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Childcare District Director

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Warrensville Heights, OH, USA
Full-time

The District Director of Childcare has the responsibilities to ensure effective and efficient child care business operations. Responsibilities include training and development of assigned child care staff, ensuring quality and compliance of program, promotion and monitoring results against pre-stated performance goals. Overall, the District Director is fully accountable for maintaining adequate staffing, full enrollment in programs, maximization of public and private revenues, and maintenance of appropriate physical environments, and active community involvement within their assigned region.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Continually reviews and evaluates key performances measures regarding service sites, staffing, licensing compliance issues, customer service and fiscal operations to insure for continuous improvements in each area.
  • Supervises all Site Administrators/Coordinators within assigned region. Responsible for staff recruitment, hiring, training, and scheduling. Reviews and evaluates staff performance. Develops strategies to motivate staff and achieve goals.Verify that all staff maintains all internal and external required certifications and comply with regulations
  • Ensures that all third-party program standards are being met to the highest quality, including but not limited to SUTQ, Head start, all YMCA program standards (including HEPA), etc.
  • Develops and maintains relationships with school administration, ODJFS, parent groups and other organizations and agencies related to assigned regional programs. Ensures that staff respond to all agency, parent and community inquiries and complaints in a timely manner.
  • Plans and oversees on-going marketing of Licensed Child Care programs to ensure optimum enrollments.
  • Ensures YMCA expectations for high-quality programming are being met through routine program evaluation and assessment.
  • Explores growth opportunities and expands programming within assigned region in accordance with strategic and operating plans.
  • Develops, manages and controls budgets related to all assigned regional child care programming. Monitors enrollment and ensures program operates within budget and that program fees are collected.
Educational Background: 
Bachelor's degree in Education or related field is required
Skills/Experience: 
  • Must have a minimum of 5 years' experience of demonstrated leadership in long-term planning, designing and implementing a successful child care site, and successfully accrediting centers through SUTQ, NAA, and/or NAEYC.
  • Passionate belief in the Y's cause of nurturing the potential of all youth, supporting healthy living for all people and finding ways to help and support our neighbors.
  • Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
  • Must demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to administer the program, fiscal, and personnel policies of the association, a person in this position must possess the insights and skills of modern management (ex. Continuous Improvement) to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization.
  • Ability to foster a collaborative team approach to solving challenging situations.
  • Excellent time management, customer service, attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Ability to multitask and handle high volume of work
  • Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office suite with excellent Excel skills.
Compensation/Benefits: 

Salary: $45,000.00 - $48,000.00

Organization Info

YMCA of the USA

Overview
Headquarters: 
Chicago, IL, United States
Annual Budget : 
$100-500M
Founded: 
1983
About Us
Mission: 

The YMCA mission is: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) is the national resource office for the Y, one of the nation's leading nonprofits strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Across the U.S., 2,700 Ys engage 22 million men, women and children – of all ages, incomes and backgrounds – to nurture the potential of children and teens, improve the nation's health and well-being and provide opportunities to give back and support neighbors. Anchored in more than 10,000 communities, the Y has the longstanding relationships and physical presence needed not just to promise, but also to deliver, lasting personal and social change.

Programs: 
  1. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: Nurturing the potential of children and teens
  2. HEALTHY LIVING: Improving the nation’s health and well-being
  3. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Giving back and providing support to neighbors

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Jun 3 2019
Active Until: 
Jul 3 2019
Hiring Organization: 
YMCA of the USA
industry: 
Nonprofit