Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator; bilingual English​/Spanish

Bronx, NY, United States of America

Full Time

Masa partners with Mexican and Latin American immigrant children, youth, and families in the South Bronx to develop strong learners and leaders who fully contribute to the larger community. We envision a community that is civically engaged, empowered, and educated.

Masa’s community-led, integrated model engages the entire family, grounded in a deep commitment to strengthening literacy, leadership, and power for Mexican, Central American, and Indigenous People. Masa fosters a culturally responsive learning community in which families engage with direct service and advocacy programs to dismantle barriers to success.

The Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator will play a leadership role in planning and implementing Masa’s early childhood programming serving children ages 14 months to 4 years. The primary component of this programming is the Parent Child+ home visiting model which works with parents and caretakers of young children in their homes to promote each child’s growth and development by planning and implementing developmentally appropriate experiences focused on learning through play.

The Program Coordinator supervises 2-4 Early Learning Specialists, volunteers and interns. In addition, the Early Childhood Program Coordinator will oversee the PreK playgroup and all ECE programming initiatives at Masa.

This position is full-time, exempt, and ideal for a skilled manager with a background in early childhood education, and experience working with parents and/or young children between the ages of 14 months and 4 years. The Program Coordinator must be comfortable engaging with parents and caretakers using a strengths-based approach and possess the ability to relate to parents/caretakers as peers and equal partners in helping prepare children for life success.

Experience with, and deep understanding of, the unique needs of immigrant children, youth and families and experience working with children with special needs is strongly desired.

• Lead recruitment of families and engage Early Learning Specialists in outreach efforts, including designing a year-round outreach strategy that allows for rolling-admissions of families into our programs
• Establish strong community relationships, including the execution of community events
• Effectively oversee the day-to-day implementation of the Parent Child+ program model and PreK playgroup, including regular team meetings to address opportunities and challenges
• Review and create curricular materials that are community facing and accessible for parents and caretakers to execute independently, including designing and facilitating community education workshops for families in our programs
• Ensure families receive individual case management support, referrals to additional services, and community education workshops, as needed
• Oversee the program budget, track program expenses, and ensure program materials are purchased, inventoried and available for use in a timely manner
• Build and maintain a strong working relationship with partner community organizations, especially as it relates to referring families for additional services and partnering on community events
• Attend and participate in staff meetings, events, and trainings, and represent Masa in external meetings as part of special initiatives and partnership agreements

• Provide mentorship to program staff, volunteers, and interns; model desired behaviors and lead weekly planning and supervision meetings with staff
• Lead recruitment, programmatic onboarding processes for new hires, and ongoing professional development…