Assistant Superintendent of Business Operations
Website Memphis Shelby County Schools
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OVERVIEW
Memphis-Shelby County Schools is seeking dynamic educational champions ready to position our district as a national exemplar of education transformation. We need leaders with a fierce commitment to actualizing a bold vision that yields ambitious outcomes for more than 110,000 students and families across the Memphis-Shelby County area. The reality is that we can do better for kids, and we will with the right leaders in place. The most successful candidates believe that more is possible for Memphis and are:
Courageous Thinkers & Doers: Prepared to navigate and thrive in a complex and ambiguous environment on day one, present innovative ideas to address systemwide issues, and execute sustainable plans toward transformation.
Solutions-Oriented: See the possibilities, demonstrate the capacity to synthesize information and adjust short and long-term goals, and consistently find a window when doors close to deliver measurable results for kids and families.
High-Performing Gamechangers: Leader of leaders with the capacity to mobilize and empower an outstanding team, make people-centered data-informed decisions, and operate with a relentless hyperfocus on removing stubborn barriers that destroy the hopes and dreams of too many of our students.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
The Assistant Superintendent of Business Operations directs the strategic management of the district’s daily business operations in support of its schools. Oversees the areas of finance, custodial services, transportation, maintenance, nutrition, talent and development, and information technology. Serves as a key contributor on the Superintendent’s Senior Leadership Team to provide leadership to the district.
Essential Job Functions
- Drives multi-year operations planning and strategy: Aligns the Business Operations function with the district’s overall strategic plan. Builds long-term plans that allow the district to adapt its operational cost structure and support to include a shared services model to provide district operational services to charter schools and other agencies for a fee. Uses declining and shifting enrollment trends to inform decisions related to school boundaries and school locations.
- Maintains superior facilities and coordinates capital planning: Creates a transparent process by which capital needs are evaluated and prioritized within the county funding levels. Researches and recommends property acquisitions/leases for proposed new school sites or, and sales/rentals of vacated properties. Ensures that all physical facilities meet high standards of design, fit and construction. Prepares annual capital budgets and monitor capital expenditures. Oversees all new construction projects, including technical review of architectural plans.
- Enforces accountability and quality control measures. Develops policies and procedures to govern the district’s operations functions. Sets and enforces financial metrics and targets for Operations Division. Ensures that the district and schools follow all relevant government regulations and that records are maintained appropriately. Ensures that buildings remain up to code.
- Performs additional related responsibilities as required or directed.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from and accredited college or university with a master’s degree in public administration, business administration, management or a closely related field plus a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in a top operations position in a corporate or public sector environment, overseeing functions such as facilities management, operations or equivalent is preferred. Public education experience preferred. Doctorate degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Management, or closely related field preferred.
Additional Job Details
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
Thank you for your interest in serving as Assistant Superintendent of Business Operations to contribute to enhancing the LEGACY of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Please review the information provided to ensure full consideration.
Deadline for Submission – All materials are due on or by 5pm Friday, April 26, 2024.
Interviews – Interviews will begin immediately and occur until the position is filled.
Application Requirements:
Submit an updated resume, current writing sample, and video responses to legacyleader@scsk12.org with the title of the position in the subject.
-Record -In a quiet setting, candidates should record a response to the prompts below within the specified timeframe.
-Prompt (60 seconds)- Introduce yourself. Why this role, this district, right now? In your response, include how you will elevate the District’s excellence in this role. Please be succinct and specific.
-Prompt (90 seconds)- What experience do you have that demonstrates your capacity to effectively oversee and strengthen the excellence of the District’s nutrition, facilities, real estate, and talent departments. Please be succinct and specific.
-Save all files using the naming convention: [Last Name.First Name.Title of Position Seeking.Resume (or WritingSample)].
-Submissions exceeding the time listed or without the correct naming convention will not be reviewed.
