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Regional Auxiliary Services Manager
Role Mission: The Regional Auxiliary Services Manager – Florida manages the IDEA experience beyond the classroom, from the moment a student sets foot in our schools until a student walks the stage at graduation. The Auxiliary Services Manager works to eliminate operational obstacles that could prevent teachers and school leaders from focusing on instruction. Specifically, the Auxiliary Services Manager is responsible for directly supporting the VP of Operations in achieving operational and financial excellence at every school, with a specific emphasis in the following areas: transportation, child nutrition, and facilities and construction.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role reports to the VP of Operations– Florida. This role has no direct reports but indirectly supports VP of Ops management of campus transportation, child nutrition (CNP), Facilities Managers, and APOs.
Location:
This is a full-time (on-site) position located in Florida. Preference will be given to candidates who live in the Jacksonville or Tampa regions, or who are willing to relocate.
Travel Expectations:
Within region travel between campuses daily. Travel between Jacksonville, Lakeland, and Tampa bi-weekly (up to 40% of the time)
What You’ll Do – Accountabilities
Essential Duties:
- Ensures top performers occupy every seat across auxiliary departments.
- Utilizes hiring practices to attract top performers for every role in Auxiliary Services, including screening exercises, interview protocols and vetting mechanisms.
- Customizes onboarding plans to ensure each new auxiliary team member is set up for success based on the unique responsibilities of their role.
- Develops and executes differentiated professional development for Auxiliary staff, to build technical capacity and leadership and management acumen across departments.
- Reviews annual employee survey results, performs individual pulse checks with employees across departments, and develops strategies for continuous improvement.
- Attends all national professional development sessions for each of the auxiliary departments and serves as a line of communication between the national team and VP of Operations and the regions/campuses.
- Ensure all campus auxiliary managers attend regional and national operating mechanisms as directed by VP of Ops and follow national, state, and district operating procedures.
- Supports the VP of Ops in strategic and tactical leadership in the areas of Transportation, Child Nutrition (CNP), and Facilities & Construction.
- Supports Transportation, CNP, and Facilities teams at each campus to provide best-in-class customer service, while achieving operational efficiency and financial targets.
- Provides technical training, ongoing support, and builds the capacity of auxiliary team managers (APOs) to support their work effectively as directed by VP of Ops.
- Responsible for finding new and innovative ways to increase the effectiveness of services while reducing costs.
- Manages vendor relationships in region as assigned by VP of Ops and serves as the liaison to problem solve when outside vendors are required.
- Utilizes data and in-field observations to determine gaps and root causes, and partners with campus team and VP of Ops to name action steps to close gaps.
- Works with the VP of Ops to mentor and support Assistant Principals of Operations (APOs) on best practices, analysis, and tracking mechanisms to ensure effective monitoring of progress toward goals.
- Ensures 100% of departments assigned meet compliance requirements on an annual basis.
- Internalizes compliance requirements across auxiliary departments and utilizes standard operating procedures to manage execution.
- Meets an “A” rating on internal CNP audits with no relevant follow-up findings from external audits by June 30.
- Achieves an A rating on all Facility Quality Audits completed throughout the school year.
- Ensures 100% of employees across assigned departments are in compliance with the State of Florida requirements.
- Conducts campus audits as directed by VP of Ops to ensure alignment to state guidelines and compliance.
- Supports VP of Ops in completion of audits and corrective action plans in all areas of auxiliary services across campuses.
- Ensures all auxiliary Managers adhere to all applicable organization, local, state and federal rules, regulations and operating procedures.
- Works alongside APOs and in support of VP of Ops to ensure adherence to safety protocols in all departments in region.
We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:
- Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college.
- Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them.
- Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly.
- Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes.
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change.
- Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization.
- Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes.
- We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
This role requires flexibility to work extended hours, including evenings and occasional weekends; particularly during peak operational periods or severe weather events.
What You Bring – Competencies
Knowledge and Skills:
- Effective organization, communication, and interpersonal skills (Spanish bilingual preferred).
- Exceptional organizational skills.
- Ability to follow written instructions.
- Ability to think proactively and work with minimal direction.
- Can handle stress well; works well under pressure and meet deadlines with a high degree of accuracy.
- Demonstrates problem solving, adaptability and flexibility; can reprioritize workload due to any potential setback.
- Ability to identify, evaluate and implement external services and tools to support departmental effectiveness.
- Leads, motivates and coordinates with a diverse group of team members across campuses.
- Ability to create data dashboards, graphs and visualizations that track key performance indicators.
- Strong financial analytical skills particularly.
- Excellent Microsoft Outlook, Project, Excel, Word, and Power Point skills.
Required experience:
Bachelor's degree required.
Experience: 6+ years of full-time professional experience required; 2+ years of full-time people management required; experience managing managers strongly preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time without being able to leave the work area.
- Must be able to climb ladders or scaffolding or climb and work in overhead areas.
- Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move 35 pounds regularly for deliveries.
- Physical ability to work around small children including sitting, standing, running and climbing stairs.
- Must be able to lift and carry small children up to 40 pounds in case of emergency.
- Must be able to work in indoor and outdoor environments, including in times of excessive heat or cold.
What We Offer:
Compensation & Benefits:
Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $82,090 and $100,971, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for performance pay based on organizational performance and goal attainment.
Additionally, we offer medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. You can find more information about our benefits at https://ideapublicschools.org/careers/benefits/.
IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.
Application process:
Submit your application online through Jobvite. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
Learn more about IDEA
At IDEA the Staff Culture and Belonging Team uses our Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members. Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values
Description
Regional Auxiliary Services Manager
Role Mission: The Regional Auxiliary Services Manager – Florida manages the IDEA experience beyond the classroom, from the moment a student sets foot in our schools until a student walks the stage at graduation. The Auxiliary Services Manager works to eliminate operational obstacles that could prevent teachers and school leaders from focusing on instruction. Specifically, the Auxiliary Services Manager is responsible for directly supporting the VP of Operations in achieving operational and financial excellence at every school, with a specific emphasis in the following areas: transportation, child nutrition, and facilities and construction.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role reports to the VP of Operations– Florida. This role has no direct reports but indirectly supports VP of Ops management of campus transportation, child nutrition (CNP), Facilities Managers, and APOs.
Location:
This is a full-time (on-site) position located in Florida. Preference will be given to candidates who live in the Jacksonville or Tampa regions, or who are willing to relocate.
Travel Expectations:
Within region travel between campuses daily. Travel between Jacksonville, Lakeland, and Tampa bi-weekly (up to 40% of the time)
What You’ll Do – Accountabilities
Essential Duties:
- Ensures top performers occupy every seat across auxiliary departments.
- Utilizes hiring practices to attract top performers for every role in Auxiliary Services, including screening exercises, interview protocols and vetting mechanisms.
- Customizes onboarding plans to ensure each new auxiliary team member is set up for success based on the unique responsibilities of their role.
- Develops and executes differentiated professional development for Auxiliary staff, to build technical capacity and leadership and management acumen across departments.
- Reviews annual employee survey results, performs individual pulse checks with employees across departments, and develops strategies for continuous improvement.
- Attends all national professional development sessions for each of the auxiliary departments and serves as a line of communication between the national team and VP of Operations and the regions/campuses.
- Ensure all campus auxiliary managers attend regional and national operating mechanisms as directed by VP of Ops and follow national, state, and district operating procedures.
- Supports the VP of Ops in strategic and tactical leadership in the areas of Transportation, Child Nutrition (CNP), and Facilities & Construction.
- Supports Transportation, CNP, and Facilities teams at each campus to provide best-in-class customer service, while achieving operational efficiency and financial targets.
- Provides technical training, ongoing support, and builds the capacity of auxiliary team managers (APOs) to support their work effectively as directed by VP of Ops.
- Responsible for finding new and innovative ways to increase the effectiveness of services while reducing costs.
- Manages vendor relationships in region as assigned by VP of Ops and serves as the liaison to problem solve when outside vendors are required.
- Utilizes data and in-field observations to determine gaps and root causes, and partners with campus team and VP of Ops to name action steps to close gaps.
- Works with the VP of Ops to mentor and support Assistant Principals of Operations (APOs) on best practices, analysis, and tracking mechanisms to ensure effective monitoring of progress toward goals.
- Ensures 100% of departments assigned meet compliance requirements on an annual basis.
- Internalizes compliance requirements across auxiliary departments and utilizes standard operating procedures to manage execution.
- Meets an “A” rating on internal CNP audits with no relevant follow-up findings from external audits by June 30.
- Achieves an A rating on all Facility Quality Audits completed throughout the school year.
- Ensures 100% of employees across assigned departments are in compliance with the State of Florida requirements.
- Conducts campus audits as directed by VP of Ops to ensure alignment to state guidelines and compliance.
- Supports VP of Ops in completion of audits and corrective action plans in all areas of auxiliary services across campuses.
- Ensures all auxiliary Managers adhere to all applicable organization, local, state and federal rules, regulations and operating procedures.
- Works alongside APOs and in support of VP of Ops to ensure adherence to safety protocols in all departments in region.
We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:
- Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college.
- Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them.
- Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly.
- Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes.
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change.
- Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization.
- Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes.
- We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
This role requires flexibility to work extended hours, including evenings and occasional weekends; particularly during peak operational periods or severe weather events.
What You Bring – Competencies
Knowledge and Skills:
- Effective organization, communication, and interpersonal skills (Spanish bilingual preferred).
- Exceptional organizational skills.
- Ability to follow written instructions.
- Ability to think proactively and work with minimal direction.
- Can handle stress well; works well under pressure and meet deadlines with a high degree of accuracy.
- Demonstrates problem solving, adaptability and flexibility; can reprioritize workload due to any potential setback.
- Ability to identify, evaluate and implement external services and tools to support departmental effectiveness.
- Leads, motivates and coordinates with a diverse group of team members across campuses.
- Ability to create data dashboards, graphs and visualizations that track key performance indicators.
- Strong financial analytical skills particularly.
- Excellent Microsoft Outlook, Project, Excel, Word, and Power Point skills.
Required experience:
Bachelor's degree required.
Experience: 6+ years of full-time professional experience required; 2+ years of full-time people management required; experience managing managers strongly preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time without being able to leave the work area.
- Must be able to climb ladders or scaffolding or climb and work in overhead areas.
- Must be able to lift and carry or otherwise move 35 pounds regularly for deliveries.
- Physical ability to work around small children including sitting, standing, running and climbing stairs.
- Must be able to lift and carry small children up to 40 pounds in case of emergency.
- Must be able to work in indoor and outdoor environments, including in times of excessive heat or cold.
What We Offer:
Compensation & Benefits:
Salaries for people entering this role typically fall between $82,090 and $100,971, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications and in alignment with internal equity. This role is also eligible for performance pay based on organizational performance and goal attainment.
Additionally, we offer medical, dental, and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, flexible spending account options, generous vacation time, referral bonuses, professional development, and a 403(b) plan. You can find more information about our benefits at https://ideapublicschools.org/careers/benefits/.
IDEA may offer a relocation stipend to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.
Application process:
Submit your application online through Jobvite. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
Learn more about IDEA
At IDEA the Staff Culture and Belonging Team uses our Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging for all Team and Family members. Learn more about our Commitment to Core Values here: https://ideapublicschools.org/our-story/#core-values
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Regional Service Manager
Clarify the degree requirement upfront
Regional Service Manager roles qualify for H-1B sponsorship only when the position formally requires a relevant bachelor's degree. Ask hiring managers whether the job description specifies a degree requirement, not just a preference, before investing time in the application.
Target industries with established sponsorship track records
Healthcare equipment, enterprise software, and industrial services companies sponsor Regional Service Managers most consistently. These industries rely on technical service operations and are accustomed to navigating H-1B and L-1 petitions for management roles requiring specialized knowledge.
Leverage internal transfers if you're already with a multinational
If your current employer has U.S. operations, the L-1A visa is a strong path for Regional Service Managers moving into a managerial role. L-1A transfers avoid the H-1B lottery entirely and require one year of prior employment with the same company abroad.
Document your team management scope thoroughly
Visa petitions for management roles require clear evidence of supervisory responsibility. Prepare documentation showing the number of direct reports, budget authority, and geographic scope you oversee. Vague descriptions of leadership responsibilities are a common reason petitions face additional scrutiny.
Start the sponsorship conversation before accepting an offer
Sponsorship timelines for Regional Service Manager roles often run three to six months from offer to work authorization. Raising the topic after signing creates unnecessary pressure. Confirm the employer has sponsored before and understands the H-1B cap and filing deadlines before you commit.
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Find Regional Service Manager JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does a Regional Service Manager role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. Regional Service Manager roles qualify for H-1B sponsorship when the employer can demonstrate the job requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as business administration, engineering, or operations management. Roles framed as general management without a clear degree requirement are harder to support under the specialty occupation standard, and some petitions face additional scrutiny during adjudication.
What visa types are most commonly used to sponsor Regional Service Managers?
H-1B is the most common path for external hires, provided the role meets specialty occupation requirements. L-1A is a strong alternative for candidates already employed by a multinational company, since it covers managers and executives transferring to a U.S. office and bypasses the H-1B lottery. TN status is available for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying management consulting or engineering roles. O-1 is rarely applicable unless the candidate has documented extraordinary achievement.
Does my degree field need to match the Regional Service Manager job description?
Yes, and this is one of the most common friction points for this role. USCIS evaluates whether your degree directly relates to the duties of the position. A degree in business administration, industrial engineering, supply chain management, or operations management typically satisfies the requirement. A degree in an unrelated field, even with years of relevant experience, may not be sufficient on its own, though documented progressive experience can sometimes supplement a tangential degree.
Are Regional Service Manager roles more likely to get approved for H-1B than other management titles?
Approval rates for management roles under H-1B vary significantly depending on how the petition is constructed. Regional Service Manager positions tied to technical service operations in industries like medical devices, enterprise software, or field engineering tend to get approved at higher rates because the technical complexity supports the specialty occupation argument. General operations management roles without a technical component face more resistance. Employer immigration counsel and the specificity of the job description matter more than the job title itself.
How do I find Regional Service Manager jobs that already offer visa sponsorship?
The fastest way is to search on Migrate Mate, which lists Regional Service Manager positions specifically from employers willing to sponsor international candidates. This avoids the common frustration of progressing through interviews only to learn the company doesn't sponsor. Filtering by sponsorship availability from the start narrows your focus to realistic opportunities and lets you move faster on roles where your visa status won't be a disqualifying factor.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Regional Service Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.
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