CENTER DIRECTOR- Connections North

Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc.; City of Dunkirk (NY); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc. in Dunkirk, NY is seeking a Center Director to lead our child care center. You will ensure health, safety and high quality education for all children, manage curriculum implementation, staff and facilities, and oversee regulatory compliance and budgets.

This exempt role reports to the Child Care Center Administrator and requires strong leadership, planning and community relations to support families and the program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in education and 3 years of experience in child care; master’s degree in education preferred
• NYS Teaching Certificate in early childhood preferred
• Strong interpersonal, communication and customer relation skills
• Strong computer skills, including word processing, data entry and Excel in a Windows environment
• Goal oriented
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with people from various backgrounds
• Strong team building and participation skills

Responsibilities

• Oversee staffing to maintain regulatory staff-to-child ratios.
• Assist in recruitment of children and families; guide classroom placement.
• Ensure accurate records on enrolled children including development and health.
• Oversee curriculum planning and implementation.
• Oversee classroom management and behavior support strategies.
• Oversee center-based food services, including menu development and safety compliance.
• Provide family services, including life coaching and family engagement.
• Ensure health services, health checks, and immunization records.
• Ensure transportation services follow regulations and safe protocols.
• Provide care and supervision of children as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Computer skills

Goal-oriented

Relationship building

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor degree in education

NYS Teaching Certificate in early childhood

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Description

Position Data:

Title: Center Director

Grade: E11 Exempt X Non-Exempt

Reports to: Child Care Center Administrator

Responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and quality of education, for all children within the center’s care. Directly accountable for overall operational including curriculum implementation, staff and facilities management, regulatory and budgetary considerations, and long range planning. Ensures that the needs of the students and the goals of the center are met appropriately.

Mon-Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm $35.64 hourly

Requirements

Position Responsibilities and Specific Duties

• Oversee staffing to ensure regulatory ratios of qualified staff to children are maintained.
• Assist in the recruitment of children and families; provide guidance on classroom placement of children.
• Ensure records on children enrolled in the program are accurate and up-to-date and include their development, attendance, immunization, and general health
• Oversee curriculum planning and implementation.
• Oversee classroom management and behavior support strategies.
• Oversee center based food services including staffing, menu development, ordering of food and supplies, development, and provision of specialized diets, as well as kitchen health, safety, and sanitation compliance.
• Ensure family services are offered to enrolled customers including life coaching, family engagement, transition, and special education services.
• Ensure center based health services, including staffing, daily health checks, compliant health and immunization records, medication administration, development and implementation of individual health care plans are provided consistent with center’s health care plan.
• Ensure transportation services, if provided, follow regulations; pick up and drop off protocols are established and followed for the building to ensure safe, orderly and timely service; ensure disruptions to service are communicated among staff, providers and families.
• Provide care and supervision of children on an as-needed basis
• Administer medication as needed to children.
• Order and maintain child care supplies and equipment.
• Ensure that problems encountered by staff are resolved, reviewing policies or procedures to ensure smooth operation of program
• Provide quality customer service to families, including regular communication and individualized meetings to address concerns
• Assist in the billing and collection of payments for fee based child care
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement
• Works with team on PR and recruitment strategies; community relations.
• Maintains current knowledge of and assures regulatory and procedural compliance.
• Develops and keeps procedures and protocols current; implements designated management systems.
• Assists with providing and developing trainings and orientation to service area staff.
• Promotes agency wide integrated service delivery strategies.
• Participates on designated Coalitions.
• Fosters positive relationships with peers, funders, licensors, staff, subcontractors and community partners.
• Monitors identified service area budgets; assists Supervisor to develop new or renewed budgets.
• Facilitates and participates in meetings as designated.
• Fosters ongoing, integrated, comprehensive service delivery model with other COI services.
• Coordinates designated functions of the MOU and MOA process.
• Facilitates standardization of systems and processes within service area and division.
• Utilizes CAPSYS, data, and other tracking and measurement tools to monitor staff performance and service area outcomes; drive improvement and response to need in service area
• Promotes positive agency, division and service area image
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Knowledge, Skills Required

• Bachelor Degree in education and 3 years of experience in child care; master’s degree in education preferred
• NYS Teaching Certificate in early childhood preferred
• Strong interpersonal, communication and customer relation skills
• Strong computer skills, including word processing, data entry and excel in a windows’ environment
• Goal oriented
• Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with people from various backgrounds
• Strong team building and participation skills

Special Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations
• Ability to hold a MAT training certificate
• Must be able to provide consistent even tempered customer service at all times
• Valid Drivers license
• Ability to travel
• Reliable transportation
• Flexible work schedule
• Complete all require NYS Background clearances
• Pre-employment physical Exam and TB testing
• Works compassionately with a diverse population
• Experience navigating community programs