Assistant Child Development Director

Air Education and Training Command • Sheppard AFB, TX

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About The Position

The Assistant Child Development Director exercises second-level supervisory and managerial authorities over the Child Development Center. The position develops, implements, and administers childcare programs; provides a safe and healthy environment that stimulates and sustains children's interest; assists with administration; and organizes educational and developmental programs. The Assistant Director also assists the Child Development Center Director in meeting National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation and Department of Defense Child Development Program certification standards.

The role assists with planning, organizing, and overseeing the activities of the Sheppard Child Development Center; assists the Director with supervisory and personnel-management responsibilities; represents the Center with installation and functional-area organizations; develops developmentally appropriate curriculum packages; and helps prepare appropriated-fund and nonappropriated-fund budgets to operate an effective early childhood program.

This is a supervisory, mission-essential federal position subject to childcare-related background checks and random drug testing. The work may involve an uncommon tour of duty, including nights, weekends, and holidays; temporary-duty travel; operating a vehicle designed to carry up to 15 people; and physical exertion, including lifting up to 40 pounds and exposure to early-childhood diseases. A current immunization card, Food Handlers Certificate, Pediatric First Aid/Rescue Breathing, and CPR are required. The position requires a valid driver's license. A one-year supervisory probationary period is required if the selected applicant has not previously met this requirement.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university, including major study in child development, early childhood education, home economics with an early-childhood emphasis, elementary education, special education, or another appropriate field; alternatively, qualifying equivalent education and experience may satisfy the basic requirement.
• At least one year of specialized experience at the GS-09 level or equivalent, or qualifying doctoral-level graduate education, or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
• Specialized experience must demonstrate professional knowledge of early-childhood development and education; program and facilities management; safety, fire, and environmental regulations and procedures; facility design and equipment selection and purchase; and commonly used budget practices.
• For a Child Development Center Director, a bachelor's degree in a child-related field and experience working with the age groups in the program are specified; if the Director lacks that bachelor's degree, an associate degree and progress toward a bachelor's degree are specified.
• Submit transcripts if using education to qualify; transcripts must be verified before appointment when education is the basis for qualification.
• Merit-promotion applicants subject to federal time-in-grade rules must have one year at GS-09 for GS-10 consideration.
• Ability to prepare budgets, contract proposals, program evaluations, and facility administration; manage program finances and resources; and organize and use available resources.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing; plan, organize, and direct functions; mentor, motivate, and appraise staff through subordinate supervisors; and analyze, plan, and adjust operations to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources.
• Current immunization card, Food Handlers Certificate, Pediatric First Aid/Rescue Breathing, and CPR are required.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must meet childcare/youth-services background-check requirements and is subject to random drug testing.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays, travel on temporary duty, and operate vehicles designed to carry no more than 15 persons including the driver.
• Must be able to perform physical dexterity and heavy physical exertion, including lifting up to 40 pounds, and tolerate exposure to early-childhood diseases.
• A one-year supervisory probationary period is required if the selected applicant has not previously met this requirement.
• Males must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning, organizing, and overseeing the activities of the Sheppard Child Development Center.
• Assist the Child Development Center Director with supervisory and personnel-management responsibilities.
• Represent the Child Development Center with installation and functional-area organizations.
• Develop and provide developmentally appropriate curriculum packages.
• Assist the Director in preparing appropriated-fund and nonappropriated-fund budgets, including expenditures needed to operate an effective early childhood program.
• Assist in administering childcare programs and organizing educational and developmental programs.
• Help provide an overall safe and healthy environment that stimulates and sustains children's interest.
• Assist the Director in meeting NAEYC accreditation and DoD Child Development Program certification standards.

Benefits

• Eligible direct childcare employees receive a childcare discount: 100% for the first child and 25% for each additional child; other assigned CYP and FCC personnel are eligible for a 25% discount.
• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• Disabled veteran leave may be available to eligible federal employees with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager