Education Operations & Partnership Associate

Descartes Learning Club Corporation; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Performance-based bonus

Travel reimbursements

Job summary

Descartes Learning Club (DLC) in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an Operations & Partnership Associate. The role spans operations, school partnerships, marketing, and enrollment, with on-site and remote work and regular travel to partner sites. A car is required for travel between schools.

The salary range is $75,000–$85,000 per year, with a potential performance-based bonus. If you enjoy fast-paced, multi-disciplinary work and building programs, this is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in operations, education, campus outreach, community engagement, business development, marketing, or a related field.
• Math or STEM teaching/tutoring experience.
• Ability to teach DLC’s K–8 math enrichment classes as needed.
• Experience working with schools, families, or children.
• Strong judgment and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on support at partner schools and the San Francisco office.
• Observe instructors and support teacher coaching and quality control.
• Coordinate school-site logistics and troubleshoot issues.
• Prepare and distribute books, teaching materials, and supplies.
• Support enrollment events, assessments, and school-based activities.
• Work with school administrators, instructors, families, and after-school staff.
• Manage schedules, enrollment workflows, class logistics, and operational checklists.
• Improve systems and processes as DLC scales.
• Develop instructor training materials and video tutorials.
• Substitute teach classes as needed.
• Research and identify prospective schools and communities.
• Support outreach to school administrators, PTOs, and education leaders.
• Prepare proposals, partnership materials, and follow-up communications.
• Support meetings and presentations with prospective partners.
• Build strong relationships with schools and communities.
• Track partnership opportunities and improve our business development process.
• Support marketing and enrollment campaigns.
• Create flyers, newsletters, email announcements, and family-facing materials.
• Coordinate with schools and PTOs on program promotion.
• Support parent information sessions, virtual Q&As, and assessments.
• Monitoring enrollment and identifying opportunities to increase participation.
• Maintaining clear, polished, and responsive communication with families and school partners.

Skills

Proactive

Organized

Dependable

Responsive

Written & verbal communicator

Ownership & problem solving

Job description

Descartes Learning Club (DLC) is a fast-growing Bay Area math enrichment organization helping K–8 students build deep mathematical thinking, confidence, and a genuine love of problem solving.

We partner with leading public and private schools across the Bay Area to offer small-group programs built around Beast Academy, Art of Problem Solving, Math Circle-style problem solving, and competition mathematics. Our approach emphasizes conceptual understanding, logic, creativity, and appropriately challenging instruction—not rote memorization or repetitive drills.

DLC has grown rapidly through strong word of mouth from families and schools while maintaining a highly personalized approach to teaching. We are building a mission-driven education organization with the ambition to bring rigorous, joyful mathematics to many more students across the Bay Area and beyond.

The Role

We are seeking a proactive, highly organized, and resourceful Operations & Partnership Associate to help us run and grow our programs across the San Francisco Bay Area.

This is a hands-on, multidisciplinary role spanning operations, school partnerships, marketing, and enrollment. It is ideal for someone who enjoys variety, takes ownership, solves problems quickly, and is equally comfortable working on-site at a school, communicating with families and partners, and improving systems behind the scenes.

This is a hybrid role with substantial remote work as well as regular on-site work at our San Francisco office and partner schools throughout the Bay Area.

Candidates must have access to a car and be willing to travel to partner schools as needed. Required travel between work locations and to partner schools outside San Francisco will be reimbursed in accordance with applicable law and company policy. Ordinary commuting to a single San Francisco work location is not reimbursed.

Salary Range:

$75,000–$85,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

There may also be an opportunity to earn a performance-based bonus based on individual and organizational performance.

What You’ll Do

1. Operations & On-Site Program Support

This is the primary focus of the role.

You will help ensure that DLC programs run smoothly across our school sites by:

• Providing hands-on support at partner schools and our San Francisco office
• Observing instructors and supporting teacher coaching and quality control
• Coordinating school-site logistics and troubleshooting issues
• Preparing and distributing books, teaching materials, and supplies
• Supporting enrollment events, assessments, and school-based activities
• Working closely with school administrators, instructors, families, and after-school staff
• Managing schedules, enrollment workflows, class logistics, and operational checklists
• Improving systems and processes as DLC continues to scale
• Developing instructor training materials and video tutorials
• Substitute teach classes as needed

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both big-picture problem solving and detailed execution.

2. Business Development & School Partnerships

Help DLC grow its network of school and community partners by:

• Researching and identifying prospective schools and communities
• Supporting outreach to school administrators, PTOs, and education leaders
• Preparing proposals, partnership materials, and follow-up communications
• Supporting meetings and presentations with prospective partners
• Building strong relationships with schools and communities
• Tracking partnership opportunities and improving our business development process

Help families discover and enroll in DLC programs by:

• Supporting school-specific marketing and enrollment campaigns
• Creating polished flyers, newsletters, email announcements, and family-facing materials
• Coordinating with schools and PTOs on program promotion
• Supporting parent information sessions, virtual Q&As, and assessments
• Monitoring enrollment and identifying opportunities to increase participation
• Maintaining clear, polished, and responsive communication with families and school partners

Who We’re Looking For

You may be a strong fit if you are:

• Highly proactive, organized, dependable, and responsive
• Comfortable taking ownership and figuring things out
• Resourceful and calm when solving operational problems
• A strong written and verbal communicator
• Comfortable working with schools, families, instructors, and students
• Excited by a fast-growing environment where priorities can evolve
• Mission-driven and genuinely interested in education

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in operations, education, campus outreach, community engagement, business development, marketing, or a related field
• Math or STEM teaching/tutoring experience
• Ability to teach DLC’s K–8 math enrichment classes as needed
• Experience working with schools, families, or children
• Strong judgment and attention to detail

We also welcome exceptional candidates with less direct experience who demonstrate strong initiative, learning ability, and transferable skills.

Why Join DLC

You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with DLC’s Founder/CEO and gain broad exposure to operations, business development, marketing, school partnerships, enrollment, and education program management.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants meaningful responsibility, direct mentorship, and the chance to help build a rapidly growing education organization from the inside.