholic educational tradition, that also manages the Seton Teaching Fellows missionary program and El Camino, an after-school Catholic faith formation program. At the heart of the Seton educational mission is our dedication to help students become young men and women of good character and spirit who are prepared for excellence in high school, college, and beyond.
Brilla combines a Classical approach to education ? an emphasis on an ennobling and content-rich curriculum, inductive inquiry-driven instruction, and virtue formation that fosters an encounter with Truth, Beauty, and Goodness ? with co-teaching practices and individualized online instructional support. We approach the formation of our students holistically and maintain high academic expectations. Ours is a joyful community that honors the dignity of each student, our staff members, and the families we serve.
Position Overview:
The Operations Associate will be the front line for families and visitors, greeting those with a smile and troubleshooting any problems that arise. They will assist with ensuring the daily logistics of the school day run efficiently.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date student documents and records
- Manage and update student information systems ATS, PowerSchool and internal databases on a continual basis
- Coordinate all aspects of student enrollment and discharge procedures
- Conduct weekly supply inventory/equipment checks
- With approval, restock/service workroom supplies as necessary
- In collaboration with the Operations Coordinator provide front office support ensuring all interactions with all stakeholders are courteous
- Coordinate daily student food services troubleshoot issues as they arise; ensure the tracking of student meal consumption, report chronic service issues
- Coordinate student transportation services in collaboration with the Operations Manager, troubleshooting issues as they arise
- Manage external school specific communication channels
- Support the Operations team in conducting required emergency drills and other key compliance items
- Coordinate student health services; monitor student health and safety to ensure compliance
- Assist in preparing the building annually for start-up/new school year launch
- Assist with planning and implementation of school special events
- Assist with facilities management including weekly and monthly facilities walk-through to ensure facilities are up to Brilla standards
- Ownership over creation and distribution of all school-wide communications: school foods calendar, informational flyers, enrollment flyers, etc.
- Unyielding commitment to students, self and school?s constant learning and development
- An unwavering commitment to the educational mission of the Brilla Schools Network in service to the school community.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented and highly organized
- Highly motivated and capable of seeing projects through from beginning to end
- Ability to work autonomously as well as take direction as needed
- Flexible, mature, and humble
- Proficiency with microsoft office and familiarity with ATS, Powerschool, Parent Square
- Sense of humor, strong work ethic, ?roll-up-my-sleeves? attitude
- Bilingual in English and Spanish