Center Director

Responsibilities

• Supervising and guiding the center departments to deliver high quality, child-centered education to children.
• Establishing an inclusive, welcoming environment and Center culture through value-inspired leadership for all employees.
• Observing and resolving gaps, inefficiencies, and conflicts in the day-to-day operations.
• Mediating issues with families and employees.
• Providing proper resources for children and employees.
• Collaboratively spearheading staff recruitment, hiring, training, benefit, and retention efforts.
• Leading child recruitment, acceptance, and retention efforts alongside the Family Success and Central Office teams.
• Implementing policies and procedures to safeguard health and safety of families and employees in compliance with the state requirements (DHS/OCDEL) and NAEYC standards.
• Establishing and reinforcing rules of behavior and compliance with procedures.
• Ensuring adherence to all CHS policies, procedures, and governance standards.
• Creating an effective system of reporting and progress tracking.
• Maintaining clear and transparent communications with children, parents, and caregivers and formulating public communications to this audience on major events and issues.
• OBTAINING NECESSARY APPROVALS, LICENSES, AND ACCREDITATIONS FOR THE CENTER'S OPERATIONS AJOINTLY WITH THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR.
• MANAGING THE CENTER'S LOCAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RELATIONSHIPS AJOINTLY WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND ENROLLMENT DIRECTOR.
• WORKING CLOSERLY WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO ENSURE CONSISTENT HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMMING AND ON TRACK OPERATIONS.
• DEVELOPING AND FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ON-SITE PARTNERS.
• WORKING CLOSERLY WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO ENSURE CONSISTENT HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMMING AND ON TRACK OPERATIONS.
• SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTER BUDGET AND ENSURING THAT FUNDING, CONTRACT, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET FULLY.
• Building and encouraging a positive and collaborative working environment, showing appreciation and unity of all employee contributions.
• Collaborating with CHS Central Office to implement strategic plans and achieve comprehensive outcomes and established implementation goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Early Childhood Education, Family Relations/Child development, or related field. Master's Degree preferred.
• 8 years of experience as an ECE teacher and leader.
• Fluency in Spanish preferred.
• Significant experience overseeing several operations/departments and workstreams, including leading teams with a successful record of spearheading initiatives.
• Experience in creating, analyzing, and presenting outcome-related reporting to leadership.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills including the ability to influence, lead, and educate large teams.
• Demonstrated understanding of and ability to effectively work with low-income families.
• Willingness to be held accountable and receive feedback.
• Responsible, enthusiastic, and cares about working in a mission-focused organization.
• Comfortable with technology including MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and/or willing to learn.
• Commitment to the mission and values of CHS and MHS and demonstrated high degree of integrity as all CHS and MHS staff are considered to be role models for children.
• US work authorization and successful completion of pre-employment background checks and clearances.