Description

Position at IDEA Public Schools

Role Mission: The mission for the Year 0 Business Clerk is to collect 100% of applications by Lottery and achieve 100% Projected Enrollment while onboarding 100% of new families and procuring the materials needed to open a safe and operational campus before the first day of school. The Business Clerk executes campus operation processes that bind to our budget management system (Tyler Munis).

What You'll Do - Accountabilities:

100% of Applications collected by lottery (3:1 ratio for OGL)

• Achieves 100% Projected Enrollment by the first day of school
• Executes student recruitment efforts that target families with school-aged children within the 3-mile radius immediately surrounding their school
• Ensures all new families are effectively on-boarded beginning with Welcome to IDEA and throughout their first year
• Builds relationships with business partners and secures community assets
• Hosts information sessions for interested families and new applicants

100% Projected Enrollment for Academy and College Prep by first day of school (FDOS)

• Enrollment goal is consistently hit every week after the first week of school
• Complies with all federal and state student registration requirements throughout the enrollment process

90% New Family Persistence (Lottery to FDOS)

• Supports efforts to create an environment where students learn, thrive, and have fun (school culture, praise and recognition, in and out of school events calendar, etc.)
• Monitors and reviews with APO, parent and student feedback, particularly as it relates to non-instructional services and support
• Onboards new families from the time a parent applies come to IDEA through their first year in our schools

Campus safe and operational one week before FDOS

• Manages current discretionary budgets, informs school leaders regarding the financial state of their school, and works to ensure campus financial goals are met and schools end the year with a surplus or on target
• Reconciles negative discretionary budget accounts monthly by the 8th business day
• 100% of requisitions entered in Tyler Munis within 2 business days of initial request from campus staff
• 100% of all goods or services are received in Tyler Munis within one business day of delivery and 100% of receiving record(s) are attached in the Tyler Munis system
• Procures all goods or services with an approved purchase order

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students

What You Bring -- Competencies:

Qualifications:

• Education: HS Diploma or GED required
• Experience: At least 2 years' experience with bookkeeping or accounting desired

What We Offer

Compensation:

• Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate ranging between $16.50 for 0 years of experience and $20.00 per hour.

Other Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children. Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, commuter benefits, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. We also offer an inclusive environment where staff are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work every day. IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.

To Apply

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About IDEA Public Schools

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe each and every child can go to college. Since 2000, IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school with 150 students to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States.

IDEA Public Schools boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report's top high schools lists. IDEA serves nearly 75,000 college-bound students in 137 schools across Texas, Southern Louisiana and Florida and is on-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with new launches in Jacksonville, FL (2022). Cincinnati, OH (2022), and Arkansas (2023)!

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.

IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.