Senior Director, Strategic Projects - Central Kitchen-Nutrition Services (2025-26) at Oakland Unified School District

Job Summary

Job Summary

BASIC FUNCTION: In support of the Superintendent, the Senior Director, Strategic Projects, is responsible for monitoring and facilitating the progress of staff-led projects and initiatives that support the 2015-2020 OUSD District Strategic Plan, Pathway to Excellence. The Senior Director will also serve as a confidant to the Superintendent and highly effective communicator and leader who manages all leadership teams, takes responsibility for complex short-term assignments, and intervenes by means of strategic problem solving. The Senior Director provides operational assistance by managing special projects and leading key initiatives, resolving complex issues that require executive leadership and direction, supporting the deliverables of the senior leadership teams, and ensuring expectations and deadlines are clearly communicated to staff. The Senior Director serves as an advisor, decision-maker and problem solver for the Superintendent to ensure issues needing attention are addressed in a timely manner. The Senior Director serves as one of two principal staff assistants to the Superintendent, exercising functional supervision over a subset of Superintendent’s direct reports as assigned. The Director will hold primary supervision over the Coordinator, Local Control and Accountability Plan. The Senior Director must maintain confidentiality of all personnel matters; some duties will involve access to confidential information concerning employer-employee relations.

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