KIPP
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a non-profit network of 255 college-preparatory, public charter schools educating early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students. You can learn more at www.kipp.org.

KIPP PUBLIC SCHOOLS JACKSONVILLE
KIPP Public Schools Jacksonville is part of the KIPP national network. Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepares 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 just world.

In the 2020-21 school year, the KIPP Jacksonville region is comprised of three schools educating 1,600 students, kindergarten through eighth grade, in the North and Westsides of Jacksonville, Florida:

·        KIPP Impact Academy: 5th – 8th grade

·        KIPP VOICE Academy: Kindergarten – 4th grade

·        KIPP Bessie Coleman Academy: Kindergarten – 6th grade

To support these schools, we employ over 150 full-time staff members. We seek educators and colleagues that represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. To learn more about what it is like to work and teach at KIPP Public Schools Jacksonville, please visit www.kippjax.org/teach. To see all openings, visit our Regional Job Board.

Duties:
 
General Office Duties

• Assist Front Office Coordinators with maintaining a neat, organized, clean, professional, and welcoming environment for visitors
• Carry out general administrative duties; answer phones, update transportation changes, check in tardy students, assist parents with early check-outs, and greet and sign in all visitors
• Make photocopies, assist with faxes, and assist parents/guardians when they visit the school
• Provide front desk coverage for lunch breaks, high visitor times, and days Front Office Coordinators are out of the office
• Coordinate ordering office and printer supplies. Coordinate service of copiers and printers as needed.

Attendance

• Accurately manage daily attendance; updating systems with tardy and early check-out information and excuse notes
• Make personalized calls to families when students are absent and updating student systems with information
• Collaborate with school counselors and Dean of School Operations on excessive absence interventions

Student Records

• Cumulative student records—update and maintain records for students; store records and ensure confidentiality. Check and respond to any records requests for transfer students.
• All paperwork (i.e. excuse notes, report cards) filed in student folders

Enrollment

• Assist Dean of School Operations with new student enrollment and registration, both in person and by phone and e-mail
• Assist Student Information Manager with updating all systems for new student enrollment

Supplies/Upkeep

• Ensure that systems are in place to provide staff with necessary supplies- both individual orders for teachers and common supplies like paper for printers and coffee in workrooms
• Create system of inventorying supplies available and placing school based supplies orders, as needed
• Ensure that printers are working and stocked throughout the school
• Create system for delivering packages and/or notifying staff when packages have arrived
• Create system for school based lost and found

Health and Safety

• Attend first aid and CPR training and respond as needed
• Maintains security by following procedures; monitors visitor management system
• Provide students with daily medication as needed

School Operations

• Support the Dean of School Operations with planning and execution of all on-campus events and field trip including but not limited to parent meetings, concerts, special events, and field lessons. Some of these events may occur outside of school hours.
• Support the Dean of School Operations by completing off campus errands, as needed

• Improve and implement systems that contribute and drive school operations toward operational excellence. Maintain continuous communication with internal and external stakeholders, keeping Dean of School Operations informed and updated on all aspects of school operations; lead, plan, and execute short-term school-based projects.
• Other additional tasks assigned by the school leader and/or Dean of School Operations to ensure operations efficiency.

Compensation and Benefits
Our compensation is very competitive and is commensurate with experience. 

• Free, individual health benefits (including medical, dental, and vision)
• Free, individual short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 403(b) retirement program with a company match

Requirements of the position include:

• Associate's degree
• High level of comfort with Microsoft Office and Google Docs
• High level of comfort with sitting at the front desk using office equipment, computers, entering data, answering phone calls, and greeting visitors for an extended period of time. Comfortable with walking up and down stairs and through school hallways
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial environment; flexible, willing to learn and take on new responsibilities
• Professional, friendly, and adaptable personality; team player who is open to feedback
• Ability to tackle multiple projects and initiatives at once with a strong sense of prioritization
• KIPP Jacksonville Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values—high expectations, a growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established educators who embody them.

Highly Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in education
• 1 to 3 years in a classroom or a school setting (paraprofessional, substitute, front office, etc.) or 1 to 3 years of relevant work experience in a front office position (secretary, office coordinator and/or manager)

APPLY
Please complete an application and upload a resume via our job board. No applicants will be considered that submit resumes through other job postings.  Link to job board: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/KIPP/jacksonville

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about positions at KIPP Public Schools Jacksonville, please email Emma at [email protected]. Please understand that resumes and/or cover letters are not accepted via email and you will be redirected to apply via the website.

KIPP Public Schools Jacksonville is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. KIPP Public Schools Jacksonville does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, handicap, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin.