Associate Director, Operations Support

Job Posting Title Associate Director, Operations Support Employee Type Regular Recruiting Start Date 11-01-2025 Job Exempt? Yes Recruiting End Date Open Until Filled

Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana! Kamehameha Schools, Hawaiʻi Campus is currently looking for an Associate Director of Operations Support. This role is instrumental in ensuring a safe, efficient, and well-maintained campus environment that supports the success of our haumana, faculty, staff, and broader school community.

The Associate Director supports our Director of Operations by providing day-to-day leadership and strategic oversight across Facilities, Grounds & Custodial Services, Security, Transportation, Emergency Preparedness, and Operational Standards of Care. In partnership with department managers and campus leadership, this position helps shape operational strategy, strengthen organizational effectiveness, ensure sound fiscal stewardship, and foster a culture of service, accountability, engagement, and excellence.

A key focus of this role is developing leaders, strengthening manager effectiveness, and promoting a positive work environment where team members feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work.

We are seeking a leader who:

• Leads with integrity, humility, and accountability.
• Builds trust, develops strong teams, and creates a culture of ownership and accountability.
• Demonstrates strong fiscal responsibility and thoughtful stewardship of resources.
• Invests in the coaching, training, and professional development of managers and emerging leaders.
• Actively promotes team member engagement, morale, recognition, and retention.
• Thrives in complex operational environments.
• Balances strategic thinking with practical execution.
• Values and encourages collaboration, continuous improvement, and service to others.
• Can navigate change while maintaining strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.

Ideally, someone with:

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in operations (facilities, security, transportation) within public works, education, hospitality, military, government, or related environments.
• Experience leading multiple departments, functions, or work groups.
• Demonstrated success in budget stewardship, fiscal management, compliance oversight, program development, and organizational improvement initiatives.
• Proven experience leading & developing managers and supervisors, including performance management, leadership development, succession planning, and team effectiveness initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of leadership principles, human resources practices, employee engagement strategies, and operational management systems.

The Associate Director is a key member of the Operations Support leadership team, and as such, must possess the judgment, interpersonal skills, expertise, and accountability to lead the division in the absence of the Director. Identifies, develops, analyzes, and implements new programs and initiatives that improve safety, increase service quality and reliability, and maximize overall value for KS.

Leads multiple work groups to execute daily services for transportation, facilities maintenance and repair, custodial services, grounds keeping, recreational facilities, dining, and a wide range of other service offerings that meet and exceed client expectations, streamlines business processes, and reduces costs or increases overall value.

Utilizes best practices management skills and models valued behaviors to motivate and guide the entire Operations Support workforce, manage individual and team performance, and resolve conflicts when they arise.

Prepares, recommends and manages annual budgets, authorizes expenditures, explains variances and oversees the daily operations of the departments.

Ensures compliance with all county, state and federal occupational safety, health and environmental laws, regulations and guidelines as well as with KS environmental, health and safety policies and procedures.

Meets with a wide variety of campus community constituents to gather input and feedback, outline new initiatives, address complaints and concerns, and represent KS in the best light.

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