Step into a once-in-a-career opportunity to join us on the ground floor – literally – as our Assistant Director of Operations for a brand-new Goddard School® in Lenox Hill!
Our two-story, 15,000 sq. ft. school will be home to clean, bright, and spacious classrooms, two well-equipped multi-purpose rooms, and much more, all built from the ground up to foster children's natural curiosity through play-based activities, encouraging teamwork, problem-solving, and a lifelong love of learning.
The operations director reports directly to the school’s Director of Education. The primary responsibilities of the operations director are focused on the operations of the center and include but are not limited to the following items:
Scheduling
o Create and manage the daily teacher schedule
o Manage time-off requests for teachers
o Manage children’s transition schedules during transition periods
Food Program Management
o Update food vendor with the number of meals needed each week
o Order food supplies for the school’s weekly snack menu and special events
o Order paper goods needed for the school’s food programs
o Oversee the school’s food handler and work with the center director to conduct the food handler’s annual review
Facilities and Supply Management
o Ensure the facilities are maintained well. Work with the school’s owner and executive director on facilities items which need maintenance that require outside vendors
o Oversee the school’s cleaners to ensure that a high level of cleanliness is maintained
o Order cleaning supplies needed
o Order classroom supplies needed and ensure that classrooms have all necessary supplies for health and safety functions (diaper changing, hand washing, etc)
o Order office supplies needed
Licensing records and requirements
o Ensure all state and licensing standards are being followed
o Oversee and implement a faculty onboarding program to ensure compliance with all state and Goddard requirements.
o Ensure all faculty folders are complete and paperwork is kept up to date
o Work with the office manager to ensure all student folders are complete and paperwork is kept up to date
o Ensure documents needed for inspections are kept up to date (fire system, hvac, etc)
o Run monthly fire drills and quarterly emergency drills, in accordance with licensing requirements
o Ensure Goddard required trainings are completed (safe sleep drill, emergency preparedness plan review, etc)
Payroll
o Oversee faculty members' sick time, holiday time, and PTO to ensure proper payment in the bi-weekly payroll
Employees:
o Oversee the office manager to ensure all licensing items that they take point on are completed accurately (medication log, student folders, illness log, etc)
o Ensure that faculty members are complying with the employee handbook policies
o Work with the center director to plan and conduct faculty meetings and professional development
o Work with the center director to ensure faculty birthdays and anniversaries are acknowledged
o Work with the center director to support and manage staff performance
Parent Communication and Events
o Work with the school’s center director to help implement school events including but not limited to picture day, book fairs, faculty events (faculty appreciation week, holidays, etc.), parent events (classroom parties, art fair, mother’s day and father’s day events, etc.)
Specific assignments/projects as assigned by the owner
