Seton Teaching Fellows Operations Coordinator

Seton Education Partners seeks a mission-driven, highly organized, and results-oriented individual to serve as an Operations Coordinator for the Seton Teaching Fellows program. The Seton Teaching Fellows’ Operations Coordinator plays a critical role in advancing the mission of Seton Teaching Fellows by translating vision into action across high-priority, cross-functional initiatives. This role will ensure smooth day-to-day operations across all teams and functions related to Seton Teaching Fellows. Working closely with all team members and partner schools and programs, this role leads projects that strengthen our formation, operations, and growth as a national apostolate. The ideal candidate is highly organized, relationally attuned, and energized by bringing clarity, momentum, and excellence to the mission of Seton Education Partners and the Fellows called to teach within it.

Background

Co-founded in 2009 by KIPP pioneer Scott W. Hamilton and Teach for America alumna Stephanie Saroki de García, Seton Education Partners expands opportunities for parents in underserved communities to choose an academically excellent, character-rich, and—for those who seek it—vibrantly Catholic education for their children. As a national non-profit, Seton partners with (arch)dioceses and others across the country to implement innovative and sustainable new schooling models that bridge the best of Catholic education’s rich tradition with new possibilities. The challenges are significant but surmountable with collaboration from a mission-driven, high-performing, entrepreneurial team that embraces innovation and is motivated to reach thousands of children in America’s most underserved neighborhoods. For more information on Seton Education Partners, please visit www.SetonPartners.org.

About Seton Teaching Fellows

Seton Teaching Fellows accompanies, develops, and challenges young Catholics to serve students, families, and each other by imitating the love of Christ the Teacher in underserved communities and beyond.

Seton Teaching Fellows is a one or two-year postgraduate mission opportunity that brings the living Gospel and the beauty of the Catholic faith to children and families in underserved communities. Fellows rely on both time-tested and innovative methods that help the children and families they serve, as well as their peers, to better know, love, and serve Christ and His Church. At the same time, they participate in their own spiritual formation by developing the habits, dispositions, and beliefs indispensable to human flourishing and happiness.

Four Marks Drive the STF Program: Anchored in Hope, Free to Love, Living as One, and Sent to Serve

1. Anchored in Hope: Believes that God works for good in all things, detached from the outcomes of external success.
2. Free to Love: Able to choose the good for themselves and others, from their own agency.
3. Living as One: Acts as an indispensable part of a particular community.
4. Sent to Serve: Continually aware of a personal call from Christ to serve His Church. 

Qualifications and Desired Characteristics

Candidates for the position must possess the following personal characteristics:

• You have unquestioned integrity and commitment to Seton’s mission and values.
• You take personal responsibility.
• You have a strong belief that all children can achieve both moral and academic excellence.
• You have a relentless drive for excellence.
• You have grit, perseverance and can adapt and be flexible when challenges arise.
• You have an unwavering determination to be better today than you were yesterday.

About the Job of STF Operations Coordinator

Seton Education Partners believes that education is rooted in the inherent dignity of every child and flourishes when formation of mind, body, and soul is held together in an integrated whole. Our work is deeply relational, mission-driven, and grounded in a culture of excellence, accountability, and service. As the Operations Coordinator for the Seton Teaching Fellows program, you are entrusted with stewarding and advancing high-impact initiatives that strengthen our national apostolate. You will partner closely with team members across the organization to bring structure, clarity, and follow-through to all projects—ensuring that our alumni, Fellows, and partners are supported with intentionality, care, and operational excellence in service of the communities we are called to serve.

Key Responsibilities:

Housing & Facilities Support

• Oversee all aspects of STF housing, ensuring that each home is not only functional but conducive to intentional, mission-driven community life.
• Serve as primary liaison with landlords, property managers, and vendors, ensuring safe, stable, and well-maintained living environments.
• Maintain systems to track housing needs and ensure timely, effective responses to any issues that arise.
• Collaborate with the Resident Mentors in relevant Fellows houses to ensure hospitable and stable housing, encourage a positive, mission-oriented culture, and quickly identify and fill housing needs. 
• Own the summer housing turnover, as one cohort moves out, the homes are cleaned and restored, and the new cohort moves in. 

Retreats, Events & Hospitality

• Support the planning and execution of retreats and all programmatic events, owning the logistics to ensure a seamless and hospitable experience that allows Fellows to fully enter into formation.
• In collaboration with the Talent Team, coordinate Come and See weekends and other mission-facing events, helping prospective Fellows experience the depth and authenticity of STF community life.
• Serve as a primary driver of mission-aligned hospitality, creating a welcoming, thoughtful, and excellent experience for speakers, clergy, and guests.
• Serve as the liaison for all formation events in all geographies, coordinating food, communication to Fellows, reserving venues, requesting honorariums when applicable, travel when applicable, and ensuring a smooth logistical execution overall.

Executive Support for STF Leadership Team 

• Support the STF Leadership Team with logistics related to events, meetings, and partnerships.
• Assist in coordinating logistics for non-formation programmatic initiatives as needed, ensuring leadership priorities are well supported and executed with excellence.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications

• Has earned a bachelor’s degree (required);
• Has at least one year of teaching in a school serving predominantly low-income children with demonstrated exemplary student achievement results;
• Has a strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to work;
• Deeply faithful, mission-driven Catholic with a passion for the mission of Seton Teaching Fellows and Catholic education;
• Demonstrates extremely strong organizational skills, including detail-orientation, and is able to organize, prioritize, track, and manage workflow/resources;
• Demonstrated leadership, ownership, and accountability in professional and operational contexts;
• Strong relational skills with the ability to build trust and partnership across diverse stakeholders, including Fellows, school leaders, and national staff;
• Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain systems that support communication, operations, and long-term growth;
• Has the ability to strategically manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment;
• Clear, thoughtful communicator who models excellence, follow-through, and service-oriented leadership;
• Experience managing complex projects or programs in a nonprofit, education, or mission-driven organization;
• Comfort working with databases, CRMs, and communication tools (e.g., Hubspot, Google Workspace, Asana, etc.);
• Event planning and logistics experience, including budgeting and vendor coordination

Please note: this role requires some travel and candidates must live in, or be willing to move close to, one of our Seton Teaching Fellows’ placement sites: Bronx, NY, Cincinnati, OH, or Mission, TX.

Diversity & Inclusivity

We are building an organization in which talented individuals from all walks of life and past work experiences can join our team and make significant contributions. We are particularly committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences or backgrounds of the students we will serve.

Seton Education Partners provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees.

The base pay range for this position is $65,000-$70,000 per year in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. Pay may vary within the stated range, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.