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 53 schools in NYC a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.

Job Description

As the fastest growing, highest-performing charter school network in New York State, Success 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 now need a results-driven Auditor to join our Special Education (Sprint) team.

Success Academies has a profoundly innovative schooling model that achieves outstanding results at scale, and our approach to children with Special Education services is just as radical. We begin with the core belief that disability does not mean an inability, that no child should be written off because of learning differences. Fifteen percent of our scholars receive Special Education support, and we designed and launched the Sprint program to ensure we provide these scholars with an outstanding education. While the identification of scholars in need of Special Education supports and the execution of the necessary interventions are carried out at the school-level, a supporting Network capability has shared responsibility and accountability for these scholars.

Reporting into the Lead of the Sprint Compliance team, this Auditor will be responsible for navigating high stakes Compliance projects - from long-term planning to day-to-day execution. They will also work collaboratively within the Sprint Compliance team to ensure that school teams are held accountable and conform to all legal and regulatory requirements of the Special Education process.

The Sprint Compliance team leads on critical initiatives, including coordination of 504s, accuracy of testing accommodation implementation, DOE invoicing, escalations to and relationship building with the Committees on Special Education (CSEs), high stakes case support, and generalized school support. This team works closely with and serves as a resource for Instructional Services, Advisory, Operations, Technology, and Finance for all departmental crossover that involves Network or School Sprint. Sprint Compliance also works with multiple offices from the NYC DOE including the district-specific CSEs, the Charter School Office (CSO), and the Office of Related Services (ORS).

Key responsibilities include:

• Oversight, management, and implementation of testing accommodations for scholars K-12-NYS Testing, Regents Testing, College Board Testing

• Creation of scalable systems & processes to guarantee compliance with testing accommodations across SA’s growing number of schools

• Participate/lead coaching conversations with School teams relating to the responsibilities outlined above

• Training & development of school-based Sprint teams on the areas outlined above

• Own all tickets regarding the responsibilities outlined above

• Partnership on all team-based tasks (DOE Invoice, School System & Documentation audits, etc.)

A successful applicant will have the following experiences and education:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 2 years experience with auditing or compliance based work

A successful applicant will have the following traits:

Required Traits

• Effectively collaborates with a broad base of constituents at all levels, including senior organizational leadership

• Strong strategic thinking, communication, project management, and creative problem-solving skills

• Demonstrates initiative and perseverance to achieve desired outcomes in an innovative and fast-paced environment

• Places high value on the details

• Is an eager and quick learner who seeks out constructive feedback

• Experienced with Google Suite and is able to utilize advanced Excel functions

• Understanding of student information systems and other educational technologies

Preferred Qualifications & Traits

• Experience with special education systems within New York City preferred

• 1 year managing other people, including giving role/performance feedback

To join our team, please upload a cover letter and resume that outlines your candidacy. Your cover letter should explain in detail your qualifications for the position. Resumes without cover letters will not be reviewed.

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

Annual Salary: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00

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.