Assistant Manager​/Enrollment Specialist - Child Care Center

Position: Assistant Manager / Enrollment Specialist - Child Care Center
Location: City of Rochester

## Description
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* Position Title:

** Child Care Center Manager
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* Reports to:

** Vice President Children and Family Services|  || --- ||  ||  |  |
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* JOB SUMMARY:

** Under the direction of the Vice President of Services for Children and Families, the Child Care Center Manager is responsible for the overall administration, coordination, and evaluation of the childcare programs and its enrollment. this role includes collaborating with the VP of Children and Family Services on overseeing daily operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, managing staff, and developing strategic plans to enhance program quality and increase enrollment.

The manager will work closely with families, staff, and the community to provide a safe, nurturing, and educational environment for children.
** CHILD CARE:
*** Oversee the day-to-day functions of the child care program. Develop and implement policies and procedures for the operation of the childcare program.
* Oversee the maintenance of files according to and records related to OCFS requirements
* Maintain open, consistent and effective communication with parents, providing parent education training, assistance and support as needed.
* Provide reliable, accurate and timely information about the child care center to interested parties.
* Collaborates with the VP of Children and Family Services to attain and maintain membership for accreditation from related early childhood education governing bodies
* Perform other functions that may be assigned by the Administration and/or supervisor
* Attend professional development seminars to maintain an understanding of the current best practices of curriculum and administrative functions of child development programs
* Articulate the center’s mission to employees and other stakeholders
* Use appropriate and effective techniques to encourage adherence to VOA childcare attendance policies
* Represent the center in a professional, courteous, and positive manner at all times
* Promote a positive, caring climate for learning for staff, students, and parents.
* Deal sensitively and fairly with persons from opportunity gaps and diverse cultural backgrounds
* Communicate effectively with staff, students, and their families.
** ENROLLMENT:
*** Coordinate all enrollment, recruitment, selection and attendance processes for daycare. Including recruitment processes, parent follow-up, data entry, tracking, etc.
* Serve as the point of contact for community partnerships for child care and its registration services, using the Procare database and any other database systems as needed.
* Arrange for the collection of data as needed to ensure compliance with pertinent legislation, regulations, and laws; ensure timely and accurate reporting of data to local and state authorities. Collect and submit data for evaluating, planning, and improvement of services to the VP of Children and Family Services.
* Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.# EDUCATION & QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor’s degree in Education with a concentration in Child Development or Early Childhood
* Thorough understanding of child care center operations
* Strong organizational, communication, computer, and interpersonal skills
* Ability to coordinate center functions
* Ability to implement policy and procedures
* Knowledge and implementation of OCFS child care guidelines and state licensing
* Comprehensive knowledge and proven success of developing and leading childcare programs for children based on developmentally appropriate practices
* Accepts and respects differences in children, parents, and coworkers
* Excellent organizational, planning, problem-solving, and oral and written communication skills; and an aptitude for interacting with and motivating people.
* Ability to manage a budget
* Minimum Five years experience as a classroom teacher of young children
* Three to five successful years of experience managing childcare facilities# PHYSICAL & WORKING REQUIREMENTS:

Performing the duties of this job requires talking:
Expressing or exchanging ideas using the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately,…