Program Administrator - Child Care Quality
About The Position
The Program Administrator supports the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s work to improve the region’s early childhood education system, inform parents about quality child care, enhance children’s early learning, and support early learning programs in improving child care services. The role assists with planning and developing new and existing large-scale projects and manages multiple projects, including team management for child care quality and Texas Rising Star certification mentoring services. The position develops action plans to streamline processes and achieve timely outcomes, ensures programs and services follow Workforce Board directives and comply with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, supervises a diverse team, allocates workloads among team members, and communicates unit and project status. Employees must reside within H-GAC’s 13-county region of service.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an applicable academic discipline or related field of study.
- Five years of experience working with local government, nonprofit programs, schools, or in job-related duties.
- Experience with project management principles and demonstrated ability to manage large-scale projects from inception to completion.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to handle multiple competing deadlines effectively.
- Skill in allocating scarce resources, including human capital.
- Effective leadership, motivation, and teamwork skills.
- Problem-solving capabilities.
- Must reside within H-GAC’s region of service.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in education, educational leadership, early education, government, policy, or law.
- Seven years of experience working with local government, nonprofit programs, schools, early childhood education, or in job-related duties, including at least three years in a managerial capacity.
Responsibilities
- Assist with planning and developing new and existing large-scale projects.
- Manage multiple projects, including team management for child care quality and Texas Rising Star certification mentoring services.
- Develop action plans to streamline processes and achieve expected outcomes in a timely manner.
- Ensure programs and services follow the Workforce Board’s directives and comply with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
- Supervise a diverse team.
- Strategically adjust workload among team members.
- Communicate unit and project status effectively.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
