Regional Director

About the role

The Regional Director operates a region of schools under the direction of the Regional Vice President. The role focuses on leadership, financial management, business administration, program quality, and customer service to achieve the Company's Brand Promise of delivering exceptional education.

Responsibilities

• Ensures school standards are maintained in accordance with licensing authorities, ancillary government programs, and company policies and procedures.
• Creates and implements a strategic plan to drive results and manages resources to achieve a competitive advantage.
• Keeps abreast of current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, at the competition, and in the marketplace.
• Assists Directors to develop an operating business plan to address growth strategies and processes to drive schools to achieve and surpass revenue goals, profitability, and business goals and objectives.
• Affirms and addresses issues that ensure the health, safety, and security of children, staff, and facilities at all times.
• Identifies and monitors key financial indicators to gauge performance, identify trends, and suggest strategies that can impact results.
• Seeks out current grants and available accreditation assistance.
• Establishes and maintains systems to ensure all company initiatives and policies regarding safety and supervision are implemented and the schools are safe, clean, home-like, and educational.
• Addresses and communicates new state or company policies to appropriate people to ensure all communication remains updated.
• Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships through positive, engaging customer interactions, and uses customer insights to build and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations.
• Assists with other department functions as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must have the ability to travel.
• Must have the ability to work nights and weekends as needed.
• Must be a successful leader of people, have strong leadership skills, and the ability to motivate a team.
• Must be able to decide how to allocate people, time, and other resources to create, execute, and accomplish an operating or project plan on time and within budget.
• Must have solid analytical and problem-solving skills along with the ability to utilize the appropriate management techniques to plan, organize, control, and coordinate activities.
• Must be able to manage priorities in a dynamic environment and adapt to change quickly and positively.
• Must demonstrate ability to be self-directed, as well as demonstrate excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work as a team member with peers, other managers, staff, and leadership.
• Must possess good customer service and communications skills, the ability to work with professionals, and maintain confidentiality standards.
• Requires ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Education or equivalency: Requires a bachelor’s degree in Business, Early Childhood Education, or related field; or an equivalent combination of training and progressively responsible experience that will result in the required specialized knowledge and abilities to perform the assigned work.
• Experience: Requires a minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience that demonstrates a high level of understanding of the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, including demonstrated leadership ability, preferably working in a related management position in an education setting.
• Multi-site leadership experience.

Skills

• Must have the ability to travel.
• Must have the ability to work nights and weekends as needed.
• Must be a successful leader of people, have strong leadership skills, and the ability to motivate a team.
• Must be able to decide how to allocate people, time, and other resources to create, execute, and accomplish an operating or project plan on time and within budget.
• Must have solid analytical and problem-solving skills along with the ability to utilize the appropriate management techniques to plan, organize, control, and coordinate activities.
• Must be able to manage priorities in a dynamic environment and adapt to change quickly and positively.
• Must demonstrate ability to be self-directed, as well as demonstrate excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to work as a team member with peers, other managers, staff, and leadership.
• Must possess good customer service and communications skills, the ability to work with professionals, and maintain confidentiality standards.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: Yearly Salary Range $80,000 - $105,000
• 100% childcare tuition discount
• NEW! 401(k) with employer match
• Comprehensive benefit package for all full-time employees, including:
• Paid time off that increases with seniority
• Paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision options available
• Additional life, disability, and retirement plans
• Tuition reimbursement
• Company-paid life insurance
• Pet insurance
• Paid CDA

Schedule

Full Time