Chief Operating Officer

About the role

The Plans, Administers, Coordinates, and Directs the activities and programs of the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). Ensures that systemwide goals, strategies, initiatives, and priorities identified in the Strategic Plan are fully implemented. Supervises professional and administrative staff.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership, planning, and direction for BCPS activities and programs to ensure their support of and alignment with the systemwide goals and priorities identified in the Strategic Plan.
• Plans, directs, supervises, and evaluates the work of Facilities Management and Strategic Planning; Food and Nutrition Services; Transportation; Information Technology; Employee Training and Development and Fiscal Services.
• Captures and analyzes BCPS business processes, strategies, systems, and operations. Develops and implements business process improvements. Directs automation and operational project initiatives.
• Directs the evaluation, preparation, amendment, and implementation of policies, rules, and procedures regarding all aspects of business services operations.
• Represents BCPS at meetings, public hearings, and conferences. Confers with the Superintendent regarding school district matters. Provides advice and guidance regarding BCPS business operations.
• Directs business services operations including facilities management and strategic planning, food and nutrition services, transportation and fiscal services.
• Directs facilities management and strategic planning operations, including, but not limited to, a preventive maintenance and repair operation that is responsive to the needs of all school system buildings, grounds, facilities, analyzing demographics and projecting student enrollment, school boundary changes, enrollment projects and information on capital planning projects. Provides a framework for the construction, renovation, and modernization of system buildings and facilities.
• Directs transportation services to provide safe and efficient school transportation services to 176 schools and programs, conduct school bus inspections, and address vacancies, leaves, and call outs.
• Directs the planning, budgeting, and controlling of expenditures for information technology, employee training and development, fiscal services, facilities management and strategic planning, food and nutrition services, and transportation.
• Directs the hiring, selection, assignment, development, performance, professional growth and advancement, evaluation, retention, transfer, promotion, reprimand, reassignment, and separation of employees in Facilities Management and Strategic Planning, Information Technology, Employee Training and Development, Food and Nutrition Services, Transportation, and Fiscal Services.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a master’s degree from an accredited institution, including graduate courses in administration or supervision required. A doctorate degree is preferred.
• Progressively responsible experience in public education or public sector administration and organizational development required.
• Possession of, or eligibility for, a Maryland Advanced Professional certificate is preferred.

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of public administration, organization, and curriculum.
• Knowledge of and skill in the use of database, internet, spreadsheet, word processing, and related applications.
• Knowledge of and skill in data analysis.
• Ability to identify program needs and develop plans to meet those needs.
• Ability to implement, direct, evaluate, and modify programs.
• Ability to manage the work of a diverse staff.
• Outstanding human relations skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to properly maintain confidential and sensitive information.

Physical and Environmental Conditions

The work of this class is generally sedentary and performed in an office environment. Work includes the operation of office equipment, including personal computers, and occasional limited physical activities. The work of this class involves travel to sites throughout Baltimore County.