Site Program Manager - Level 1

Site Program Manager

The Site Program Manager (SPM) is the on-site leader of a Think Together educational program conducted on a partner-school campus. The SPM oversees all aspects of the state-wide recognized after school program ensuring it meets educational and recreational requirements, operates safely and efficiently, and functions in accordance with policies and operational procedures. The SPM is responsible for student safety and site operations. Must ensure program quality to provide a positive student experience. Responsible to foster positive partner relationships through effective communication both internally and externally while aligning with school day to uphold program satisfaction. The SPM is responsible for meeting and maintaining the Average Daily Attendance (ADA) the site is funded/contracted for. This role requires an individual who can manage multiple components and funding streams and be available at varying times including, but not limited to, before school, after school, non-instructional days, and weekends.

The SPM supervises all Think Together Program staff and volunteers who work on site, ensures all administrative and documentation requirements are met, and is the primary contact and liaison between Think Together and students, parents, school administration, donors, visitors, and other collaborators. The SPM ensures compliance with all the terms of the agreement between Think Together and the school district and manages adherence to program requirements established by the program model and any funding stipulations. The SPM position has two (2) job level roles as noted in the matrix below. The role qualifiers are differentiator attributes that guide job level titles per SPM and are general, not finite. (For example, numbers below are approximate, not explicit). Level 1 may perform role at dual sites.

Essential duties and responsibilities include managing successful day-to-day site operations and program activities, ensuring that all program activities operate consistently and ethically within the mission and values of Think Together, monitoring and assessing the success of the Think Together program, implementing all Think Together Program Design and other program expectations, effectively training and supervising the site team on academic and enrichment instructional practices, demonstrating a positive work environment and team ethic, ensuring a safe and healthy environment for students and staff daily, interviewing, recommending, supervising, training, disciplining, and terminating Think Together site staff, ensuring sustainability of all funding sources by complying with mandatory goals set forth by funding source, maintaining accurate, complete, and timely records of all student enrollment data, maintaining accurate program records and following operational reporting procedures, managing site level budgets, maintaining and ensuring the accurate approval of all timecards for their direct reports, implementing other human resource policies and procedures, attending SPM meetings in-person and/or virtually, and other meetings and training, as requested, implementing other plans or requirements related to the Program quality, customer experience and business needs, and managing and meeting all deadlines established and as assigned.

Preferred skills and qualifications include striving for self-improvement that includes knowledge and skill development, ability to speak and write Standard English appropriate in a public-school setting, excellent communication, time management and organizational skills, comfortable with public speaking and providing direction, strong time management skills, ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists, ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form, and performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and requirements include education and experience related to position, with increasing responsibility, which may include but not be limited to: 1- 2+ years of experience working in education/youth programs, at least 1+ year in a supervisory or leadership position is required and 2+ years highly preferred, completion of Think Together Build the Bench Program for SPM preferred, previous classroom experience required, strong ability to communicate with students, parents, school staff and faculty both verbally and in writing, excellent program management skills, including demonstrated record of completing tasks on time and within budget, bilingual / bi-cultural (Spanish) may apply in some districts, CPR/First Aid certified or ability to obtain within first 60 days of hire, satisfactory TB skin test, passing background check (DOJ & FBI).