St. Luke's Community House in West Nashville is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic and motivated Assistant Director of the Child Development Center to join our dedicated staff. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of children and their families. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Enrollment: - Manages the waitlist and regularly updates prospective parents.
- Schedules and leads tours for prospective parents.
- Provides general program information and answers questions for parents.
- Assists parents in the application and enrollment process.
- Enters new student data in the childcare software application.
- Update data in the center's software application, as needed.
- Leads marketing efforts to recruit new students.
- Attends community events to promote St. Luke's Child Development Center.
2. Supervision: - Directly supervises Child Development staff.
- Communicates daily with the Director regarding staffing and teacher assignments.
- Assists Director in implementing the rules and regulations set forth by the Department of Human Services and the Star Quality Program.
- Assists Director in maintaining best practices outlined by United Way's Read to Succeed program, including the implementation of the Conscious Discipline approach to classroom behavior management.
- Recommends policies and procedures to increase the effectiveness of the Child Development Program.
- Assists the Director in coordinating parent-teacher conferences, open houses, kindergarten graduation, picture days, and other special events.
- Assists the Director in planning staff meetings and in-service trainings.
- Attends scheduled trainings and meetings.
- Purchases program supplies.
- Monitors the preschool door and the associated software application.
- Opens or closes the center, as needed.
- Oversees the childcare center in the Director's absence.
- Performs as a classroom floater, as needed.
3. Communication/Documentation: - Assists the Director in regular parent communications.
- Acts as the liaison between parents and the Accounting Assistant regarding tuition payments.
- Creates and provides student files to classroom teachers.
- Collects medical documentation of students and supervises distribution of medication.
4. Perform other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS - Ability to learn quickly and adapt to consistent change.
- Possess excellent time management skills, be a team player, be well organized, have the ability to prioritize numerous responsibilities for timely task completion, be self-directed, be highly motivated, be energetic, be enthusiastic and be dependable.
- Possess a 'take charge' personality with the ability to get along with varied clientele and staff.
- Ability to seek out new ways of doing things.
- Bachelor's Degree or Child Development Associate Degree required.
- Experience working in a licensed, quality childcare facility, accredited preferred.
- Administrative and/or business experience.
- Experience supervising a staff of 10-20 employees preferred.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to lift at least 40 pounds.
- Adaptability to changing demands, deadlines and priorities.
- A desire to serve St. Luke's clients, meeting their needs and St. Luke's mission.
- Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Experience entering data in, and reporting from, software applications preferred.
St. Luke's Community House is a drug free workplace. All employees will be required to submit to drug testing prior to employment. This is an excellent full-time career opportunity, working Monday through Friday. To join our team, please email your resume to jobs@stlch.org, and please include salary expectations. If preferred, you may mail/fax your resume to: St. Luke's Community House, 5601 New York Ave, Nashville, TN 37209 Attn: Human Resources Fax (615) 350-7895 No phone calls please St. Luke's Community House is an equal opportunity employer.
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