School Operations Manager

Job Description

Job DescriptionSalary: $60,000-$65,000

School Overview

St. Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts is a new, innovative charter public school that opened in the fall of 2023 to serve students and families within the boundaries of St. Louis City. The school started with Kindergarten through First Grade and will add a grade each year, growing to kindergarten through fifth grade. St. Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts is committed to media and storytelling, whole-child development, real-world inquiry, and progressive learner autonomy as design elements that allow the school to fulfill its mission.

Mission: St. Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts leverages media arts and storytelling to equip students with the agency to excel academically, author their own futures, and make meaningful contributions in their communities.

Role Overview

The School Operations Manager believes in the mission of St. Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts and designs, implements, and refines systems that anticipate the needs of our school community and ensure that the instructional staff maximizes time and energy on student achievement. The SOM will ensure smooth daily operations and manage relationships with vendors and contracted service providers. The School Operations Manager will demonstrate the passion, integrity, and systems thinking critical to the success of St. Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts. The SOM is managed by the Director of Business and Operations.

Mission Alignment

Mission-aligned members of the St. Louis Voices Academy community share the following dispositions:

• Dedication to the schools mission, vision, values, and graduate outcomes;
• Understanding that relationships are essential to working with students who have experienced the effects of poverty or trauma;
• The belief that our students have strengths and assets and build on these strengths in their work;
• A positive attitude and a solution-based approach to challenges in the workplace;
• Commitment to restorative justice as a means of addressing conflicts or challenges in the community, whether between students, staff members, or students and staff members;
• Commitment to inclusive excellence, including a willingness to engage in conversations about privilege, power, equity, and diversity and to invest time in community-building and professional development based on inclusive excellence;
• Active participants in a supportive and demanding professional community that fosters respect, trust, honesty, risk-taking, open-mindedness, flexibility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Facilities

• Oversee the custodial team to maintain a clean, safe environment for our students
• Ensure hallways and other public spaces reflect the schools culture, brand, and mission
• Manage the schools maintenance needs

Transportation

• Implement arrival and dismissal procedures that ensure our students enter and leave campus in a safe, orderly fashion
• Partner with vendors to ensure bus routes properly serve our the schools student population

Food Service

• Implement dining schedules that facilitate effective and efficient food service to all students
• Manage the schools relationship with food service vendors to promote consistent service and safe operating practices

Procurement

• Manage procurement processes to ensure the school has all necessary supplies
• Maintain accurate inventory records of the school's assets
• Verify and submit invoices and purchase card charges accrued by the school

Communication

• Maintain communication channels that effectively and efficiently inform parents and guardians of important campus events and deadlines
• Foster good relationships and solid communication with the schools neighborhood community

Enrollment

• Support school student recruitment strategy to ensure 100% of available seats are full

Administrative Activities

• Ensure students and staff have access to needed technology
• Manage copy machine maintenance and supply orders
• Lead the execution of the schools events and field trips
• Maintain a friendly, welcoming, helpful atmosphere for all who visit or contact the school
• Support the coordination of student testing

Other

• Perform all duties as assigned

Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrated commitment to students social-emotional and academic development.
• Ability to analyze and use student data to inform instruction and intervention.
• Alignment with the schools mission of leveraging media arts and storytelling to empower students.
• Commitment to the schools core values: voice, ownership, innovation, collaboration, empathy, and scholarship.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary & benefits
• Performance-based bonus
• Supportive and mission-driven team
• Access to technology, resources, and professional development

St. Louis Voices Academy is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive community where all students and staff can thrive.