Assistant Director - Operations

About the Organization

At Career Prep schools we make a generational change by caring enough about each student to give them a personal, career-focused graduation plan and then helping them every step of the way to achieve their dreams. We have life-changing goals. We need incredibly dedicated and passionate people throughout Ohio to help us reach them.

Career Prep schools provides high school students with an alternative education option designed to help every student succeed. Career Prep schools are designed with every type of learner in mind, regardless of the academic or career goals they have. We provide students with a flexible schedule and the personalized supports they need.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

• A disciplined, highly organized administrator who thrives on execution, creating structured clarity out of moving parts, and ensuring that a school building runs with precision.
• A mission-driven leader who possesses a rare balance of being tough, direct, and uncompromising on standards, while remaining profoundly nurturing and dedicated to the success of high school students rewriting their futures.
• An autonomous problem-solver who takes complete ownership of outcomes.
• A driven, creative recruiter, who can take a leading role in growing enrollment through proactive community outreach.
• A fast, highly adaptable learner with advanced tech fluency, capable of mastering new software platforms, data systems, and compliance frameworks within days.
• An energetic teammate who seamlessly balances high-level financial stewardship and system management with the boots-on-the-ground reality of leading school safety, security, and building culture.

Our mission is to empower others to achieve their full potential. That includes our students, our partners, and you. We are a network of dropout prevention and recovery charter schools in Ohio committed to helping our students build a life of meaning and impact. Regardless of a student's background or past, we strive to give them the tools, resources, and vision needed to become the best version of themselves.

We believe that when young people gain real-world skills, confidence, and purpose, they can create the futures they desire.

Our schools blend academics, career readiness, and wraparound services that meet the needs of the whole student. We are in constant pursuit of not only serving students in the best way possible but also becoming a pillar in the communities we serve.

Everything we do in our organization is guided by our mission. Our culture is a natural outgrowth of our amazing people, whose lives and work are defined by our governing values of growth, excellence, integrity, service, and teamwork.

• Take a leading role in the implementation, monitoring, and daily maintenance of the school's operational standards of excellence (Ship Shape).
• Manage building safety, security protocols, and crisis prevention plans to ensure a safe, welcoming environment for students and staff.
• Oversee facilities maintenance requests, vendor relationships, and logistical coordination to ensure peak building performance.

• Partner with school leadership to implement school-wide student discipline policies and PBIS frameworks fairly and consistently as part of the school's Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
• Foster a high-performance building culture by actively contributing to student events, graduation planning, and mentoring initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with Fusion school support teams to align campus-level operational execution with network-wide strategic goals.

• Drive building-level student recruitment, intake logistics, and student onboarding/offboarding processes to stabilize and grow the student enrollment.
• Monitor daily student attendance tracking, enrollment pipelines, and lead response times, ensuring all administrative databases are updated in real-time.
• Execute logistics for state-mandated compliance, including scheduling, and resource allocation.

• Manage the building-level operational budget, processing purchase requests, travel tracking, and resource allocation with high fiscal responsibility.
• Administer daily lunch programs, front-desk workflows, and general office logistics to guarantee frictionless day-to-day operations.

• 3+ years of progressive operational management experience, preferably within an education management organization, charter school network, or high-velocity public sector environment.
• Demonstrated mastery of financial tracking, data management systems, and…