KIPP Texas Public Schools is a network of 59 public charter, open-enrollment, pre-k-12 schools educating nearly 34,000 students across Austin, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Together with families and communities, our mission is to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose —college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Founded in Houston in 1994, and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018, our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in our classrooms, in our offices, and in the communities we serve is unwavering. We are looking to hire a diverse team of dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join our Team and Family and champion equity, chase excellence, persist with purpose, bring joy, and help us rise together.

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income communities.

You can see all our job opportunities at https://kipptexas.org/join-our-team/.

The Opportunity

The Manager of Talent Development Operations will support the day to day and long term operations of the KIPP Texas Talent team, increasing the team’s efficiency and effectiveness in the core charge of attracting, identifying, selecting, training and developing the talent at KIPP Texas Public Schools.

This position’s primary work location will be at either the Austin, DFW, Houston or San Antonio regional offices. 

Key Responsibilities

• Management of talent team culture and engagement initiatives, including and not limited to: employee recognition, communication, and engagement evaluation and intervention
• Lead support of development facilitation and training needs, both virtual and in person, including and not limited to: logistics support, materials management, facilitation support, communication and scheduling support.
• Manage internal talent team operations projects/events, including but not limited to: team operations manuals and subsequent trainings, lead team support, team calendar, internal team communication processes
• Management of team financial needs, including credit card management and reporting; accounts payable, procurement and purchasing needs, and oversight of key programmatic budgets
• Ensures timely and accurate submission of all required financial and compliance documents, artifacts, and reports for local, federal, or organizational procedures and deadlines
• Support of team budgeting process, including quarterly budget check-ins
• Project management of key strategic work as needed for development business needs 
• Collaboration with talent operations team

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree or work experience
• 2+ years of operations experience (KIPP experience preferred) 
• Some work-related travel may be required.

Skills

• Clear, concise, compelling communication: ability to effectively express KIPP’s mission, exceptional written communication to both internal and external audiences.
• Professionalism: Operate with professional demeanor in even the most challenging situations. Work with teammates, leaders, regional stakeholders, and hiring managers in a way that demonstrates confidence, initiative, and dedication to meeting commitments. Expresses professional presence with external stakeholders in a way that exemplifies KIPP’s values in person, verbally, in writing, on social media, and at events.
• Critical thinking: Ability to analyze data and make programmatic decisions and adjustments as needed
• Organizational ability and accuracy: excellent attention to detail in written communication, exemplary calendar management, commitment to data fidelity, and consistency in executing next steps.
• Flexibility: Operate with exemplary team spirit with eagerness to demonstrate flexibility and contribute to the overall needs of the team as they arise

Compensation and Benefits

As a full-time KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas’ benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates, including medical, dental, and vision options, life insurance, and disability plans.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or disability.