Child Development Center Director (MedLarge)

Supervisory Duties:

• Plans assigns monitors observes and assesses ongoing staff work based on priorities difficulty complexity and requirements of assignments and staff capabilities. Sets and adjusts short-term and long-term priorities.
• Leads the hiring process initiating timely recruitment and selection of staff required to fill vacancies. Ensures staff receives proper training to fulfill requirements of their positions.
• Prepares and adjusts staff schedules considering the needs of the work area and the experience training and demonstrated abilities of the assigned staff. Ensure necessary support and resources are applied to effectively meet organization and customer needs.
• Provides subordinate supervisors and staff with direction and determinations regarding policies procedures and guidelines. Establishes local performance standards and requirements for employees and volunteers. Observes and monitors staff performance.
• Conducts annual performance reviews of staff.
• Provides clear guidance to employees and volunteers regarding compliance with standards and execution of management directives.
• Ensures all employees follow safety health and risk management policies and procedures.
• Ensures proper and timely initiation and implementation of all personnel actions and assures quality related to selection assignments training promotions disciplinary actions and recognition of employees and volunteers.

• Provides program oversight and accountability for the performance of employees and the safety of children in a large CDC with over 200 children enrolled in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) Department of Navy (DoN) and local policies and standards.
• Establishes policies and procedures for accomplishment of age-appropriate programs to all children through individual and group developmental and educational settings to stimulate and sustain social emotional cognitive and physical growth of children.
• Ensures implementation of a developmentally appropriate program that promotes the social emotional physical and cognitive growth of children in the age categories served.
• Ensures the development and implementation of the established curriculum.
• Establishes higher-level program goals and interprets and applies child development philosophy/principles and DoN policies based on patron needs and program evaluation and assessment.
• Ensures the development implementation and analysis of surveys and needs assessments of staff and patrons to ensure appropriate programming and hours of operation.
• Collects and maintains up-to-date statistical data for planning and reporting purposes in accordance with higher headquarters and statutory requirements and for the purpose of maximizing spaces and ensuring that resources accommodate the needs of command personnel. This may include hours of operation and programming needs of the military community.
• Maintains liaison with local institutions and community organizations to stay abreast of trends and changes in the community.
• Interacts professionally with employees parents volunteers and local installation command personnel.

• Conducts studies and surveys to evaluate program effectiveness and cost efficiency.
• Develops integrated budget input conducts written analysis of budget variances as necessary and prepares justification for funding of program resource requirements and repairs or maintenance of facilities and equipment.
• Oversees the collection accurate accounting and reporting of funds received from patrons.
• Ensures program meets established financial goals.
• Ensures compliance with all regulations governing the use of appropriated and nonappropriated funds.

• Develops administers and evaluates an ongoing program of individual and group developmental and educational activities for staff implementation and execution.
• Establishes review systems for the organization that make certain government needs are met and validated and that economy and quality of operations are maintained or improved.
• Provides input into the development of CYP standard operating procedures (SOPs) as required for the efficient operation and management of facility and programs. Oversees implementation of these SOPs.
• Works collaboratively with other CYP Directors in establishing and implementing combined Parent Involvement Board (PIB) that includes parents and representatives from the CDC Child and Youth Education Services (CYES) Family Child Care (FCC) School Age Care (SAC) and Youth Program (as applicable to each installation). Maintains an active program of parental involvement to include a PIB parent education opportunities and activities that provide parents with opportunities to participate.

Conditions of employment

• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical provide evidence of immunization be free of all communicable diseases and obtain appropriate immunization against communicable diseases.
• Must successfully obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as needed.
• This position is subject to both pre-employment and random drug testing as a condition of employment. A positive drug test or failure to submit for testing may become the basis for removal from this position.
• Ability to complete required training certificates and maintain certifications or credentials required by Federal State and/or national accreditation institutions used as part of DoDs Child and Youth Programs.

Qualifications

Resumes must include information which demonstrates experience and knowledge skills and ability (KSAs) as they relate to this position. Applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing their experience level and KSAs.

• Mastery knowledge of child development theory methodology and practices relating to physical intellectual social and special education needs and center management.
• Mastery knowledge of the principles of child development and in designing and managing an exceptionally complex program that includes but is not limited to safety security disease prevention employee training developmentally appropriate activities parent involvement and facility management.
• Knowledge of DoD DON local and state regulations instructions and procedures pertaining to military childcare.
• Knowledge of Federal and State laws governing the detection and prevention of child abuse and/or neglect.
• Knowledge of facility design functional use and maintenance concepts pertaining to military childcare.
• Knowledge of financial budget resource management practices and principles and analytical and evaluative methods and techniques.
• Skill in educating counseling and advising childcare professionals and parents; assessing training and childrens developmental needs.
• Skill in effectively organizing and utilizing community resources within the program framework to augment the program to meet installation objectives.
• Skill working with military families and an understanding of military lifestyles is preferred.
• Ability to analyze plan and adjust work operations of one or more organizational segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources.
• Ability to supervise others exercise sound business skills and provide positive personnel management.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing and possess strong interpersonal communication skills.