Child Care Programs Manager

Job Status: Full Time (40 hours per week) 12 months

Location: Willmar MN

Join Our Team: Champion Child Care Quality & Strengthen Programs Across Our Communities! If you love supporting early learning building strong partnerships and using grant funding to make powerful things happen youll shine as our Child Care Programs Manager. In this role youll help child care programs grow ensure resources are used wisely and lead efforts to secure the grants that keep quality initiatives thriving.

WHAT YOULL DO:

• Lead the Way: Oversee child care programs support providers and help teams meet quality goals.
• Own the Grants: Write renew and manage grants; track expenditures; justify budgets; and ensure funding aligns with program goals.
• Boost Providers: Support culturally responsive care help retain and recruit providers and develop strategies for centers family providers and FFN care.
• Lead and Inspire Your Team: Recruit staff support onboarding set expectations and keep communication strong and consistent

SKILLS TO WOW US:

• Strong grant writing and budgeting skills.
  
• Clear communicator who connects easily with others.
• Organized proactive and great at juggling multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Confident working alongside partners community groups and staff
• Tech-comfortable: email databases Word Excel

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum: Associates degree (AA) in Early Childhood Education Child Development or a related field with three (3) years of experience OR five (5) years of relevant work experience.

• Preferred: Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education Child Development or any bachelors degree with 30 college credits in Child Development with one (1) year experience.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU

• Salary range of $25.63 - $39.63 p/hour Benefits!
  
• Full time (40 hours per week - 12 months a year)
• Opportunities to grow learn & make a lasting impact!

BENEFITS:

The Agencys Benefits Plan allows employees to choose among a number of benefit options including but not necessarily limited to PTO 12 paid holidays each year health insurance dental insurance vision insurance Short-Term Disability (STD) Long Term Disability (LTD) accident insurance critical illness insurance Earned Sick & Safe Time (ESST) hospital indemnity insurance basic life insurance voluntary life insurance 401k retirement plan HSA FSA medical & dependent care Proximal Health CancerCare Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and a Wellness Program.Programs resources and benefits eligibility variesbased on type of employment funding availability union/collective bargaining agreement location and length of service with United Community Action Partnership Inc.

CONTACT:

United Community Action Partnership Inc.

WEBSITE:

United Community Action Partnership Inc. is an EOE/ADA/AA Employer.

Required Experience:

Manager