Developing and maintaining school policies and procedures, identifying potential risks and addressing them accordingly
Collaborating with Director to set and implement operational strategies
Making regular visitations to classrooms to ensure alignment and maintenance of expectations, accountability, and best practices within administration, facilities, and operations
Implementing health precautions and safety processes and standards (including cleaning and food preparation) to protect children and staff and ensuring compliance with external reviews for food and physical safety
Coordinating with parents concerning transportation needs, services, times, and policies, and answering any related questions
Co-preparing the annual budget in collaboration with Director
Ensuring compliance of requirements and standards of Japanese group kindergarten system in collaboration with other Center staff
Supporting policies and procedures of group and acting as role model for those policies
Maintaining communication with outside vendors
Facilitating meetings with operations staff to discuss operations compliance, related updates, and training opportunities.
Providing input for new policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirement
Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business Administration, Management, Finance, Accounting, or Hospitality Management, or Nutrition related field
5 or more years of experience leading in related field (Operations/HR/Finance/Administrative, preferred)
2+ years of experience working in the early childhood space,
Ability to forge strong business relationships with external vendors at the community at large
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
Ability to proactively identify problems and implement solutions