Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running the largest, fastest-growing, and highest-performing network of public charter schools in New York City takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates and supporters alike. We would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure each child in NYC has access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through the doors of one of our 57 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Job Description

Academy is reimagining K-12 public education. Nationally recognized for our innovative, whole-child school model and outstanding academic results, Success Academy educators are empowering children from all backgrounds with the knowledge, skills, and self-belief to succeed in college and in life. We need a results-driven Assessment Services Senior Specialist to join our Schooling team.

Situated within the Schooling Department, the Schooling Services Team manages processes and projects that enable excellent academic operations across SA’s Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. The team develops and codifies simple and scalable policies, processes, and systems that enable SA to maintain excellence as we scale.

Reporting to the Leader, Academic Operations the Program Manager, Assessment Services will lead processes that enable excellent and efficient assessment management and administration across our schools.

Key responsibilities include:

• Serving as Team Lead for external and internal exam (i.e. NYS Exams, SAT, AP, Regents, etc) logistics and administration

• Serving as primary point-of-contact for escalating any testing issues and liaising with Government Relations and Advisory

• Ensuring that Assessment Teams understand and effectively execute all compliance and regulatory aspects of administering internal and external exams

• Cultivate strong relationships with our external stakeholders (NYSED, CollegeBoard, DOE) and liaising with them to ensure school staff have comprehensive information and easy-to-follow guidance to execute external exams with integrity and fidelity

Required Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in managing high-impact projects

• 2 years experience being a people manager

• Proven project management/program management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in educational or publishing contexts

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with experience guiding teams and driving alignment

• Highly analytical, with the ability to leverage data to drive decision-making and communicate insights

• Experience designing and improving workflows, tools, or platforms for content creation

• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for various audiences

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

• Proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, etc.) or Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc.), and Monday.com

Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal-opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

Compensation Range: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00

Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. Learn more about our philosophy, benefits, and team at https://jobs.successacademies.org/working-here/ .

Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.

Our dual mission is to: Build exceptional, world-class public schools that prove children from all backgrounds can succeed in college and life; serve as a catalyst and national model for school reform, and help change public policies that prevent children from having access to opportunity.