Director, Child Development Center & Tribal Partnerships

TVCCA - Thames Valley Council for Community Action, Inc.; Mashantucket (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

TVCCA - Thames Valley Council for Community Action, Inc. in Mashantucket, CT seeks a Director to oversee the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Child Development Center.

You will plan, direct, and manage budgets, personnel, and contracts while ensuring high-quality early education services and effective communication with TVCCA leadership and tribal partners. The role requires strategic planning, fundraising and grant administration, and collaboration with TVCCA departments and community partners

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Early Childhood or related field with six years of related experience or a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related experience with a minimum of eight years of related work experience, both with at least four years of supervision experience.
• Demonstrated experience in early childhood education, knowledge of issues related to school readiness
• Must have experience working with budgets and grant applications.
• Strong communication and computer skills required.
• Must have strong decision making, organizational, critical thinking, problem-solving and leadership skills.
• Experience leading and managing employees and multiple projects simultaneously with differing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Direct the day to day operations of the MPTN CDC, including planning, developing, and implementing strategies for the department to meet organizational plans within budget guidelines and time schedules.
• Overall responsibility for implementation of tribal requirements including implementation of accreditation as directed by the MPTN.
• Responsible for supervision of the Assistant Director, Managers, Coordinators, and Coaches, as applicable.
• Work collaboratively with TVCCA Little Learners and TVCCA Head Start/Early Head Start program directors to ensure consistent policies, procedures, and processes relating to children, families and employees.
• Prepare budgets, and apply sound fiscal judgment in the administration of fiscal expenditures. Submit required documentation into the appropriate software/web systems.
• Works with MPTN officials and CDC staff to successfully develop, implement, and fully integrate tribal cultural lessons, language, values, history, and related subjects into each classroom at the CDC.
• Prepare program plans for existing programs and ability to create opportunities for new initiatives.
• Develop and direct procedures for collecting and generating data used in overall operation, monitoring and assessment for long range planning; report required data/metrics to the MPTN and the TVCCA Board of Trustees, via the Chief Operations Officer and CEO, regularly.

Skills

Budget management

Grant writing

Leadership

Communication

Strategic planning

Staff supervision

Computer skills

Budgeting software

MS Office

Education

Master’s Degree in Early Childhood or related field

Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or related field

Tools

Budgeting software

Computer skills

Job description

TVCCA - Thames Valley Council for Community Action, Inc. in Mashantucket, CT seeks a Director to oversee the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Child Development Center.

You will plan, direct, and manage budgets, personnel, and contracts while ensuring high-quality early education services and effective communication with TVCCA leadership and tribal partners. The role requires strategic planning, fundraising and grant administration, and collaboration with TVCCA departments and community partners