Director of Children's Services

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Full-time 312 Waller Mill, Williamsburg, VA, US

7 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $ Annually

At Child Development Resources (CDR), we believe every child deserves a strong start. We are a mission-driven nonprofit providing high-quality early intervention, early childhood, family support, home visiting, prevention, and community-based services for children and families.

We are seeking an experienced, charismatic leader to serve as our Director of Children's Services. This is an opportunity to do more than lead programs, it is an opportunity to shape how children and families experience services across CDR and to help strengthen the systems that support them throughout our community. Most importantly, you’ll have the opportunity to use your leadership experience to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families.

As a key member of CDR’s executive leadership team, the Director of Children's Services provides strategic, operational, fiscal, and organizational leadership for a comprehensive portfolio of programs. The Director ensures that services work together as an integrated system of care, creating seamless pathways for children and families while maintaining excellence in quality, compliance, fiscal stewardship, innovation, and community impact.

This position is based at our Williamsburg, Virginia campus and works closely with CDR’s Executive Director, senior leadership, program leaders, community partners, donors, and governing bodies.

About the Role

The Director of Children's Services provides executive leadership for CDR’s early childhood, early intervention, family support, home visiting, prevention, and community-based programs. The Director connects strategy with day-to-day operations, ensuring that programs have the leadership, resources, systems, and partners necessary to deliver exceptional services.

This role requires someone who can see both the big picture and the operational details behind it
-an experienced leader who can develop other leaders, manage complex funding and compliance requirements, use data to drive improvement, build strong community partnerships, and identify opportunities for thoughtful innovation and sustainable growth.

Strategic Leadership & Children's Services Direction

• Provide executive leadership for the planning, development, integration, improvement, and expansion of Children's Services programs.
• Translate CDR’s mission and strategic priorities into clear goals, operating plans, measurable outcomes, and sustainable service models.
• Identify emerging community needs, policy changes, funding opportunities, operational risks, and opportunities for innovation.
• Advise the Executive Director and agency leadership on program performance, workforce needs, compliance, fiscal conditions, capacity, and strategic opportunities.
• Lead with transparency, sound judgment, cultural humility, and attention to the experiences of staff and families.

Program Leadership, Quality & Compliance

• Ensure programs operate in accordance with applicable federal, state, local, contractual, licensing, accreditation, and CDR requirements.
• Strengthen systems connecting referral, enrollment, assessment, service delivery, transition, and follow-up.
• Maintain executive oversight of program policies, procedures, internal controls, documentation standards, health and safety practices, and risk-management systems.
• Ensure program leaders are prepared for monitoring visits, licensing inspections, audits, funder evaluations, and other external reviews.
• Promote data-informed…