School Operations Manager

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.

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 the school’s operations meet high standards of operational excellence, provides outstanding customer service to families, 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 even if you do not see an immediate opening at your preferred campus.

• Supervises School Operations Associate
• Purchases items & services for the school; knows the procurement process, is trained in KIPPe Mart
• 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 the school; rosters, parent requests/issues, student line‑up process, parent and student , student behavior; works closely with the 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 (e.g., 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 (e.g., 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…