Program director - child development center

Job Details:

Job Location: Southwest Family YMCA - Louisville, KY

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: Graduate Degree

Salary Range: $63000.00 - $63000.00 Salary/year

Job Shift: Any

Job Category: Child Development Centers and Preschool

POSITION SUMMARY:

As the nation’s leading nonprofit organization committed to strengthening communities through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility, the Y offers more than just a job. We offer you a career with a future and the chance to make a lasting difference in your community. The Center Director is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and quality of education, for all children within the center’s care. The Center Director is directly accountable for overall operational management in accordance with well-established guidelines, including curriculum development, staff and facilities management, legal and budgetary considerations, and long-range planning. The Center Director ensures that the needs of the students and the goals of the center are met appropriately.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

This position plans, organizes and directs activities of the Child Development Center, which has the capacity to serve up to 100 children from 6 months to 5 years old. The position supervises up to 18 full-time and up to 12 part-time staff. The position is responsible for ensuring high quality programming through effective use of curriculum and activity plans. The director also ensures the center meets or exceeds all licensing requirements and maintains oversight of the $900,000 department budget. The director must have the ability to recruit and lead a team of high-level teachers to ensure youth are developing at the proper ages and stages. The director must possess sound written and verbal communication skills in order to effectively communicate with parents, staff, volunteers, partners and other stakeholders. This position also oversees the Summer Camp Director. Summer Camp is held on campus and averages about 100 school-aged children weekly during the summer months. The CDC Director will ensure that the Summer Camp Director hires 10-12 quality counselors, provides an exciting curriculum, plans field trips, and maintains the $200,000 department budget.

Essential Functions

• Uphold the mission of the YMCA, and demonstrate behaviors that reflect a determined, nurturing, genuine, hopeful, and welcoming nature.
• Plan, organize and direct the Center curriculum and policies and procedures.
• Develops monitors and controls the program quality and department budget of $900,000.
• Recruit, hire, train, schedule, supervise and evaluate full and part time staff to carry out the daily program services. (staff team of approximately 25)
• Maintain proper licensing regulations at the branch as set forth by the Kentucky Cabinet of Health and Family Services. (license capacity of 100)
• Develop and implement services to meet individual needs, keeping current with new trends to maintain quality programming.
• Offer programs within the Center to improve and enhance parent engagement.
• Oversee implementation of Teacher activity plans and provide suggestions and resources.
• Conduct regularly scheduled staff meetings.
• Develop and coordinate training for all child care staff.
• Maintain accurate records to include attendance & payment registers, registration forms, ledger sheets, payments, waiting list, staff records, etc.
• Build and maintain effective communication lines with staff, parents and children.
• Process and maintain records on child care financial assistance.
• Assume a leadership role in the Annual Campaign.

Qualifications:

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience.
• 5 years of direct professional experience in an early childhood setting.
• High energy.
• Strong oral and written communications skills; technology skills.
• Ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
• A strong understanding of child development.
• Strong finance and budgeting skills.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Infant/child CPR and First Aid certification.

Educational Requirements

• (a) Master’s degree in education or child development field
• (b) Bachelor’s degree in education or child development field
• (c) Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree in a field other than education or child development, including a degree in pastoral care and counseling, plus 12 clock hours of child development training
• (d) Associate degree in Early Childhood Education and Development
• (e) Child development association plus one year of verifiable paid experience working directly with children
• (f) Three years of verifiable full-time paid experience working directly with children

Physical Requirements

Be able to lift up to 50lbs. Able to climb, reach, run, carry or hold a child up to 50lbs.

The YMCA of Greater Louisville is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.