The OpportunityReporting to the Director of School Operations, the Operations Coordinator is an integral part of the school-based operations team, ensuring the smooth and efficient functioning of an efficient, thriving school. As the face of the school, the Operations Coordinator delivers exceptional customer service to students, families, staff, and visitors. Among the key responsibilities are managing the front desk, coordinating transportation requests, ensuring student attendance accuracy, following procedures to ensure the safety of students and staff, and organizing and inventorying shared work spaces. In this full-time position, you will support one of the schools at the KIPP Columbus campus. Responsibilities of the Operations Coordinator include, but are not limited to, the following:Maintaining a welcoming, beautiful school environment through all visual cultureProviding day-to-day tactical support in the areas of transportation, child nutrition, food services, technology and facility maintenance to ensure a safe and efficient front officeWorking closely with technology vendor to ensure technology and related infrastructure are functioning properly, and when there are issues, ensure they are addressed promptly, efficientlyMaintaining positive and productive relationships with key stakeholders such as Nationwide Children's Hospital staff members, custodial staff, safety and security personnel, food service personnel, and outside vendorsEnsuring all locations of the school are free of clutter and well organized, ready to receive visitorsAssisting the Director of Operations with the supervision of the school’s auxiliary services – transportation, food service, and vendor relationshipsConducting bus counts, communicating with parents about any transportation changes, and distributing transportation tags for all studentsSupporting daily attendance efforts by completing calls to absent student households with the goal of getting students to school the same day, maintaining a 95% average daily attendance, and providing support to families facing roadblocksExecuting a daily tardy system with students and input tardy information into the databaseReceiving, distributing, and preparing incoming/outgoing mail and shipmentsAnswer phones, redirect inquiries as appropriate, and relay messages to staff in a timely mannerMaintaining daily administrative operations and resolving daily operations problems in the front officeAdditional duties as assigned