Regional Director of School Operations

LeafSpring School at KEIKO; Virginia; On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Employee discounts

Training & development

Tuition assistance

Job summary

LeafSpring School at Geist is seeking a hands-on Regional Director to lead School Directors across three Richmond-area campuses. You will strengthen daily operations, drive enrollment and revenue, manage payroll, and oversee staffing, compliance, and family experience with executive collaboration.

The role emphasizes coaching, budgeting, and strategic leadership to advance educational quality and operational excellence while coordinating with regional leadership in the Carolinas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a child-related field or similar is required.
• Five or more years of progressive school/childcare or multi-site leadership experience.
• Must read, write, and speak English fluently.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, evaluate, and hold School Directors accountable for results across three campuses.
• Build annual operating plans, budgets, scorecards, and quarterly priorities; drive corrective action when needed.
• Own enrollment, marketing execution, retention, and tuition revenue targets.
• Manage payroll processing, timecards, PTO, and payroll approvals within delegated authority.
• Oversee staffing, hiring priorities, performance, retention, and HR practices with external support.
• Ensure licensing, safety, child-protection, staffing-ratio, and inspection readiness.
• Improve family satisfaction, educational quality, summer program results, and facilities coordination.
• Collaborate with the North/South Carolina Regional Director to share systems and develop leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Enrollment management

Coaching

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education

Masters level education preferred

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Employee discounts
• Training & development
• Tuition assistance

Multi-Site Early Childhood Education & Private Schools

Location: Richmond, VA metropolitan area | Full-time, primarily on-site |

Base Salary: From $80,000 | Plus significant performance based bonus potential

Lead great schools. Develop strong leaders. Deliver measurable results.

We are an established early education and private school organization serving children from infancy through age 13 across three campuses. We seek a hands-on Regional Director to lead School Directors, strengthen daily operations, and deliver school-level and regional goals for enrollment, revenue, staff retention, family experience, and educational quality. The role works directly with our Co-CEOs and collaborates with a regional counterpart serving North and South Carolina.

What You Will Own

• Lead, coach, evaluate, and hold School Directors accountable for results at all three campuses.
• Build annual school operating plans, budgets, weekly scorecards, and quarterly priorities; drive corrective action when results miss targets.
• Own enrollment, marketing execution, retention, weekly tuition billing targets, and school-level revenue performance.
• Manage payroll processing and approval: verify timecards, PTO, overtime, pay changes, and exceptions; approve payroll registers within delegated authority while finance independently reconciles and releases funds.
• Oversee staffing, hiring priorities, employee performance, retention, and consistent people practices, with external HR and labor counsel available for support.
• Ensure licensing, franchise, safety, child protection, staffing-ratio, and inspection-readiness requirements are met.
• Improve family satisfaction, educational quality, summer program results, and facilities coordination.
• Collaborate with the North/South Carolina Regional Director to share systems, develop leaders, and improve regional performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• REQUIRED: Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Child Development, or other child-related fields preferred. Must possess a love for children and an ability to relate well with them, their families, and teachers.
• 6+ months of programmatic experience working in a licensed and/or accredited child care facility required.
• No scheduling restrictions between the hours of 6:45 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.
• Must be able to lift and walk with up to 50 lbs.
• Read, write and speak english fluently.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant, child-related field. Masters level education preferred. Franchise or corporate childcare and EOS experience preferred.
• Five or more years of progressive school, childcare, or comparable multi-site operating leadership; demonstrated success leading managers.
• Strong business and financial judgment, including budgets, labor management, enrollment performance, and payroll controls.
• Experience with licensing/compliance, employee management, and effective school or site-level operations.
• Must have reliable transportation and the ability to travel regularly among three Richmond-area campuses and periodically collaborate with leadership in North and South Carolina; excellent coaching, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Why Join Us?

Help shape the next chapter of an established education organization, with meaningful responsibility, direct executive access, and the opportunity to develop school leaders and strengthen outcomes for children, families, and employees.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Employment policies and decisions on employment and promotion are based on merit, qualifications, performance, and business needs. The decisions and criteria governing the employment relationship with all employees are made in a nondiscriminatory manner, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state, or local statutes. Employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable law.