Interim Chief Executive Officer

Reports to:

RePublic Charter Management Board of Directors

Anticipated

Start Date:

January 1, 2027

Anticipated Term: 8–18 months

Salary Range: $210,000- $250,000 dependent on experience

RePublic Schools is seeking an Interim Chief Executive Officer to lead the organization through an important period of transition. The Interim CEO will be responsible for maintaining organizational stability, supporting strong academic and operational performance, leading and developing the senior leadership team, and ensuring that RePublic’s schools remain focused on serving scholars, families, and staff.

This is a time-bound leadership role with a distinct mandate. Rather than establishing a new long-term strategic direction for the organization, the Interim CEO will ensure strong execution of current priorities while partnering closely with the Boards of Directors as they review RePublic’s operating structure to understand how best to support its schools and students going forward.

The Interim CEO must be both a steady organizational leader and an effective transition leader: someone who can make necessary decisions, create clarity during uncertainty, build trust across multiple constituencies, and ensure that the organization is positioned for a successful transition to its next phase of leadership.

The Interim CEO should be based in Jackson, Mississippi, or Nashville, Tennessee, with the expectation that they spend approximately 50% of their time in each region regardless of their primary location.

• Serve as the organization’s chief executive and provide clear, consistent leadership during the transition period.
• Establish clear decision‑making structures, roles, and expectations so staff understand how the organization will operate during the interim period.
• Manage systems change as directed by the board of directors aligned with the strategic plan.
• Identify issues requiring immediate executive action and distinguish them from longer‑term strategic decisions that should be made in partnership with the Boards or reserved for RePublic’s future leadership.
• Maintain organizational momentum while avoiding unnecessary disruption or major long‑term commitments that could constrain RePublic’s future direction.

• Ensure continued focus on academic achievement, scholar belonging, enrollment and retention, staff retention, and financial health.
• Strengthen the conditions for sustainable enrollment by connecting academic performance, family experience, community confidence, and enrollment planning.
• Work closely with academic and school leaders to ensure schools receive the support, resources, and executive attention necessary to serve scholars effectively.
• Monitor organizational performance and intervene when key academic, operational, talent, enrollment, or financial indicators fall off track.
• Partner with academic leaders to protect instructional priorities, strengthen academic outcomes, and ensure school performance remains central to executive decisions.
• Maintain high expectations while recognizing the additional demands that organizational transition can place on staff and school communities.

• Lead, coach, and support RePublic’s senior leadership team, ensuring leaders have clear priorities, decision‑making authority, accountability, and resources.
• Build cohesion and trust among senior leaders and facilitate effective collaboration across functions and geographies.
• Establish consistent Chiefs Team routines, shared goals, decision rights, and performance expectations so senior leaders operate as one cohesive team.
• Retain and develop high‑performing staff and…