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Volunteers of America Upstate New York Childcare Services Director in Rochester, New York
Childcare Services Director
Job Details
Job Location
VOACC - Rochester, NY
Position Type
Full Time
Salary Range
$58,500.00 - $60,000.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage
Negligible
Description
Job Details
Job Location
VOACC - Rochester, NY
Position Type
Full Time
Salary Range
$58,500.00 - $60,000.00 Salary/year
Travel Percentage
Negligible
Description
Position Title: Childcare Services Director
Reports to: Vice President Children and Family Services
Exempt/Non-Exempt Status: Exempt
Pay range: $58,500-$60,000
JOB SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Vice President of Services for Children and Families, the Child Care Center Manager is responsible for the overall administration, coordination, and evaluation of the childcare programs and its enrollment. this role includes collaborating with the VP of Children and Family Services on overseeing daily operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, managing staff, and developing strategic plans to enhance program quality and increase enrollment. The manager will work closely with families, staff, and the community to provide a safe, nurturing, and educational environment for children.
CHILD CARE:
Oversee the day-to-day functions of the child care program. Develop and implement policies and procedures for the operation of the childcare program.
Oversee the maintenance of files and records according to related to OCFS requirements
Ability to process the Provider Notice of Authorization/Decision in addition to maintaining records for weekly parent fee payments
Develop and maintain DSS parent fee and private pay invoices
Conduct regular classroom monitoring and observations for developmentally appropriate practices and classroom management
Maintain open, consistent and effective communication with parents, providing parent education training, assistance and support as needed.
Provide reliable, accurate and timely information about the child care center to interested parties.
Collaborates with the VP of Children and Family Services to attain and maintain membership for accreditation from related early childhood education governing bodies
Perform other functions that may be assigned by the Administration and/or supervisor
Attend professional development seminars to maintain an understanding of the current best practices of curriculum and administrative functions of child development programs
Articulate the center’s mission to employees and other stakeholders
Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage adherence to VOA childcare attendance policies
Represent the center in a professional, courteous, and positive manner at all times
Promote a positive, caring climate for learning for staff, students, and parents.
Deal sensitively and fairly with persons from opportunity gaps and diverse cultural backgrounds
Communicate effectively with staff, students, and their families.
Provides backup support for classroom staff as needed including bathroom and lunchbreaks
ENROLLMENT:
Coordinate all enrollment, recruitment, selection and attendance processes for daycare. Including recruitment processes, parent follow-up, data entry, tracking, etc.
Serve as the point of contact for community partnerships for child care and its registration services, using the information management database and any other database systems as needed.
Arrange for the collection of data as needed to ensure compliance with pertinent legislation, regulations, and laws; ensure timely and accurate reporting of data to local and state authorities. Collect and submit data for evaluating, planning, and improvement of services to the VP of Children and Family Services.
Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree in Education with a concentration in Child Development or Early Childhood
Thorough understanding of child care center operations
Strong organizational, communication, computer, and interpersonal skills
Ability to coordinate center functions
Ability to implement policy and procedures
Knowledge and implementation of OCFS child care guidelines and state licensing
Comprehensive knowledge and proven success of developing and leading childcare programs for children based on developmentally appropriate practices
Accepts and respects differences in children, parents, and coworkers
Excellent organizational, planning, problem-solving, and oral and written communication skills; and an aptitude for interacting with and motivating people.
Ability to manage a budget
Minimum Five years experience as a classroom teacher of young children
Three to five successful years of experience managing childcare facilities
PHYSICAL & WORKING REQUIREMENTS:
Performing the duties of this job requires talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas using the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
The employee must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Most essential duties are performed indoors, in an office/dorm-style environment. The employee is subject to inside environmental conditions: protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
RESPONSIBILITY OF OTHERS:
The employee has direct responsibility/supervision of other staff.
LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER:
The above is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.
Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis.
EEO POLICY STATEMENT:
VOAUPNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to maintaining a non-discriminatory, diverse work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at VOAUPNY will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. VOAUPNY does not unlawfully discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, status as a covered veteran or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, training, and access to benefits, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
