Center Director

Job Description      CHS Lancaster City - Lancaster, PA      Full-Time      The CHS Center Director is passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children ages six weeks to 5 years old from under resourced and overburdened backgrounds by providing high-quality Early Childhood Education and care. This individual oversees operations of a state-of-the-art Early Childhood Education Center.  Responsibilities of the CHS Center Director include providing leadership and guidance to a team in line with CHS policies, guidelines, and curriculum.

They are accountable for ensuring the delivery of a top-tier early childhood and family support program that delivers results for children and families. The Center Director manages the day-to-day operations, implementation, and administration of the center, leading scholastic, family success, health services, and operations teams to deliver CHS mission, vision and values.  The Center Director reports to the CHS Central Office's Senior Director of Programs.

They are expected to exemplify leadership for administrators, teachers, children, and families, setting a national standard for quality Early Childhood Education and guiding staff towards achieving this standard. The salary range for this position is $104,250 to $126,630 per year, based on expertise.  Responsibilities:
Supervising and guiding the center departments to deliver high quality, child-centered education to children. Department staff include Teachers, Family Success, Health & Safety, Facilities, and additional operations support roles  Establishing an inclusive, welcoming environment and Center culture through value-inspired leadership for all employees  Observing and resolving gaps, inefficiencies, and conflicts in the day-to-day operations  Mediating issues with families and employees  Providing proper resources for children and employees  Collaboratively spearheading staff recruitment, hiring, training, benefit, and retention efforts.  

Leading child recruitment, acceptance, and retention efforts alongside the Family Success and Central Office teams  Implementing policies and procedures to safeguard health and safety of families and employees in compliance with the state requirements (DHS/OCDEL) and NAEYC standards  Establishing and reinforcing rules of behavior and compliance with procedures  Ensuring adherence to all CHS policies, procedures, and governance standards  Creating an effective system of reporting and progress tracking  Maintaining clear and transparent communications with children, parents, and caregivers and formulating public communications to this audience on major events and issues  Obtaining necessary approvals, licenses, and accreditations for the Center's operations alongside the Operations Director  Managing the Center's local community outreach and relationships alongside the Communications Director and Enrollment Director  Developing and fostering relationships with on-site partners  Working closely with the Assistant Director to ensure consistent high-quality programming and on track operations  Supporting the development of Center budget and ensuring that funding, contract, and reporting requirements are met fully  Building and encouraging a positive and collaborative working environment, showing appreciation and unity of all employee contributions  Collaborating with CHS Central Office to implement strategic plans and achieve comprehensive outcomes and established implementation goals

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Early Childhood Education, Family Relations/Child development, or related field. Master's Degree preferred  8 years of experience as an ECE teacher and leader  Fluency in Spanish preferred  Significant experience overseeing several operations/departments and work streams, including leading teams with a successful record of spearheading initiatives  Experience in creating, analyzing, and presenting outcome-related reporting to leadership  Exceptional interpersonal skills including the ability to influence, lead, and educate large teams  Demonstrated understanding of and ability to effectively work with low-income families  Ability to proactively identify problems and implement solutions  Willingness to be held accountable and receive feedback  Responsible, enthusiastic, and cares about working in a mission-focuses organization  Comfortability with technology including MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and/or willingness to learn  Commitment to the mission and values of CHS and MHS and demonstrated high degree of integrity as all  CHS and MHS staff are considered to be role models for children  US work authorization and successful completion of pre-employment background checks and clearances      Who we are and what were looking for  At CHS, we are leaders passionate about early childhood education and community betterment.

Our work is driven by the desire to endow children with the resources for educational and physical…