Child Development Center Program Manager

Company: Kern Community College District
Location: Porterville
Posted on: January 14, 2020

Job Description:

Child Development Center Program Manager

Kern Community College District

Position Number: 02995

Posting Date: 12/18/2019

Position Closing Date: 1/18/2020

Initial Screening Date: 01/05/2020

Open Until Filled: Yes

Position Type: Management

Rate:

Work Week: 40 hours per week, 12 month position

Minimum Salary: $71,596.99 per year

Maximum Salary: $93,941.45 per year

Benefits:
Kern Community College District provides a rich health and welfare benefits offering to our employees, including Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Long-term Disability.
In addition to the above benefits, the District also offers a robust voluntary benefits selection:

• Flex 125
• Additional products and services through American Fidelity
• Supplemental voluntary life insurance
• Tax Shelter Annuities The District participates in CalPERS retirement system and Social Security benefits for Classified and Management employees. Employees covered under the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), are vested 100% after five years of full time service credit. All coverages begin on the first day of the month following the hire date.
  
  College/Site: Porterville College
  
  Location: PC-Main Campus
  
  Basic Function:
  Under the general direction of the District Office Associate Chancellor, Child
  Development Center Programs and Services, the campus Child Development Center Program Manager will plan, organize, and direct the Child Development Center
  Program to comply with District, licensing and other requirements including mandated legal and regulatory provisions; supervise and evaluate staff assigned to the Center;
  prepare, recommend and implement policies, procedures, and operations that pertain to the assigned center. Example of Duties -Plans, supervises and directs the child development center to provide a quality child development center program. -Initiates, manages and develops a strategic plan, conducts program evaluations and research for the program. -Develops and implements program philosophy and goals. -Develops and recommends program policies and procedures. -Develops and prepares the annual budget. -Analyzes and reviews budgetary and financial data. -Controls and authorizes expenditures. -Develops and implements a viable business plan based on program needs. -Supervises and evaluates the performance of assigned personnel. -Interviews and recommends the selection of job applicants. -Schedules and assigns staff to maintain mandated adult/child ratios. -Assures compliance with District personnel policies and procedures. -Plans, coordinates and conducts staff -Plans, coordinates and conducts in-service training. -Plans and implements staff, family and college student orientations. -Conducts annual assessment and completes state reports. -Oversees maintenance of center facilities. -Provides oversight of contracts, grants and fundraising activities. -Supervises the laboratory setting. -Coordinates with the child development instructional program. -Coordinates with other agency programs. -Maintains a model developmentally appropriate environment. -Supervises the implementation of developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitiveand individually responsive practices consistent with NAEYC guidelines. -Supervises the assessment of children. -Analyzes parent concerns and provides information about center policies and developmentally appropriate practices. -Performs other duties as assigned within the scope of the position. meetings.
  
  Education and Experience:
  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Master's degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in human development, child development, or early childhood education OR equivalent based on Bachelor's Degree, and a minimum of four (4) years' experience in a
    child care center environment with increasing supervisory responsibility.
    • Possession of, or eligibility to obtain and retain, a Child Development Program Manager Permit issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
    • Experience in directing a licensed program and the corresponding management experience.
    • Demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, and disability backgrounds of community college students and employees. Note: Degrees and credits must be from accredited institutions (Title V Section 53406). Any degree from a country other than the United States, including Canada and Great Britain, must be evaluated by an evaluation service.
      
      Note: The screening of candidates will be conducted by a screening committee. The screening committee reserves the right to limit the number of interviews granted. Meeting the minimum qualifications for a position does not assure the applicant of an interview.
      
      Knowledge and Abilities:
      KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
      • Ability to develop and maintain effective, on-going, working relationships,
        interactions and communications (including negotiations and conflict resolution)
        personally, by telephone and in writing with a variety of individuals/groups from
        diverse backgrounds.
      • Ability to effectively direct the work of others, work alone or as a team member on a variety of assigned tasks while meeting established deadlines and changing
        priorities.
      • Ability to work effectively under pressure or multiple tasks concurrently while
        meeting established deadlines and changing priorities.
      • Ability to appropriately respond to a variety of situations and unanticipated stressors.
      • Ability to appropriately respond to emergency situations on an as-needed-basis.
      • Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic,
        socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic background of community college
        students.
        
        Salary Grade: Grade E
        
        Special Instructions to Applicants:
        First Review of Applications:
        Complete application packets will be accepted until the position is filled, but those received by January 5, 2020 (Pacific Standard Time) are assured consideration. The College reserves the right to extend time limits or reinitiate the recruitment/selection process at any point.
        
        Completed application packet must include:
        • Completed Online Application for Employment form
        • Current resume
        • Letter of interest (Cover Letter)
        • Copy of legible transcripts, if applicable
        • List of six (6) professional references - Listed on application form Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection process should contact Human Resources to make the necessary arrangements.
          
          All applicants must apply online at (please use the apply button below). Emails will not be accepted.
          
          As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, the Kern Community College District encourages candidates with diverse backgrounds to apply.
          
          
          
          
          
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