The Chief Operations Officer is responsible for ensuring safe, secure and well-maintained buildings; ensuring students receive healthy and nutritious meals, and providing safe and reliable transportation to and from school. The Chief Operations Officer has oversight of and supervises the following departments: Facilities/Grounds, Food Service, Procurement/Warehouse, Transportation, and Technology. The Chief Operations Officer is a member of the Superintendent’s Senior Leadership Team and Cabinet.
Note: Applications received by April 22, 2024 will be given full consideration, although applications can be submitted until the position is filled.
Follows the Core Values of the Green Bay Area Public School District as driver of our words and actions.
- Excellence: Students and educators analyze, pursue learning, research, think creatively and work independently and/or collaboratively while applying their knowledge, abilities and skills with depth and critical thinking to both familiar and unfamiliar situations.
- Engagement: Active and enthusiastic involvement in and out of the classroom
- Equity: Systems and procedures we use to place students into nurturing and rigorous settings where students’ cultural approaches are honored and students are empowered to fully use their capacities. Equity enhances the quality and accessibility of opportunities
- Integrity: Demonstrating fairness in judgment and action
- Responsibility: Fulfilling obligations in a dependable manner and accepting consequences
Promotes efforts on diversity, establishes best practices and utilizes skills to remove barriers for students of diverse backgrounds.
Creates a favorable professional impact on students, parents, community, and other employees.
Maintains confidentiality in verbal, written, and electronic communication.
Refers confidential information to the appropriate person.
Follows safe practices and adheres to safety standards.
Supervises and evaluates the leadership for the following departments: Food Service, Facilities/Grounds, Procurement/Warehouse, Transportation, and Technology. Takes corrective measures as needed.
Selects, orients, develops and counsels staff.
Works in consultation with District Department leaders to administer cost effective services, responsive to student and staff needs.
Supervises the District's property and casualty insurance program.
Interprets state and federal regulations and District policy.
Responds to stakeholder and community concerns related to: Food Service, Facilities/Grounds, Procurement, Insurance, Transportation, and Technology.
Supervises the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of all school facilities, properties, and equipment.
Ensures that departments are aware of emerging developments, changes in the laws, etc. through participation in workshops, conferences and reading materials.
Provides recommendations to the Board of Education regarding matters related to facilities including but not limited to: educational space leases, short and long term facility planning and space utilization, property and liability insurance, child nutrition, technology, and student transportation.
Coordinates Facilities Master Planning activities.
Develops and administers budgets.
Establishes standards and ensures excellence in customer service.
Develops and maintains an ongoing list of all building projects and ensures project alignment to the strategic plan initiatives that support student achievement.
Provides oversight of the implementation of District policies and procedures related to areas of responsibility.
Provides oversight for the District’s referendum projects.
Accurately completes and files necessary reports for local, state and federal agencies.
Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications Required:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Experience: Five (5) years successful experience leading at a senior level; demonstrated track record of successful project and administrative management in one or more of the following areas: facilities, food service, insurance, procurement, technology, finance, or transportation.
Knowledge/Skills: Thorough knowledge of principles of supervision, organization and administration
Ability to exercise considerable tact and courtesy in interactions;
Ability to plan, develop and implement effective programs and systems;
Ability to express ideas orally and in writing and make oral presentations in front of large groups;
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders as necessitated by the work.
Qualifications Desired:
Education: Master’s Degree
Certification: Wisconsin School Business Administrator (5008)
Reports to: Superintendent of Schools and Learning
Terms of Employment: 12-month position with salary and benefits determined by the Board of Education; follows the Green Bay Public School District Employee Handbook
Supervises:
Director of Facilities and Related Services
Director of Food Services
Director of Procurement
Executive Director of Technology
Director of Transportation
Clerical Staff
Working Conditions:
Work involves disruptions of daily schedule.
Work involves frequent deadlines under pressure.
Work requires flexibility in adjusting to continuously changing situations.
Work entails a flexible daily schedule.
Work involves high level of decision making and the ability to keep information confidential.
Work involves travel in and outside the district.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work required by the person hired for this position. It is not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of all the responsibilities, duties, and skills. As the nature of business demands change, so too may the responsibilities, duties, and skills of this position.