Senior Director Position

Senior Director, JCC Early Learning Centers

Are you an inspiring, big-picture leader ready to shape the future of early childhood education across Greater Boston? Do you thrive at the intersection of educational vision, operational excellence, team leadership, and community partnership? If so, this is your opportunity to lead as our Senior Director of JCC Early Learning Centers
—guiding a network of exceptional schools, empowering Directors and educators, and creating lasting impact for children, families, and the communities we serve.

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Since opening its doors in 1983, JCC Greater Boston has been committed to its mission of creating a vibrant, inclusive, and diverse community by nurturing meaningful relationships. Through our network of early learning centers, day camps, regional teen and family programs, health and wellness offerings, and adult arts and ideas classes, JCC Greater Boston provides highly valued connections, learning, and experiences for the Jewish community and friends.

The JCC is deeply committed to valuing and celebrating the uniqueness of each constituent. We welcome staff and participants from diverse backgrounds. While being proudly Jewish, we strive in every way to provide an open and welcoming setting for all, irrespective of personal practices, beliefs, or background. We are guided by JCC Greater Boston’s core values:
Belonging, Joyfulness, Collaboration, and Transformation
, which we hope resonate with all.

Welcome and treat everyone with dignity, kindness, and respect.

Celebrate and rejoice in shared experiences and one another.

Achieve exceptional results by working together.

Listen, embrace change, lead by example, and take inspired action.

JCC Greater Boston is a leader in early childhood education
. While united structurally and pedagogically, each school has a unique personality shaped by the community needs and staff vision as well as the diverse backgrounds of our children.

The JCC’s early childhood education is grounded in the Sheva framework as its shared Jewish educational foundation, informed by Reggio-inspired practices and other best practices in early childhood education. The Senior Director ensures these frameworks are consistently and meaningfully reflected across all centers.

• Our Godine Early Learning Center , located in Newton, provides a nurturing and engaging environment for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years. This location features a state-of-the-art natural playspace and offers various enrichment activities to broaden your child’s horizons!
• Our Gilson Early Learning Center , located in Sharon, boasts a state-of-the-art natural playground, featuring a working garden, a huge sand play area, large grassy areas for outdoor actives, an abundance of nature, and more–all of which encourage children to engage with nature and discover new things.
• Our Hingham Early Learning Center is proud to be recognized as a nationally certified Nature Explore® Outdoor Classroom, designed to provide developmentally appropriate play spaces for toddlers and preschool-age children. Children have many opportunities to explore their surroundings, engage with other children and with nature, as well as learn through hands‑on experiences in a safe and stimulating environment.

JCC Greater Boston is seeking a strategic and visionary Senior Director of Early Learning Centers to lead and strengthen a network of early childhood education programs serving families across the region. This senior leadership role provides strategic, educational, and operational oversight for multiple Early Learning Centers (ELCs), ensuring excellence in teaching and learning while supporting the long‑term sustainability and growth of the system.

Reporting to the Chief Program Officer and serving as a member of the organization’s Leadership Team, the Senior Director will guide the overall health and success of the Early Learning Centers as a unified system of schools. The role sets and stewards a shared educational vision across sites while…