Director of Network Operations and School Support (Available Immediately)

An Invitation to Apply for the Position of Director of Network Operations and School Support (Available Immediately) New York, NY & Bronx, NY About Public Prep Public Prep is an award-winning network of charter schools across Manhattan and the Bronx and the nation’s first non-profit tuition-free charter school network that develops exceptional Pre-K, and single-gender elementary and middle public schools.  We pursue continuous excellence through our dedication to an inclusive community focused on scholar, family, and staff collaboration. Our scholars are resilient and empathetic, guided to realize their power and promise through our four core values of scholarship, excellence, community, and integrity.  Our teaching model is grounded in an anti-racist framework, and designed to incorporate a culturally responsive approach that is informed by data to cultivate an environment that empowers scholars to become independent learners. At Public Prep we believe race, income level, and zip code should not define your destiny, systemic and institutional racism must be disrupted, and all scholars should be empowered and ready to enter high school with voice, choice, opportunity and independence. Our network comprises 7 schools across 5 campuses in the Lower East Side and Bronx, serving 2,100 scholars in grades PreK-8: Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School (Grades Pre-K-5)  Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School II (Grades Pre-K-2) Girls Prep Bronx Middle School (Grades 6-8) Girls Prep Lower East Side Elementary School (Grades PreK-4) Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School (Grades 5-8) Boys Prep Bronx Elementary School (Grades K-5) Boys Prep Bronx Middle School (Grades 6-8) What Sets Us Apart Our approach is rooted in love and justice and our ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality, accessible, and anti-racist education. In addition to the academic rigor, Public Prep emphasizes character development, and college and career readiness as critical to supporting the whole child. Relationship-building and partnerships are the levers that move adults to move students and that move families to invest time and energy in schools. Each school has a committed leadership team and staff that strives to work collaboratively to build a warm, joyful culture of rigor that ignites the power and promise of every child.  Public Prep is committed to investing in our adult learning culture. Our team of teachers and school staff reflects the diversity of our neighborhoods and scholars.  As a team member at Public Prep, you can anticipate a learning environment where a growth mindset, humility, and data-informed decision making is evident through professional development that takes place within coaching cycles, observations, feedback, and targeted professional development opportunities within the network and from outside providers.  What We Offer Public Prep offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, internal equity, and budgeted amount for the role. The salary range for this position is $110,000- $120,000. We offer a comprehensive benefits package. It includes Oxford Medical, United Dental/Vision, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account, generous paid time off, commuter benefits, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) package with a 5% employer match. For more details about our benefits package, visit our website atwww.publicprep.org/careers. Public Preparatory Network is an Equal Opportunity employer. Public Preparatory Network is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. Primary Function & Position Overview The Director of Network Operations and School Support helps build and sustain the infrastructure of our growing network of charter schools.  The Director of Network Operations and School Support is responsible for enhancing Public Prep’s existing operations procedures and practices, ensuring that school operations comply with city, state, and federal laws and regulations put forth through our charter authorizer. The Director of Network Operations and School Support manages the Enrollment Team at the home office and works closely with the school-based Directors of Operations. The Public Prep Director of Network Operations and School Support  is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the school-based Operations teams can excel in their school-based functions, by ensuring compliance with and improvement of our operating policies, procedures, structures and systems. Through this work, the Director of Network Operations and School Support  improves the instructional impact at our schools by regularly monitoring and auditing school-based school operations teams to ensure effective systems, routines, and resources. They also build and codify systems to ensure network-wide visibility to school-based operational functions. The Director of Network Operations and School Support combines a capacity for strategic thinking with keen attention to detail. Duties and Responsibilities