Child Care Director- IMMEDIATE OPENING
Our franchise operator is looking for a Director with minimum of 10 years experience to supervise and manage a facility for approx 150 children.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Implement a curriculum and program: work closely with the center’s teachers and staff, creating learning plans or programs to meet state and federal requirements and parent’s expectations.
- Oversee staff: Staff management is probably the most important task of a Child Care Director. They must interview, hire and train staff, making sure that all background and fingerprint checks have been conducted.
- Manage facilities: The Child Care Director must make sure that the facility is safe and well-stocked. That includes checking that safety equipment is available and working, and ensuring the facility is always clean and orderly.
- Create a budget: The Child Care Director manages the facility’s finances, which includes creating and working within a budget.
- Market the facility: Implement the marketing plan to promote awareness of the facility and its services.
- Meeting up with parents and teachers: meet with parents and teachers to keep parents up-to-date on their child’s development and progress, including discussing ways to address any learning or behavioral issues.
Job Requirements:
- Must have FL Director credentials (Infants-School age children).
- Business management: A Child Care Director runs all aspects of a childcare center and must be detail-orientated and organized as they need to keep up with federal and state daycare laws and requirements.
- First aid: Child Care Directors must have a good knowledge of child safety requirements and be up-to-date on first aid protocol.
- Excellent communication skills: As the face of the childcare facility, the director must be an excellent communicator, being able to confidently take prospective parents on a tour, write newsletters and run staff meetings.
- Good crisis management: A Child Care Director must have strong crisis management abilities, being able to remain cool and composed in a crisis.
- Leadership skills: The Child Care Director’s job is to keep staff motivated and resolve conflicts, which takes good leadership skills.
- Classroom experience: Since a Child Care Director is responsible for hiring teaching staff, they need to know how to handle a group of children, understand childhood development and have the know-how to establish classroom structure.
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $45,000-55,000 (Based upon experience)
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Education:
Experience:
Director experience minimum 10 years
License/Certification:
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
- FL Director's Credential (Required)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $45,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Childcare
- Employee discount
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
Experience:
- Supervisory: 3 years (Required)
- Director of Child Care Center: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Drivers License (Required)
- CPR & First Aid (Required)
- Florida Directors Credential (Required)
- VPK/CDA (Required)
Work Location: In person