Child Care Executive Director
About The Position
The Malvern School is seeking a highly motivated, career-oriented Executive Director with strong parent communication skills, a collaborative, team-building approach to staff leadership, and knowledge of the industry. This management-level position is responsible for the daily operations and every aspect of the school, ensuring compliance with licensing/accrediting agencies, and maintaining high-quality written communication for parents, staff, peers, and supervisors. The role involves executing the sales process to build enrollment, managing business operations according to the annual budget, and adhering to business management practices like fee collection and financial reporting. The Executive Director will also support the Director of Education, serve as a resource to personnel, manage the recruitment process for the school, ensure proper staff/child ratios, and oversee new hire orientation and performance evaluations.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- Administrative Experience, preferably in Early Childhood Education
- Experience and demonstrated strengths in Business Management, Sales, Customer Service, Staff Management, Financial Management and Organization
- Must be able to relate well to children and adults and feel comfortable in a leadership role
Responsibilities
- Assuming responsibility for the daily operations (and every aspect) of the school
- Ensuring compliance with all licensing/accrediting agencies
- Abiding by and enforcing all terms of The Malvern School Employee Manual
- Producing written work for parents, staff, peers and supervisors that is of above-standard quality in composition, content, and timeliness
- Executing all aspects of the sales process, in order to continually build enrollment, by accepting responsibility for goals as shown on an annual budget to ensure successful business operations of the school on a daily basis
- Following all required business management practices, such as charging late fees and maintaining deposit reporting, credit card forms, subsidy binder, P&L reconciliation, etc.
- Earning and maintaining consistent customer satisfaction, maximizing enrollment potential and minimizing student withdrawals
- Supporting the Director of Education in ensuring that all staff are educated and capable of planning and implementing a superior early childhood program
- Serving as a resource and leader to all personnel
- Performing the recruitment process for your school by placing job ads, attending recruitment events, and screening/hiring qualified, quality personnel
- Ensuring efficient and sufficient staff/child ratios are maintained in order to meet budgetary and Malvern School guidelines
- Ensuring proper orientation of all new hires and create and communicate current staff performance evaluations
Benefits
- Holiday pay, including a week-long paid Winter Holiday break
- Paid time off
- Company paid training for CPR, First Aid and more!
- Unlimited referral bonuses
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 60% Childcare discounts
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance benefits
- 401K
- Bonus incentives
- State-of-art classrooms in professionally cleaned, attractive facilities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
