Center Director

The CHS Center Director is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children ages six weeks to 5 years old from under resourced and overburdened backgrounds by providing high-quality Early Childhood Education and care. This individual oversees operations of a state-of-the-art Early Childhood Education Center.Responsibilities of the CHS Center Director include providing leadership and guidance to a team in line with CHS policies, guidelines, and curriculum. They are accountable for ensuring the delivery of a top-tier early childhood and family support program that delivers results for children and families. The Center Director manages the day-to-day operations, implementation, and administration of the center, leading scholastic, family success, health services, and operations teams to deliver CHS mission, vision and values.The Center Director reports to the CHS Central Office's Senior Director of Programs. They are expected to exemplify leadership for administrators, teachers, children, and families, setting a national standard for quality Early Childhood Education and guiding staff towards achieving this standard. The salary range for this position is $104,250 to $126,630 per year, based on expertise.Responsibilities:Supervising and guiding the center departments to deliver high quality, child-centered education tochildren. Department staff include Teachers, Family Success, Health & Safety, Facilities, and additional operations support rolesEstablishing an inclusive, welcoming environment and Center culture through value-inspired leadership for all employeesObserving and resolving gaps, inefficiencies, and conflicts in the day-to-day operationsMediating issues with families and employeesProviding proper resources for children and employeesCollaboratively spearheading staff recruitment, hiring, training, benefit, and retention efforts.Leading child recruitment, acceptance, and retention efforts alongside the Family Success and Central Office teamsImplementing policies and procedures to safeguard health and safety of families and employees in compliance with the state requirements (DHS/OCDEL) and NAEYC standardsEstablishing and reinforcing rules of behavior and compliance with proceduresEnsuring adherence to all CHS policies, procedures, and governance standardsCreating an effective system of reporting and progress trackingMaintaining clear and transparent communications with children, parents, and caregivers and formulating public communications to this audience on major events and issuesObtaining necessary approvals, licenses, and accreditations for the Center's operations alongside the Operations DirectorManaging the Center's local community outreach and relationships alongside the Communications Director and Enrollment DirectorDeveloping and fostering relationships with on-site partnersWorking closely with the Assistant Director to ensure consistent high-quality programming and on track operationsSupporting the development of Center budget and ensuring that funding, contract, and reporting requirements are met fullyBuilding and encouraging a positive and collaborative working environment, showing appreciation and unity of all employee contributionsCollaborating with CHS Central Office to implement strategic plans and achieve comprehensive outcomes and established implementation goalsQualifications:Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Early Childhood Education, Family Relations/Child development, or related field. Master's Degree preferred8 years of experience as an ECE teacher and leaderFluency in Spanish preferredSignificant experience overseeing several operations/departments and workstreams, including leading teams with a successful record of spearheading initiativesExperience in creating, analyzing, and presenting outcome-related reporting to leadershipExceptional interpersonal skills including the ability to influence, lead, and educate large teamsDemonstrated understanding of and ability to effectively work with low-income familiesAbility to proactively identify problems and implement solutionsWillingness to be held accountable and receive feedbackResponsible, enthusiastic, and cares about working in a mission-focuses organizationComfortability with technology including MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and/or willingness to learnCommitment to the mission and values of CHS and MHS and demonstrated high degree of integrity as allCHS and MHS staff are considered to be role models for childrenUS work authorization and successful completion of pre-employment background checks and clearances