Campus President - North American Trade Schools

About the role

The Campus President is accountable for the performance, integrity, and culture of our Baltimore campus, a community of roughly 450 students. This is a site‑leadership role: you own the campus's results end to end, with Admissions, Education, Financial Aid, Career Services, and campus operations reporting to you (5–7 direct reports and approximately 50 staff in total). We want a leader who’s motivated by helping students achieve better career outcomes and has the operational rigor to run a campus well.

If you've led a charter school or any education organization where you’ve built a culture of excellence, this is your chance to bring that playbook somewhere it can have outsized impact.

For over 50 years, North American Trade Schools (NATS) has trained diesel mechanics, electricians, welders, HVAC technicians, building construction technicians, and CDL drivers. Following a recent change of ownership, NATS is building a leadership campus leadership team that’s ready to rethink the traditional trade school model and build a Trade School 2.0 that ruthlessly prioritizes student outcomes. We measure our success by one simple metric: whether the people we train finish their programs and get good jobs that pay meaningfully more than they made before coming here.

The Campus President makes that vision come to life by building a strong, mission‑driven team, holding a high standard, and running the campus operations with discipline and integrity.

• Campus culture and mission. Build a mission-driven culture that puts students first. Hold the team to a high standard and build pride in their work.
• Overall campus performance and integrity. You are accountable for the financial and operational results of the campus, including diagnosing, escalating, and resolving issues.
• A high-performing team. Build, develop, and retain a strong team across Admissions, Education, Financial Aid, Career Services, and operations. Give direct reports clarity on what "great" looks like in their role, why their work matters to student outcomes, and how performance is measured.
• Enrollment, academic, and placement results. Meet or exceed the approved campus budget for student starts, retention, completion, and placement each year.
• Full P & L ownership. You own the campus P & L. Meet or exceed budget for revenue and net profit, manage spend to budget across every department, and run the campus with the financial discipline of an operator who owns the bottom line.
• Employer and community relationships. Build and steward the relationships with employers and community organizations that turn into jobs for our graduates. You are the campus's leading ambassador.
• Student experience. Deliver an experience strong enough that students would recommend the school to others.
• Compliance and integrity. Maintain ACCSC accreditation in good standing and full Title IV and state regulatory compliance, with uncompromising data integrity across enrollment, attendance, completion, and placement.

• Achieves or exceeds the agreed-upon campus budget for starts, retention, completion, and placement each year.
• Achieves or exceeds the approved campus budget for revenue and net profit each year.
• Student satisfaction of 80%+ (percentage of students who would recommend).
• Employee satisfaction of 80%+ (percentage of team members who would recommend).
• Maintains compliance with ACCSC accreditation, Title IV, and state regulatory requirements.

• Ownership mentality. You run the campus like it's your own, taking full responsibility for outcomes and decisions.
• Passion for student success. Motivated by seeing students succeed and approaches a leadership role in an…