Operations Associate

Since its founding in 2010, Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Challenge Prep) has provided students and families with a successful academic program in Far Rockaway, Queens. We currently serve over 1200 scholars from Kindergarten to 12th grade across 3 sites. Our school’s mission is to prepare students from the greater Far Rockaway community to excel academically, to demonstrate mastery of the NY State Learning Standards, and to achieve their career aspirations. Challenge cultivates and supports the intellectual, aesthetic, social, emotional, and ethical development of its students and prepares them to be responsible 21st century citizens. To accomplish its mission, Challenge offers a rigorous instructional program in a safe, supportive, technology-infused and data-enriched and social-emotional learning sequence, authentic field experiences, career counseling, and college coursework.  It is understood that we are one organization with multiple sites, and it is expected that all members of the team collaborate to support all of our scholars.

 

At Challenge Prep, the Operations Associates (OA) are one of the first points of contact for parents, visitors, community members, and other external parties. The OA warmly, courteously, and effectively interacts with all parties to ensure their experience at Challenge Prep is consistently positive. The OA plays an integral role on the school’s Operations Team and fulfills a range of administrative duties. The OA position is integral to the success of this mission, as they will ensure our staff and our scholars’ have everything they need – from materials and supplies to an efficient and high-functioning work environment – to maximize student achievement. The OA is responsible for supporting school-based staff with operational information systems, maintaining and analyzing operational data, managing student recruitment and enrollment, supporting and managing special projects, and coordinating any academic or operational purchasing. The mission of the school’s Operations Team is to make teaching better and easier by directly supporting the academic program. The OA will implement and manage clear systems, revising them as necessary or needed, so that Challenge Prep runs smoothly on a day-to-day basis. They will work to ensure all staff can focus on students rather than materials, supplies, etc. They will oversee and optimize the school’s purchasing, inventory, facilities, and technology environment and will ensure Challenge Prep is a beautiful, seamless and high-functioning learning environment. The OA will also be responsible for managing the school nutrition program, collaborating on student and staff event planning, as well as the student transportation system. There is an OA for each grade span (i.e., K-5, and 6-8). The OAs all report to the Director of Operations & Student Enrollment.