Center Manager (2404

Job Location:

377-Missouri City Head St - Missouri City, TX 77459
Position Type:
Full-Time
Education Level: Bachelors Deg. or Equivalent

Travel Percentage :
Minimal Local Travel (up to 10%)
Job Category:
Education

The Center Manager ensures that center staff provides children with a learning environment and varied experiences that will help them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a manner appropriate to their age and stages of developments toward the overall goal of social competence. Ensures that full enrollment is maintained at all times. Facilitates ongoing thorough and clear understanding of Head Start program and Performance Standards to all center level staff.

• Benchmark Job
• Remote Work Eligible

• Ensures center operates in compliance with Federal, State and local laws, regulations and standards, including Agency Policies and other contractual agreements.
• Facilitate ongoing thorough and clear understanding of Head Start program and Performance Standards to all center level staff.
• Directly coordinates supportive services offered by all other Head Start/Early Head Start component areas.
• Inspects center facilities daily for health, safety, fire and occupancy violations and takes necessary corrective action to assure that clearances, permits and licenses remain effective and up-to-date.
• Ensures all children’s files are complete, accurate and up-to-date with all information required by Head Start Performance Standards and regulations.
• Directly supervises center level staff to ensure to all are operating according to the terms of the HS Program Performance Standards/ TDFPS Licensing/TEA/ and NAEYC. (spell out abbreviations)
• Establishes and maintains effective oral and written communication with the Senior Operations Coordinator, collaborative partners and program team members.
• Conducts classroom and teacher observation and provides onsite consultation to teaching staff, as appropriate.
• Reads and analyzes data from GOLD online assessment. (spell out abbreviation)

• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

• Bachelor's Degree in Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Curriculum and Instruction (EDCI), Educational Administration, Business Administration, or Management.
• Combination of less or education combined with experience may be considered.

• 1-3 years Minimum Three (3) years of classroom teaching experience.

• Excellent mediation skills; oral and written skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and successful experience working in teams.
• Ability to plan, organize, allocate and control substantial financial, human, and physical resources.
• Knowledge of the Head Start/Early Child Development program philosophy and structure desirable.
• Intermediate skill in Word, Excel, Power Point.
• Bilingual preferred, but not required.

• Ability to obtain Director’s Certificate through the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Upon Hire Required.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Upon Hire Required or First Aid Certification Upon Hire Required.

A thorough completion of this section is needed for compliance with legal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Standing
• Walking
• Sitting
• Lifting
• Carrying
• Pushing
• Climbing
• Stooping
• Kneeling
• Crouching
• Crawling
• Reaching
• Handling
• Grasping
• Feeling
• Talking
• Hearing
• Repetitive Motions
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination

• Extreme cold
• Extreme heat
• Humid
• Wet
• Noise
• Hazards
• Temperature Change
• Atmospheric Conditions
• Vibration

Baker Ripley is an equal opportunity employer/program. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or any status protected by federal, state, and local laws. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws.

Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request for persons with disabilities.