Public Affairs Specialist

Public Affairs Specialist

Green Dot Public Schools California seeks a Public Affairs Specialist to play a critical role in maintaining compliance and advocating for our school sites across Los Angeles County. This position reports to the Director of Public Affairs & Compliance.

• In collaboration with Green Dot Public Schools Central Office as part of the Public Affairs & Compliance (PAC) Team, ensure schools are in full compliance with local, state, and federal requirements and support completion of documents as needed.
• Collect, clean, review, and maintain data sets for school guiding questions, benchmark reporting, public presentations, and charter renewals for all school sites.
• Lead data analysis and original drafting of school memos for oversight visits and school renewal monitoring, including the compilation of materials, development of responses to renewal guides, data analysis, and pre‑oversight visit school site audits.
• Support in the preparation and organization of charter renewal process for each school site, including compiling data analysis, drafting school‑specific talking points, creating data tracking sheets and memos, contributing to presentations, and managing work streams as assigned.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics, the organization’s Central Office Team, and School Leadership to create compelling Data Stories and updates to the School Data Packet.
• Develop, collaborate on, compile, and lead the development of the Local Control & Accountability Plan, including plan goals, measures, narrative drafting, governance presentations, financial reporting, and annual updates.
• Lead various state and federal reporting projects, including but not limited to Comprehensive Support & Improvement Plans, School Plans for Student Achievement, etc., as well as collecting and submitting local indicators annually, presentations, informational collateral, and long‑form responses for each school.
• Support the development, preparation, and document collection of applications for district facilities, including applications, letters of support, Average Daily Attendance (ADA) figures, application and lottery forms, and operations‑based information.
• Access, collect, and prepare data reports for internal and external review based on public and system‑wide sources, such as the California School Dashboard, CDE Data Quest, the School Data Packet, Tableau, and other platforms as identified, for charter renewals.
• Collaborate with Finance & Accounting on district, state, and federal reporting for non‑competitive grants, including narrative drafting, plan development, and general reporting.
• Create central trackers, project plans, project folders, GANTT charts, workstream timelines, and team planning documents as required for the Public Affairs & Compliance Team.
• Serve as a liaison with the California Department of Education and monitor schools’ state inboxes to ensure updates are distributed and deadlines are met.
• Attend, take notes on, and implement new reporting requirements from district, state, and federal agencies on data reporting, including developing original processes, drafting memos to leadership and school sites, training applicable personnel, and creating templates for reporting.
• Respond to ad‑hoc requests from authorize rs related to student performance, demographic data, student growth percentile, and other data‑based requirements.
• Assist with the completion of the annual School Accountability Report Card (SARC).
• Ensure internal and external records are up to date and maintained in compliance with state and federal law.
• Attend internal and external professional development sessions and distribute training materials to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Draft and assist with the distribution of Parent Notification Letters for school sites.
• Perform other duties as identified in order to meet team goals.

• Have a bachelor’s degree from a university.
• Have a minimum of 5 years of work experience (required).
• Have applicable/transferable experience: private sector roles in public sector policy roles; campaign aides/strategists; government experience.
• Have excellent project management and…