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Office Operations Coordinator, Alpha - $75,000/year USD

Crossover, Piedmont, SD, United States


Overview
LOCATION NOTE: This position requires on-site presence at one of our campus locations. Effective campus operations go unnoticed when they work. When they falter, the impact is immediate and widely felt. This position ensures that Alpha campuses function with reliability, safety, and consistency on a daily basis. Alpha is developing one of the world's most ambitious educational frameworks. Our learning environments operate at high velocity. Our expectations are elevated. This demands campus operations that are rigorous, adaptive, and designed for scalability. This position controls all non-instructional functions that enable students and Guides to excel. In this capacity, you serve as the campus's operational foundation. You handle parent and staff communications, manage safety and security protocols, maintain facility and logistical operations, and ensure technological reliability for the entire campus community. You respond when systems fail, identify potential problems before they grow, and introduce organized structure to fluid scenarios. This is not a limited coordinator position. It is a direct, high-profile role for someone who excels with accountability, diversity of tasks, and execution. If you seek work where your choices directly influence student well-being, staff performance, and parent confidence, this role delivers genuine ownership and responsibility.

What You Will Be Doing

Serving as a key contact point for parents, students, and staff to deliver prompt, clear, and professional correspondence

Directing campus safety functions including entry management, health response, emergency drills, record-keeping, and parent notifications

Supervising daily campus logistics including attendance systems, transportation arrangements, facility upkeep, and office administration

Assisting with onboarding and orientation of new personnel to guarantee operational preparedness immediately

Overseeing student technology and campus devices, functioning as the on-site Google Administrator and technology point person

What You Won’t Be Doing

Delivering classroom instruction or providing academic support

Mentoring Guides or influencing curriculum design

Functioning in a purely clerical or tightly limited capacity

Working within a slow-paced or entirely predictable setting

Escalating unresolved issues to others rather than owning solutions

Office Operations Coordinator Key Responsibilities
Sustain safe, efficient, and dependable campus operations that continuously enhance the experience of students, staff, and parents.

Basic Requirements

Bachelor's degree (field of study not specified)

At least 1 year of experience in office coordination, facilities support, site operations, or similar operational roles

Comfort with basic technology tasks including device setup, troubleshooting, and account administration

Strong written and verbal communication skills across parents, staff, and vendors

Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail

Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship

Must be available to work in person in Piedmont, CA; Palo Alto, CA, Chicago, IL or Fort Worth, TX

About Alpha
Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is available immediately and may involve contractual arrangements with partner organizations as applicable. The compensation level for this role is $37 USD/hour, which equates to $75,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly.

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