Assistant Center Director / Operations Coordinator
Innovative Network of Knowledge (INK)

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Minimum Qualifications: Experience in supervision of staff in licensed childcare center. Associate degree, or CDA within 18 months of hire. Experience working with diverse families in low-income communities. For Early Head Start centers, must have training or equivalent coursework in early childhood development with a focus on infant and toddler development. Experience in education and/or early childhood programs. Valid driver's license and work eligibility status. Pass a criminal and driving background check.

Preferred Qualifications: Management of an early childhood or educational program. Master's degree in early childhood education or related field.

Critical Actions Items:
1. Support in process to ensure staff, consultants, contractors, and volunteers protect the physical and mental health and safety of our children and no child is left alone or unsupervised while under our care. (HSPPS §1302.90)
2. Assist with the hiring, training, managing, and leading program personnel to support individual staff professional development and continuous program quality improvement. (HSPPS §1302.101)
3. Assist with the delivery of high-quality program services that comply with state and federal standards through implementation, monitoring, and feedback of program policies and procedures. (HSPPS §1302.100)
4. Assist with the development, monitoring, and maintaining recordkeeping systems for all physical and electronic program files (e.g., personnel, client, accounting, and incident records), including compliance with confidentiality. (HSPPS §1302.101)
5. Ensure all staff and consultants follow appropriate practices to keep children safe during all activities, including reporting at a minimum suspected or known child abuse and neglect, appropriate supervision of children at all times; and all standards of conduct. (HSPPS §1302.47, §1302.90)
6. Ensure compliance with positive adult-child interactions as measured by the CLASS: Pre-K instrument. (HSPPS §1304.16)
7. Ensure completion of minimum training requirements as specified in state and federal standards (HSPPS §1302.92)

Other Responsibilities:
1. Assist with development and managment of grant application, budget, and required reports in accordance with INK and Office of Head Start timelines and criteria for composition.
2. Assist with maintaining current lease agreements, human resources agreements, and other vendor contracts, including the timely submission to agency leadership for approval.
3. Assist with monitoring program data including include assessments (community and self assessments), and report program activities to INK leadership and stakeholders.
4. Assist with ensuring organization and provision of training for parent committees and policy council in respective service areas to ensure members have adequate, timely preparation for collective decision making.
5. Participate in local and regional meetings with Head Start parents and community members in the region to address current and future issues affecting program operations.
6. Represent Grant Director when necessary on the INK Management Executive Council (MEC) to maintain situational awareness of program initiatives and performance across the BCFS System.
7. Control CACFP area of the grant and all it entails.
8. Maintain inventory of supplies and CACFP supplies, including ordering and delivery.
9. Perform other job duties as assigned.

Measurable Deliverables:
1. Program documentation and budget comply with contractual and operational requirements.
2. Annual staff retention exceeds 80%.
3. All staff, consultants, and contractors engaged in the delivery of program services receive pre- and in-service training and scheduled training and technical assistance for professional development.
4. Support quarterly meetings with school district superintendents and scheduled meetings with program governance and community partners address progress in school readiness initiatives, learning outcomes, and contractual obligations.
5. Weekly meetings with program staff ensure effective command, control, and coordination.

Requirements:
1. Demonstrated leadership skills through command presence and reinforcement of agency mission, vision, and culture to drive a passionate, engaged, and accountable workforce.
2. Demonstrated proficiency in data-driven leadership and use of data for program management and continuous quality improvement.
3. Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills to inspire, grow, manage, and coach a highperforming team.
4. Professional presentation skills to interact effectively with policy council and parent committees.
5. Strong "people acumen" and knowledge of human resources policy requirements and personnel management strategies.
6. Ability to organize and prioritize duties and responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
7. Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, holidays, and weekends.
8. Ability to work independently.
9. Possess sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socio-economic characteristics.

Here at INK, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Please feel free to apply for this position even if your work experience and education do not align perfectly with every requirement for this job description. You may very well be the perfect candidate for this role or other ones that we have open. Thank you for your interest in joining our mission!

INK, is committed to following immunization recommendations produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). As such, our company policy requires that all employees must receive a COVID vaccination and an annual Influenza vaccination or obtain an approved exemption from INK, as a medical or religious accommodation. This is a condition of employment, and all new hires will be responsible for providing proof.

INK, is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of INK), not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination.
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