Program Coach

About the role

The Program Coach at Small Magic delivers high-quality coaching, facilitation, and cohort management across Small Magic's direct programs. This role involves building relationships with families and childcare providers to enhance kindergarten readiness.

Responsibilities

• Coach toward positive outcomes for kids, including working with caregivers to improve kindergarten readiness at home and developing early learning professionals to improve classroom quality and learning environment.
• Facilitate group sessions with consistency and skill, leading evening sessions for families and visits to centers for professional learning communities.
• Manage your groups end-to-end, handling enrollment, technology, materials, scheduling, attendance, and follow-through.
• Track progress and use data to improve, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement across the program team and programs.
• Flex across program service lines as needed, moving between family-facing and center-facing work as organizational need requires.

Requirements

To succeed in this role, candidates should have:

• Experience working with families with young children.
• Experience living in or working with lower income communities.
• Comfort with learning new curricula.

Qualifications

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellence in coaching and facilitation.
• Prioritization and time management skills.
• Data discipline and attention to detail.

Skills

Key skills include:

• Understanding of adult learning and behavior change.
• Ability to facilitate sessions that meet participants where they are.
• Effective prioritization and time management.
• Project and cohort management skills.
• Data-driven decision making.

Benefits

Benefits include:

• A highly flexible work environment.
• Premium health insurance.
• Retailment matching (up to 5% after 3 months).
• Paid time off (approximately 30 days).
• Professional development funds.
• A work-issued laptop.