Early Learning Assoc Manager

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking an Early Learning Associate Manager to assist with the oversight of childcare personnel, program operations, and quality assurance for the VUMC Child Care - Dakota center. This role supports the Vanderbilt Health Child and Family Centers, which provide early childhood care and education for children aged six weeks to five years, serving the children of Vanderbilt Health employees. The centers are licensed by the Tennessee Department of Human Services and are committed to providing quality care and education in a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment.

Requirements

Two years minimum experience as a childcare administrator in a professional early childhood setting, OR Four years minimum experience teaching in a professional setting.
Resume must include start and end dates (month & year) of any relevant positions held.
Resume must be in Word or PDF format.
Bachelor's degree.
Leadership (Novice): Formulates a vision while motivating & guiding employees promoting engagement. Leaders state precise goals, ensures the commitment of individuals to those goals, defines the methods of measurement, and provides the incentive to accomplish measurable outcomes.
Operations Planning (Novice): Anticipates resource needs to meet objectives and implements appropriate processes.
People Management (Novice): Interacting, communicating, building relationships, and developing employees.
Mentoring & Coaching (Novice): The essence of training and mentoring on the job is transfer of knowledge. Whereas training can be considered more formal and scheduled, mentoring is often in the form of guidance and "hands-on" experiences. The reporting relationship is unimportant since the purpose is to pass on information and experiences. These discussions normally center around a person's goal of learning job procedures, content, standards, analysis and problem-solving.
Communication (Intermediate): Clearly, effectively, and respectfully communicates to employees or customers.
Customer Conflict Management (Intermediate): Ability to manage conflict, disharmony and strife among people and situations, while recognizing and addressing sensitivities.
Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area.
Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
Supporting Colleagues: Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance and gain knowledge in new areas.
Supporting Colleagues: Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.
Supporting Colleagues: Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
Delivering Excellent Services: Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
Delivering Excellent Services: Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
Delivering Excellent Services: Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
Ensuring High Quality: Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.
Ensuring High Quality: Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
Ensuring High Quality: Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
Managing Resources Effectively: Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
Managing Resources Effectively: Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
Fostering Innovation: Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
Fostering Innovation: Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.
Fostering Innovation: Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Nice To Haves

Experience Level: 2 years

Responsibilities

Oversee parent engagement and Program resource software.
Manage the procurement process and oversee financial data.
Serve as a liaison with vendors.
Prioritize and organize daily childcare center activities for maximum effectiveness.
Help create staff schedules efficiently to achieve appropriate coverage of center operations.
Support and improve program quality efforts.
Oversee childcare operations including licensing, quality assurance, facility operations, and educational excellence.
Collaborate in creating and implementing staff engagement opportunities.
Collect data, evaluate information, present options and recommendations, clearly communicate decisions, and collaborate with others on the team.
Assist in delivering communications that support operational improvement, workplace culture improvement, policy, and procedure.