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School-Age Childcare Multi-Site Director - After School

Healthy Kids Programs · Manchester Center, VT · Today
On-site$22/hrPart-time

About the role

Healthy Kids Programs is seeking a Multi-Site Childcare Director to oversee after school programs across three Vermont locations. This is a hybrid leadership + hands-on role, meaning you will both support Site Directors and staff and regularly work directly with children to maintain required staffing ratios.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure engaging programming aligned with the Healthy Kids Curriculum
  • Conduct regular site visits and provide coaching to Site Directors and staff
  • Maintain safe, inclusive, and enriching program environments
  • Support corrective action plans and follow-up from VT DCF inspections
  • Maintain licensing readiness and required documentation
  • Regularly work directly with children in program as part of required staff-to-child ratios across assigned sites
  • Support recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and staff coverage planning
  • Manage staffing schedules to ensure compliance while controlling payroll costs
  • Review employee timecards and monitor payroll accuracy
  • Address staffing call-outs and operational challenges as they arise
  • Ensure staff training, certifications, and documentation remain current
  • Support enrollment growth and maintain healthy program capacity
  • Monitor attendance trends, waitlists, and program demand
  • Participate in school community outreach and family engagement
  • Build strong relationships with school administrators and community partners
  • Maintain professional communication with families
  • Maintain adherence to VT DCF regulations and Healthy Kids policies
  • Maintain attendance and documentation are entered accurately in program systems
  • Maintain staff credentials, background checks, and certification renewals
  • Collaborate with HR, Payroll, Registration, and leadership teams
  • Utilize Microsoft 365 tools for reporting, communication, and program management

Qualifications

  • Minimum age of 21 and an Bachelor’s degree or higher
  • One of the following credentials or experiences:
    • At least twelve months of direct work experience with school-age children
    • Vermont On-the-Job Training Certificate
    • Vermont Afterschool Professional Credential
    • Vermont Program Director Credential
    • Vermont Teacher Licensure
    • Master’s degree in a youth-related field
  • Prior Vermont Background Clearance and Training preferred but not required
  • Demonstrated ability to create a warm, welcoming, and inclusive environment that engages and supports children, families, and staff
  • Strong leadership skills, including experience supervising, training, and mentoring staff to implement high-quality programming
  • Proven ability to plan and lead engaging daily activities, hands-on projects, games, arts & crafts, and themed events
  • Knowledge of health and safety regulations, state guidelines, and best practices in youth supervision
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, including experience interacting with families and supporting parent engagement
  • Ability to support community outreach initiatives to promote programs and engage prospective families
  • Maintains professionalism, reliability, and punctuality, while modeling enthusiasm, positivity, and a can-do attitude
  • Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including bending, stretching, lifting, carrying up to 50 pounds, and actively engaging with energetic children

    • Benefits

    • Employer-paid childcare for school-age children (ages 5–12) enrolled in our program on the days and during the hours you are working with us
    • Telehealth, vision, and dental coverage
    • AFLAC supplemental plans
    • 401(k) for eligible employees
    • Paid sick time
    • On-demand pay
    • Career development and growth opportunities

    About Healthy Kids Programs

    Healthy Kids Programs is more than a childcare provider. We’re shaping the future of childcare. As one of Inc. 5,000’s fastest-growing organizations, we offer Early Learning, Before and After School, and Summer Camp programs across more than 150 locations. As a certified benefit corporation, our mission is to make childcare accessible and affordable for today’s families while positively impacting the communities we serve.

    Hiring Decisions

    Hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs. Healthy Kids Programs is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic.

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