Campus Operations Manager - Green School New Zealand
Green School New Zealand, New Zealand
Job Description
Campus Operations Manager - Fixed-term 3-year
At GSNZ, we aim to bring more joy to education and ignite children’s imaginations, so they are stimulated to discover meaningful passions of their own and develop a true desire for learning. The Green School way allows young people to thrive by learning in a purposeful manner. Learning how to be a changemaker, a socially-conscious entrepreneur, and have a positive impact on the world sparks a passion for learning and turns it from a chore, into a desire. We empower young people to become happy, excited, lifelong learners within a future-focused curriculum that advocates sustainable impact.
To help maintain and enhance this standard of education, we’re seeking an experienced Campus Operations Manager to assist in a number of projects and implement processes in a growing organisation. As an ideal candidate, you’ll have a sharp business mind, proven success in multiple organisational functions, and be a self-starter able to work on their own. Your ultimate responsibility is to increase our operational efficiency at GSNZ.
Flexible working schedule : 3-5 days a week depending on the applicant
Start Date: Monday 9th January 2023
Requirements
- Objectives of this Role:
- Grow the efficiency of existing organizational processes and procedures to enhance the organization’s internal capacity.
- Maintain constant communication with Founders, Head of School, and staff to ensure proper operations of the organization.
- Actively pursue strategic and operational objectives.
- Ensure operational activities remain on time and within defined budgets.
Responsibilities:- Review and align policies, including consistency with, and integration to, the existing generic School Docs suite.
- Assist the Head of School with accreditation process requirements.
- Coordinate and prepare monthly management reports, identifying, and implementing improvements and cost efficiencies.
- Ensure the campus facilities are fully maintained
- Support a small team of employees within the facilities, health and safety, and administrative functions
- Assist with the project management of our Phase 3 building project.
- Collate and prioritize operational maintenance and other requests from faculty and support staff
- Coordinate timing and resources to safely execute required work per the prioritized scope list
- Ensure the scope is clear for support staff to execute the work safely (as per HSE manager steer).
- Transparent communication with faculty and leadership team of short and medium-term schedules
- Supervise and check ongoing campus works by support staff and/or contractor
- Actively identify opportunities and justify implementation to improve operational and cost efficiency of our campus, whilst adhering to our HSE principles
- Actively identify facilities maintenance needs and communicate with the Green School Properties representative for work to be executed.
- Ad-hoc assistance to the Head of School where required.
- As a small school with changing numbers, the exact nature of these duties may be modified and updated by the School from time to time.
- Co-ordinate with external IT provider to migrate staff to Microsoft Office suite, manage ongoing IT requirements and ensure the efficient running of IT systems.
- Oversight of B Corp certification
Skills and Qualifications
- 2+ years’ proven experience in an operation/project management position
- Excellent ability to delegate responsibilities while maintaining organisational control
- Knowledge of general business software and ability to learn new applications, proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), strong IT skills
- Working knowledge of Xero is great but not a requirement
- Experience within the education sector is a bonus
Closing date: Monday 19th December 2022
Please note that under the Education Act of 1989 and the Children's Act 2014, a police vet will be required for this role.
Benefits
- We have a magical school campus along Koru Road, protected by the Kaitake Ranges, which the beautiful Oakura River runs through, sitting in between Mt Taranaki and the Tasman Sea. With the lightest of touches, we are transforming a 60-hectare farm into a place of deeper learning for Years 1 to 13.
- Be a member of an inspirational and intellectual environment with extensive opportunities to connect and learn with colleagues globally
- Being part of a global group of schools that imparts world-class education
through sustainability, community- integrated and en