Chief Partnerships Officer

Chief Partnerships Officer (2026-27)
Oakland Unified School District Chief of Operations - Oakland, California Open in Google Maps Job Details

Job : 5919978

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Sep 09, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

DEFAULT

Chief Partnerships

Officer

REPORTS TO:

Superintendent

DEPARTMENT:

Chief of Staff or Superintendent’s Office

CLASSIFICATION:

Classified Management

Confidential

FLSA:

Exempt

WORK YEAR/HOURS

261 days/7.5 days

ISSUED:

Created:
June 2007

Revised:
July 2023

SALARY GRADE:

__EXEC 15

BASIC FUNCTION:
Act as strategic intermediary between the external foundations and philanthropic donors and the District ensuring the accountability requirements (federal, state, district) and alignment to community-based demand for good schools in order to develop the standards, culture and practices for the use funds to improve student achievement among primary stakeholders (families and students), and workplace conditions for the school sites and central leaders.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: (Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to accurately reflect the principal job elements).

E = Essential Functions

• Design district strategy for school choice and for measuring and acting on the demand for new schools.
• Develop and maintain ‘portfolio’ of school options that meets the needs of students, families and communities.
• Develop strategy for engaging the community in an annual review of school options and gathering feedback and ideas for new schools.
• Develop high level criteria, standards and processes for school openings, closings, other interventions based on community demand and/or external accountability requirements.
• Design school choice lottery/assignment criteria and monitor equity of placement and access.
• Engage the public in annual review of school performance at the school and district levels.
• Request, review regularly and evaluate school performance data (statistical and trends) at all levels.
• Determine how parents, students, and community members participate and/or engage with short- and long-term interventions for underperforming schools.
• Communicate results and potential interventions to community and Board.
• Build culture of two way accountability for school performance.
• Design community engagement strategy regarding school accountability.
• Educate parents regarding school choice, zoning, and assignments.
• Dialogue with community regarding school performance and interventions: communicate results; listen to community feedback; and establish and communicate rights and responsibilities of all stakeholders.
• Develop trust-based relationships with key community constituents to gain acceptance and eventual ownership of school performance.
• Engage disenfranchised communities in holding schools accountable.
• Develop the blueprint for student, family and community participation at school and at the district levels.
• Establish opportunities for student, family and community leadership at all levels to capture the energy and industry of all stakeholders.
• Set standards and practices to train and develop school site councils.
• Create a vision and strategic plan for how to create greater shared ownership of schools.
• Establish mutually accountable relationships with civic and business partners to leverage resources and share responsibility for student achievement.
• Encourage and broker partnerships between schools, nonprofits and/or businesses.
• Seek opportunities for joint use agreements and shared facilities, especially with regards to city resources.
• Develop and design systems to…