Regional Vice President, Operations - New England

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Drive the growth of one of Americas most successful for-profit education companies. Were Kaplan Higher Education Campuses , a thriving division of Kaplan, Inc., and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Our high professional standards have resulted in tremendous success at our more than 70 campuses across the United States, serving over 80,000 students. We offer Masters, Bachelors and Associates degrees, as well as Certificates designed to provide students with the skills necessary to qualify them for employment in fields such as business, criminal justice, education, fashion and design, health care, information technology, legal and paralegal studies.

We seek an energetic, resourceful Regional Vice President of Operations to be responsible for working with the Group Vice President, Senior Vice President of Operations and the senior management team to achieve the organizations objectives, mission and strategies. The RVP Operations is responsible for effectively managing operating goals and objectives for multiple college locations.
Additionally, the RVP Operations is responsible for promoting collaborative partnerships and relationships within the organization and within the community the college serves. The RVP will develop plans and lead and direct the colleges operations staff who manage key responsibilities and who implement the organizations policies on a day to day basis. The RVP will lead efforts to achieve the operational and financial goals as well as ensuring strict compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.

Major Responsibilities:

- Oversee 8-10 regionally accredited campuses across all operational areas: Admissions, Academics, and Financial and Career Services.
- Lead and develop strategies to ensure policies and practices for achieving business results are aligned with the organizations mission and business objectives.
- Ensure that service levels for students are in alignment with their requirements
- Develop and manage Best Practices implementation for recruiting, hiring and performance development in ensuring operational excellence
- Lead and direct the processes that monitor, measure and evaluate operational excellence and lead initiatives that address operational issues, minimize risks and remove barriers to operational excellence.
- Provide organizational leadership and influence in ensuring optimal performance to enable teams to succeed in the organization.
- Serve as a company liaison for key relationships that support KHECs financial and operational objectives.
- Act as a liaison between senior corporate management team and the field operations team to ensure organizational alignment.
- Establish an effective means to communicate throughout the organization.
- Oversee all regional activities for sales and admissions marketing to meet regional and corporate recruiting and retention goals.

- Masters Degree
- Minimum 10 years experience in post secondary education operations; experience with Regionally Accredited schools a plus.
- Solid track record of success in managing cross functional operations
- Exceptional demonstrated leadership and communication skills
- Demonstrated track record in creating an environment where teams and groups achieve and surpass objectives and goals
- Outstanding organizational and customer service skills and the ability to manage multiple and competing priorities

Kaplan Higher Education (www.khec.com), is a division of Kaplan, Inc (www.kaplan.com), and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). Presently, we are providing post-secondary education at more than 70 college campuses nationwide.

Kaplan Higher Education is a unit of Kaplan, Inc., a worldwide education services provider and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO)