Operations Assistant

Operations Assistant

Purpose Preparatory Academy Charter School is an academically challenging, disciplined, and joyful elementary school in Nashville, TN. Through rigorous curriculum, high-quality instruction, and positive character development, Purpose Preparatory Academy ensures that all Kindergarten through grade four students achieve the academic skills, knowledge, and ethical foundation to be set on the path to college.

In order to achieve our mission, Purpose Prep operates in a fiscally sound, organized, and efficient manner to ensure accountability and to protect every instructional minute. The Operations Assistant plays an important role in providing support to the many systems and procedures that have been put in place at Purpose Prep. The role of the Operations Assistant is critical to ensuring that no instructional time is lost in the school.

Qualifications

Purpose Prep has launched an urgent search for an intelligent, organized, and hard-working Operations Assistant. We will consider candidates who:

• Embody Purpose Prep's mission, vision, and RISE with Purpose values (Purpose, Respect, Integrity, Self-Determination, Excellence)
• Believe that there is not a more urgent task than providing an outstanding academic and character education to students from urban backgrounds
• Extremely hard working
• Work well within a team of high-performers
• Able to work in an extremely fast paced environment
• Looks for opportunities to improve a process or procedure
• Goal-driven, analytical problem solvers, and embody a can-do spirit and strong work ethic
• Promote continuous improvement by being open to feedback; are self-reflective and humble
• Communicates in a thoughtful, calm, knowledgeable, and professional manner
• Willingness to actively participate in school community activities

Responsibilities

Nutrition

• Responsible for the daily set-up and distribution of all student meals including breakfast & lunch distribution
• Assists with daily meal delivery and product organization
• Assists teachers with distributing and collecting of school data for student meal trackers on DeansList

Daily School Operations/Facility Maintenance

• Monitors Slack messaging system to provide support needed throughout school
• Assists with any school spills or accidents when the day porter is occupied with other cleanups
• Assists with scholar injury/illness if nurse is not onsite
• Executes daily student meal service: breakfast & lunch
• Serve as bus monitor
• Supports with arrival and dismissal of students when not monitoring the bus
• Support curriculum distribution
• Support with technology set up and troubleshooting (all printers and staff machines)
• Support with printing Clever badges for scholars as needed
• Ability to comfortably lift 25 – 50 pounds
• Change ceiling tiles and fluorescent lights throughout the facility as needed
• Participate in at least one community event and one family fun day each school year
• Supports Head of School, Operations Manager, Operations Supervisor and other staff members in operational duties
• Completes other responsibilities as requested by the Head of School, Operations Manager & Operations Supervisor
• Collaborate with Operations Manager/Supervisor and Director of Public Engagement & Strategic Affairs to coordinate implementation of COVID-19 policies, procedures, and decisions
• Help support schoolwide COVID-19 strategy implementation; involves management of inventory supply, on site nurse, data gathering, etc.
• COVID-19 testing - identifying testing vendors, coordinating test bulk orders, manages staff and student testing, proper test disposal, test results recording, testing communication (Slack)
• Universal masking policy review and input

School Inventory Support

• Inventory supply needs weekly on Monday.com
• Support Operations Supervisor with supply ordering and inventory needs
• Support with distribution of testing materials

Professionalism

• Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues
• Collaborate with other staff members and actively participate in training, professional development and learning activities
• Work to continuously improve effectiveness in all instructional practices
• Use feedback to make productive changes in performance
• Complete all administrative requirements by given deadlines

Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation package with comprehensive health benefits and top tier retirement package.