EDUCATION CENTER OPERATOR ASSISTANT

Family Service; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Family Service in San Antonio is seeking an Education Center Operator Assistant to assist with daily operations of Head Start centers. The role involves delivering the Head Start curriculum and ensuring high-quality learning environments for children and families.

Key qualifications include an Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Development, two years of teaching experience for ages birth to five, and fluency in English and Spanish. The role also requires strong interpersonal skills and an understanding of community needs.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience teaching children ages birth to five.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is desirable.
• Ability to perform essential functions satisfactorily.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Education Center Operator in daily operations of Head Start centers.
• Deliver Head Start curriculum and ensure effective instructional practices.
• Maintain and oversee assigned budgets.

Skills

Healthcare and Human Services Environments

Achievement Orientation

Community Orientation

Professionalism and Ethics

Interpersonal Understanding

Education

Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Development

Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Development or related field

Current CPR and First Aid certification

Job description

The Education Center Operator Assistant is responsible for assisting the Education Center Operator in the day‑to‑day operations of each Head Start center, and will use agency standards to ensure that services provided are in alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma‑informed care lens as defined by the agency. Functions include the delivery of the Head Start curriculum and effective instructional practices according to the Head Start Program Performance Standards, Head Start Act, Licensing Minimum Standards, and policies and procedures that lead to effective school readiness and a high‑quality learning environment for children and families. Responsible for developing and maintaining collaborative relationships, supervising Head Start staff at their center and incorporating an effective Parent, Family and Community Engagement Program. Maintain and oversee assigned budgets.

Organizational Relationships:

1. Reports to: Education Center Operator or designee
2. Directs: Assists with the supervision of Head Start Services staff and volunteers; liaison for parent leadership and Parent Advisory Committee, liaison with and provide leadership to personnel and representatives of collaborating agencies, community residents and others.
3. Other: Works cooperatively with all staff to accomplish the mission, goals, objectives and performance measures of the program and agency.

Essential Performance Requirements:

Required Competencies / Skills:

• Healthcare and Human Services Environments: Ability to explain issues and advancements in the healthcare and human services industries.
• Achievement Orientation: A concern for surpassing a standard of excellence. The standard may be one's own past performance; an objective measure; outperforming others; challenging goals, or something that has not been done previously.
• Community Orientation: Ability to align one's own and the organization's priorities and assess and address community needs in an evidence‑based and holistic manner, one that addresses the social determinants of health through a trauma‑informed lens.
• Professionalism and Ethics: The demonstration of ethics and sound professional practices, as well as stimulation social accountability and community stewardship. The desire to act in a way that is consistent with one's values and what one says is important.
• Interpersonal Understanding: Ability to understand other people as well as to accurately hear and understand the unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. It measures increasing complexity and depth of understanding of others and includes cross‑cultural sensitivity through a trauma‑informed care lens.

Qualifications:

To perform this job satisfactorily, an individual must be able to perform each essential performance requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the training, experience, knowledge, and skills required for this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions listed above.

Education / Training / Experience:

1. Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Development; or Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Development or other related human service field with 18 hours of Early Childhood Development desirable.
2. Current CPR and First Aid.
3. Two (2) years previous experience teaching children ages birth to five.
4. Fluency in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.

Required Certificates and Licenses:

1. Certificate or license, as applicable, by the appropriate State agency as a qualified practitioner.
2. State of Texas vehicle operator’s license and proof of liability insurance.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. While performing the duties of this job, you must be able to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear, and taste or smell.
2. You may be able to lift up to 10 pounds, have closevision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust your focus with good hand‑eye coordination.