CENTER DIRECTOR 2

Chautauqua Opportunities Inc•City of Dunkirk, NY

12d•$34

About The Position

Responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and quality of education for all children within the center’s care. Directly accountable for overall operational including curriculum implementation, staff and facilities management, regulatory compliance and budgetary considerations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in education required; master’s degree preferred
3 years of experience in child care required
3 years supervisory experience required
NYS Teaching Certificate in early childhood preferred.
Strong interpersonal, communication and customer relation skills
Strong computer skills, including word processing, data entry, and excel in a windows’ environment.
Goal oriented
Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with people from various backgrounds
Strong team building and participation skills
Ability to hold a Medication Administration Training certificate
Flexible work schedule
Must be able to provide consistent even tempered customer service at all times
Pre-employment physical exams and TB Testing
Valid Driver’s license
Reliable transportation
Works compassionately with a diverse population
Experience navigating community programs

Nice To Haves

NYS Teaching Certificate in early childhood preferred.
master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

Oversee staffing to ensure regulatory ratios of qualified staff to children are maintained.
Assist in the recruitment of children and families; provide guidance on classroom placement of children.
Ensure records on children enrolled in the program are accurate and up-to-date and include their development, attendance, immunization, and general health
Oversee curriculum planning and implementation.
Oversee classroom management and behavior support strategies.
Oversee center based food services including staffing, menu development, ordering of food and supplies, development, and provision of specialized diets, as well as kitchen health, safety, and sanitation compliance.
Ensure family services are offered to enrolled customers including life coaching, family engagement, transition, and special education services.
Ensure center based health services, including staffing, daily health checks, compliant health and immunization records, medication administration, development andimplementation of individual health care plans are provided consistent with center’shealth care plan.
Ensure transportation services, if provided, follow regulations; pick up and drop off protocols are established and followed for the building to ensure safe, orderly and timely service; ensure disruptions to service are communicated among staff, providers and families.
Provide care and supervision of children on an as-needed basis
Administer medication as needed to children.
Order and maintain child care supplies and equipment.
Ensure that problems encountered by staff are resolved, reviewing policies or procedures to ensure smooth operation of program
Provide quality customer service to families, including regular communication and individualized meetings to address concerns
Assist in the billing and collection of payments for fee based child care
Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement
Oversees petty cash
Conducts/coordinates evacuation/lockdown drills a minimum of annually or as is required by licensing or regulatory entity; completes documentation of drill and forwards to appropriate person(s)
Maintains a current list of office occupancy in the building (includes staff name, office number, and program to be charged) and updates list monthly & forwards to finance or as is indicated
Oversees general building work orders; acts a liaison to B & G’s supervisor – reports physical building/or property concerns and reviews/ approves maintenance requests
Building Manager, or designee, tracks & distributes keys; maintains list of staff that have keys to building
Completes/reviews/submits incident/accident reports re: incidents that occur in building within required timeframes
Supervises building receptionist – arranges for adequate reception back-up
Reports any major/serious incidents, issues, concerns to CEO – completes an event record when indicated
Works with team on PR and recruitment strategies; community relations.
Maintains current knowledge of and assures regulatory and procedural compliance.
Develops and keeps procedures and protocols current; implements designated management systems.
Assists with providing and developing trainings and orientation to service area staff.
Promotes agency wide integrated service delivery strategies.
Participates on designated Coalitions.
Fosters positive relationships with peers, funders, licensors, staff, subcontractors and community partners.
Monitors identified service area budgets; assists Supervisor to develop new or renewed budgets.
Facilitates and participates in meetings as designated.
Fosters ongoing, integrated, comprehensive service delivery model with other COI services.
Coordinates designated functions of the MOU and MOA process.
Facilitates standardization of systems and processes within service area and division.
Utilizes CAPSYS, data, and other tracking and measurement tools to monitor staff performance and service area outcomes; drive improvement and response to need in service area
Promotes positive agency, division and service area image
Other duties as assigned by supervisor
Adheres to all policies and procedures
Attends appropriate in-services/trainings
Attend all required meetings.
Data collection, analysis & reporting as required
Participation in all management systems and functions internally and externally
Participates in organizational committee structures as appropriate