Director of Operations

Kwenda Collegiate Girls is a public, tuition-free K-8 girls' school that reimagines public education with girls at the center. Our school was born out of two values—love and liberation for BIPOC girls and young women.

We believe our students deserve safe spaces of affirmation, rigor, and healing that raise them up to become autonomous decision-makers in their own lives.

Kwenda opened its doors in Brooklyn in Fall 2026 serving kindergarten and first grade and will grow one grade at a time.

Kwenda Collegiate Girls is a public, tuition-free K-8 girls' school that reimagines public education with girls at the center. Our school was born out of two values—love and liberation for BIPOC girls and young women.

We believe our students deserve safe spaces of affirmation, rigor, and healing that raise them up to become autonomous decision-makers in their own lives.

Kwenda opened its doors in Brooklyn in Fall 2026 serving kindergarten and first grade and will grow one grade at a time.

Kwenda Collegiate Girls is seeking an experienced Director of Operations (DOO) to lead the non-instructional operations of our growing school. The DOO is responsible for ensuring that the systems, people, vendors, routines, and infrastructure that support our school operate effectively and consistently every day. As a member of the leadership team, the DOO works closely with the Executive Director and instructional leadership to create an environment where educators can focus on teaching, students can focus on learning, and families experience a school that is safe, responsive, organized, and well run.

As a young and growing school, we need someone who can build what does not yet exist, manage it once it does, and step in when necessary to ensure the work gets done.

• The DOO owns Kwenda's student recruitment strategy and is accountable for maintaining targeted enrollment throughout the school year.
• Develop and execute a year-round student recruitment and marketing strategy across community outreach, events, partnerships, digital marketing, social media, and other channels to drive inquiries, applications, enrollment, and retention.
• Lead recruitment efforts across community outreach, events, partnerships, digital marketing, social media, and other channels that build Kwenda's visibility and attract prospective families.
• Build relationships with community organizations, childcare providers, and other local partners that can strengthen Kwenda's recruitment pipeline.
• Regularly report enrollment progress, trends, and risks to the Executive Director and recommend actions needed to maintain enrollment targets.

• Oversee enrollment, registration, student records, transportation, food service, and student information systems.
• Ensure student records and required documentation are complete, accurate, and secure.
• Build responsive systems for addressing family operational questions and concerns.
• Develop systems and routines that support a strong family experience from enrollment through the student's time at Kwenda.

• Lead, coach, and develop the school-based operations team.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, goals, and accountability for results.
• Develop standard operating procedures, cross-training, and backup coverage for critical functions.
• Serve as the Executive Director's primary partner on school operations.
• Identify operational risks early, bring solutions to leadership, and use data to continuously improve systems.
• Build operational infrastructure that can scale as Kwenda grows.

• Own the daily operational readiness of the school, including arrival, dismissal, attendance,…