High School Operations Associate

Job Description

Job Description

JOIN US!

We are currently seeking a skillful and dedicated High School Biology Teacher to join our talented faculty. Join us in our mission of providing all students with an exceptional college-preparatory education that empowers them to lead fulfilling lives.

OUR SCHOOL AND APPROACH

Situated in the heart of central Brooklyn, Unity is a small, open-enrollment, community-based charter school that proudly serves students in grades 6-12. At Unity, we pride ourselves on delivering a personalized, inclusive, and well-rounded education, with a distinct focus on each child's long-term growth and development as both skillful learners and active members of society.

Given these qualities, Unity's most important resource is the talent and dedication of our faculty and staff. At its core, a school is only as good as the learning experience of students over the course of each day. We invest significant time and resources to ensure that we, as a team, are providing all of our students with daily learning experiences that are healthy, safe, engaging, supportive, and appropriately challenging.

OUR TEAM AND WHAT WE ARE ABOUT

As a team of mission-driven, career educators, we are tenacious in our pursuits and strong in our shared convictions:

1. We are key agents in advancing social justice.
   1. We see our work as a calling, not just a job.
   2. As public school educators, we work tenaciously to ensure that all doors are open to our students.
2. We strive each and every day to be our best for our students and each other.
   1. We take pride in perfecting our craft and putting our full heart into everything we do.
   2. We know that time is precious - we seize every learning moment for ourselves and our students.
3. We are relentless in promoting academic growth among all of our students.
   1. We measure our success through our students' consistent, accelerated yearly growth.
   2. As "warm demanders," we balance our high expectations with high support.
4. We are a team of educators who all take full responsibility to develop our students as whole-hearted human beings.
   1. We embrace the vibe of being a small, community-based, open-enrollment school.
   2. We hustle to offer a rich and bountiful education in the liberal arts and sciences along with extensive extracurricular opportunities.

Overview of Position: The Operations Associate assists with the administration of the school and the maintenance of the school facilities. The Operations Associate is part of the Operations department and reports to the Assistant Principal of Operations & Safety.

Core Responsibilities: Key responsibilities of Unity High School's Operations Associate include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serves as one of the first points of contact for greeting guests and parents by phone and in person
• Knowledgeable of events on the school calendar
• Ensures that main office and staff common spaces (teachers hub, conference room, teacher workspace) is organized, impeccably clean, well-stocked with materials, and welcoming
• Ensures that school wide events/activities are set-up and broken down afterwards as needed.
• Reviews school inventory and request more supplies
• Maintain school culture by supervising hallway traffic during transitions
• Ensure safety of students during school arrival, lunch periods and dismissal; serves as member of the building response team
• Distributes supplies, instructional materials, mail, and serves as onsite shipping/receiving.
• Copies and distributes or files administrative and instructional materials, as required
• Runs errands off school grounds
• Assists administrators, teachers, guidance personnel and/or other school-based staff with operational/facility relates tasks, as required
• Assists with all school related clerical & physical tasks
• Assists with attendance procedures via student information system (jupiter/ATS/CAASS) and internal attendance tracking systems.
• Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Principal of Operations.

Core Qualifications: An ideal candidate for this position is equipped with:

• Minimum High School Diploma or G.E.D., Associates Degree preferred;
• Demonstrably successful record of prior employment;
• Tremendous patience, strong work-ethic, and a love of children;
• Ability to remain calm in school safety and emergency situations
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds

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