Director of Campus Operations - YES Prep Southside Elementary (Immediate Opening)

Campus Operations

Lead daily execution of all operational systems (arrival, dismissal, lunch, recess, transitions, emergency routines).

Conduct daily readiness sweeps to ensure the campus environment is organized, clean, and welcoming.

Implement preventative solutions and anticipate operational issues before they occur.

Ensure operational systems support instructional time and staff experience.

Attendance, ADA Accuracy & Enrollment Support

Maintain ADA accuracy at 98–99%+ through daily monitoring and corrections.

Lead absence-calling routines and ensure documentation follows district expectations.

Partner with registrar and OC to reduce chronic absenteeism.

Support enrollment, onboarding, residency verification, and documentation compliance.

Safety, Security & Emergency Management

Maintain 100% compliance in safety drills, custody documentation, and emergency protocols.

Train staff on escort procedures, elopement response, building security, and emergency expectations.

Respond to small-scale incidents with calm, professional leadership.

Proactively identify and correct safety risks.

Facilities, Grounds & Environmental Readiness

Conduct ongoing walkthroughs using district readiness rubrics.

Partner with custodial, Facilities, and vendors to resolve issues quickly.

Ensure testing, BOY, and EOY readiness for all instructional and operational spaces.

People Leadership: OC, Registrar, Receptionist

Conducts weekly coaching conversations with the OC, Registrar, and Receptionist focused on execution quality, accuracy, communication, and systems readiness.

Delegates effectively and builds ownership within the team.

Addresses misalignment quickly and professionally.

Maintains a calm, positive, professional tone across front office culture.

Family Experience & Communication Systems

Ensures the front office and all family-facing systems are organized, welcoming, and responsive.

Maintains accurate, bilingual communication aligned to district expectations.

Resolves concerns with professionalism and maturity.

Supports all family-facing events with high-quality logistics.

Enrollment and Recruitment Strategy

Owns the enrollment and recruitment strategy for the campus, including goal setting, monitoring progress, identifying risks, and determining strategic adjustments.

Collaborates with the OC to co-design effective outreach and onboarding plans and provides ongoing coaching and clarity to ensure strong execution.

The OC leads execution of all enrollment and recruitment actions, while the DCO holds ultimate responsibility for meeting enrollment targets and system fidelity.

Oversees enrollment execution by coaching the OC and monitoring registrar documentation accuracy.

Cross-Functional Coordination

Partners with Child Nutrition, IT/FST, Facilities, Transportation, SIS, S&S, and Assessment teams.

Submit and track tickets, work orders, and escalations with accuracy and urgency.

Represent campus needs clearly and advocate effectively.

Testing, Technology & Academic Operations

Lead all operational components of testing (STAAR, MAP, TELPAS).

Oversee 3-wave device audits, charger accountability, and testing readiness.

Support master schedule implementation and prevent operational interruptions to instruction.

Ensures testing logistics and operational plans are fully implemented; instructional leaders maintain instructional integrity.

Operational Equity & Compliance

Ensure fairness across grade levels in lunch, transitions, dismissal, recess, and instructional access.

Maintain compliance for attendance, enrollment, staffing coverage, and facility readiness.

Partner with campus and HO leaders to ensure timekeeping, leave, accommodation, and injury-reporting practices comply with FLSA, FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Compensation requirements in accordance with district policy and applicable laws.

Keeps campus audit-ready at all times.

Professionalism, Communication & Leadership

Communicate with clarity, neutrality, and professionalism.

Demonstrate calm leadership during high-volume and high-pressure situations.

Model predictable follow-through, strong organization, and executive presence.

Lead through influence and foster a culture of operational excellence.

Models YES Prep’s Culture of predictable Operational Excellence through calm communication, accurate execution, and timely follow-through.

MUST HAVES

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year educational institution
• 3-5 years of business, operational and/or managerial experience
• Excellent communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills
• Excellence organizational skills
• Ability to evaluate problems and implement effective and creative solutions
• Initiator, problem-solver, and creative thinker
• Ability to work outside of normal hours and on weekends
• Belief in and commitment to the mission and core value of YES Prep Public Schools
• Openness to giving and receiving frequent feedback
• Able to juggle multiple tasks and initiatives at once
• Able to maintain emotional control under stress
• Able to work urgently in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment
• Creates and maintains positive working relationships on a team and/or in a highly collaborative environment
• A dedication to learn, grow, and develop as a professional

NICE TO HAVES

• Team management experience
• Vendor management experience preferred
• Bilingual Spanish

MUST HAVE BELIEFS

• Belief in and commitment to the mission and core value of YES Prep Public Schools
• Desire to disrupt systemic status quos in education
• Willingness to go above and beyond to disrupt said status quos
• Passion to develop resiliency through a relentless pursuit of jaw-dropping results
• Conviction that high expectations + high accountability = high performance and high growth