Director of Operations
$215,000–$265,000 year
On-sitePalos Verdes Peninsula, California, United States
Job Summary
Provide strategic leadership for campus safety, security, and environmental health and safety programs, including emergency preparedness, crisis response planning, and regulatory compliance. Oversee mail services, food operations, and logistics while managing vendor contracts, budgets, and service agreements. Lead enterprise risk management, business continuity planning, and insurance administration to protect the institution's assets and reputation. Supervise 3-4 staff members and coordinate with facilities, academic departments, and community stakeholders to maintain a safe, efficient learning environment. Occasional evening and weekend work required for school events and emergencies.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, operations management, public administration, risk management, education administration, or a related field
- Minimum of seven to ten years of progressively responsible operational leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience managing complex operational systems and multiple service functions simultaneously
- Experience in risk management, emergency preparedness, environmental health and safety, and regulatory compliance
- Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship management abilities
- Participation in the school's emergency response and incident management program is required
- Required to lift and carry up to a maximum of 25 lbs.
- Regular movement throughout a large campus environment
- Attendance at evening and weekend events as necessary
- Participation in emergency response activities during incidents and campus emergencies
- Specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and an ability to adjust focus
- TB assessment
- Livesc Clearances
Desired Qualifications
- Proven leader with experience in an independent school, higher education institution, municipality, healthcare organization, or similarly complex organization
- Experience with enterprise risk management and business continuity planning programs
- Leadership role in campus safety and security
- Familiarity with Conditional Use Permit requirements and community relations in educational settings
- Professional certifications in emergency management, risk management, security management, business continuity, environmental health and safety, or operations leadership
- Master's degree in a related field
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