[Remote] District Vice President of Operations (Southeast, USA)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fusion Academy is an innovative education provider that focuses on personalized learning through a 1-to-1 teaching model. They are seeking a District Vice President of Operations to ensure that all schools in the Southeast region meet or exceed key performance measures, including academic performance and employee loyalty targets.

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed budgeted enrollment and EBITDA targets at each school
• Meet or exceed the annual billable hours budget/target at each school
• Meet or exceed the annual EBITDA targets at each school
• Hire and develop leadership teams that deliver exceptional results and instill the Fusion culture and values
• Meet or exceed targeted Parent and Employee Loyalty NPS Scores
• Partner with the HOS in hiring, onboarding, and developing the leadership team
• Effective management of the bento box to ensure strong leadership on each campus (annual on-time performance evaluations, performance plans, and leadership development rhythms)
• Maintain and nurture a leadership bench
• Ensure that schools deliver high quality academic program
• FEPs are high quality and consistent
• 30/60/90 Teacher Evaluation and Classroom Observation compliance
• File check and course completion compliance
• Student record compliance
• LMS/SIS compliance
• DSD Supertool compliance
• Ensure recommended Ed Department training and professional development compliance (NFO, Wellness, Community Minds, planned PDs, etc.)
• Lead all admin hiring for new schools
• Support on-boarding process for new admin
• Support Regional Director of New Schools to ensure teams are operationally ready and open on target with key metrics
• Annually complete the culture checklist at each school, providing recommendations to the HOS and school leadership team
• Annually meet with the entire staff at each school, reviewing FEG’s annual one-page strategic plan and discussing key issues and concerns with the employees
• Partner with HOS to ensure the entire staff is participating in annual strategic planning
• Visit each school every 6 weeks (monthly preferred) or more if needed
• 6+ MPOPs per year with each campus in the district
• Once per year, meet with teachers at each campus, sharing a FEG update
• 8+ face-to-face HOS meeting each year
• Support quarterly and annual school-level strategic planning
• Host mid-year reviews to showcase schools, allow connection to FEG/departments and share celebrations and challenges
• Participation in district/regional meetings: daily huddle, weekly regional ops meeting, monthly regional ops meeting, weekly DVP huddle (as needed), weekly DVP meeting, and feed weekly district success teams
• Coordinate key positional meetings in the district. DO's, DSD’s, AD’s to meet at least twice per year (F2F Highly Preferable). RDOS's or RDO’s (with support of positional lead) should own the meeting. Districts can be combined for efficiency
• Target to spend an average of 3 days per week on a campus
• Act as liaison between FEG corporate and district support functions
• Provide specific attention to: E2P process and accounting related activities
• Admissions and outreach process with focus on SFDC
• IVIR conversion metric with a focus on conversion percentages
• Assist schools with employee relations; flare-ups, growth management (9 box) of campus staff, and employee management systems/processes
• Assist schools with parent/student relations; flare-ups, student populations, accounting struggles, and all parent facing systems/processes
• Labor management, including adherence to the defined staffing model
• Identify curricula alignment issues and partnership with the education department
• Accreditation – support efforts to secure and maintain accreditation at each campus

Skills

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree, advanced degrees a plus
• 3 to 5 years of multi-unit education operations experience including proven record of achieving results
• Proven follow-through on commitments, persistence, problem-solving ability
• Ability to hire and develop 'A' players
• Calm under pressure, strong listening & communication skills
• Influential
• Desire to create and improve academic programs and school culture
• Understand and lead the sales process and provide a 'celebrity' customer experience
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Successful execution of core Fusion systems and processes
• Florida residents require level 2 background screening through https://info.flclearinghouse.com/
• This position will be geographically responsible for the Fusion FL, GA, TN, and NC campuses, requiring frequent travel to those campuses throughout the district
• Person must reside in one of these states, or be willing to relocate, preferably to FL

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Vacation time (for certain positions) in accordance with company policy and state law
• Accident and life insurance as well as short- and long-term disability
• Sick time and paid holidays in accordance with company policy
• 401(k) plan with company match, based on eligibility
• Tax-advantaged commuter benefits
• Employee assistance program
• This position may also be eligible to receive a variable bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. If a bonus applies, more information will be given at offer.

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