Executive Assistant

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas—founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018,we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school", the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

The Executive Assistant advances organizational priorities by providing executive support, serving as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, and acts as a vital liaison for the Executive Leadership Team. The Executive Assistant also works closely with the Office Manager and Executive Assistants across teams to oversee special projects and ensure smooth operations of daily organizational activities. This role will ultimately require comprehensive knowledge of KIPP Texas Public Schools including our annual initiatives, strategic plan, and core values.

• Manage an active calendar of appointments, arranging complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; putting together a weekly plan for the Cheif of Staff with all necessary information; and compiling documents for meetings, and completing expense reports and tracks and submitting critical compliance reports.
• Optimize and manage the Chief of Staff’s availability while ensuring smooth communication with internal departments, demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust and support with senior management staff.
• Work closely and effectively with the Chief of Staff to keep him/her well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Serves as an organizational liaison, maintaining awareness of the internal climate and providing timely updates to the CoS.
• Plan Chief of Staff ’s work time effectively so that they are able to complete all necessary tasks on time, answer emails and phone calls within 48 hours, and spends the majority of his/her time advancing the strategy of the organization.
• Manage communication on behalf of Chief of Staff including; composing and preparing correspondence, including confidential matters; communicate directly with families of KIPP TX students, board members, external stakeholders, staff, and others, on matters related to Chief of Staff’s programmatic initiatives, meetings, crisis, and any other work.
• Provide support with finance operations for multiple budgets, including tracking invoices, approvals and signatures.
• Anticipate, research, prioritize and follow up on incoming issues and concerns addressed to the Cheif of Staff by KIPP families, staff, and external parties, including those of a sensitive or confidential nature. Determines…