Childcare Manager- Excel Center Lafayette

This is a full-time Monday-Friday position and the range is $16-$18 per hour including full benefits (below):

The Young Learners Childcare Center (YLCC) is designed to provide free, temporary, short-term childcare for the students of the Excel Center and The Indianapolis Metropolitan High School until regular childcare is secured. The YLCC is available when students are studying on-site or are in class, and will serve children up to age 12.

The Young Learners Childcare Manager, GEI Corporate ensures the safe and caring management of all the children entrusted to the center, as well as the staff, and other qualified participants. Duties involve hiring, training, coaching, and assisting with teaching children in the center, setting schedules, and developing learning opportunities for the children while in our care. Keeps parents and/or guardians informed of policies and procedures at the center as well as provides effective resolution for any conflicts that should arise.

Example Duties and Activities

• Creates curriculum, lesson plans, schedules, planned outings, and field trips.
• Steps in to facilitate hands-on interactive learning experiences working with students directly as needed.
• Completes daily safety audits to ensure health and safety compliance guidelines. Creates and maintains a task list to achieve timely completion of audit items.
• Oversees the parent enrollment and registration of students process.
• Tracks, documents, and ensures accuracy of center’s files: student attendance, snack usage, budget, ages, families served, etc. Creates and delivers a utilization report for leadership.
• Maintains regular communication with parents and/or guardians regarding services, enrollment, scheduling or routine changes, and special events for the children. Creates a monthly newsletter for parents and/or guardians.
• Coaches parents and/or guardians on how to create learning opportunities at home.
• Participates in regular Indy Met and Excel Center team meetings.
• Ensures all staff members have appropriate tools to effectively perform their duties, including updated training manuals, reference guides, and best practices procedures. Provides in-service training for team members in areas such as new policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Coaches and supervises YLCC teaching staff. Evaluates the performance of staff members and recommends indicated action.
• Tracks YLCC staff documents, attendance, and training.
• Develops personal professional/performance goals and action plans to reach goals. Reflects on prior goals and makes adjustments to professional practice and goals.
• Works directly with the school director to develop and implement school-wide goals around graduation outcomes, enrollment needs, student achievement, retention, etc.
• Sets and maintains a high-performance culture for staff and students.
• Participates in student recruitment, enrollment, and outreach efforts.

Required Competencies

• Degree and Credential Requirements - High school diploma or GED required. Continuing education in child development, early childhood education, or related field is highly preferred. Child/infant CPR certified or willing to obtain.
• Industry Expertise - Has worked in a childcare setting, ideally in a supervisory role.
• Coaching - Provides timely guidance and effective feedback to empower others to strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to improve instruction.
• Customer Focus - Has the ability to see, comprehend and relate with students and parents and/or guardians in an impartial, unbiased yet effective, and balanced manner; builds and maintains customer satisfaction with the services offered by the organization; provides excellent service to internal and external customers.
• Technical Knowledge – Has working knowledge of G Suite, MS Office, and the internet.
• Organizational Aptitude - Plans and attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing multiple tasks in an organized and timely fashion.
• Conflict Resolution - Anticipates, diffuses, and resolves disagreements, confrontations, tensions, and complaints in a practical and constructive manner in order to achieve results.
• Adaptability - Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.

Preferred Competencies

• Teaching Expertise - Plans and delivers instruction and evaluation of student learning, ideally for young children in a childcare setting.
• Safety Awareness - Recognizes the risks in activities, applies the right measures to control and manage those risks, and ensures all safety protocols are followed.

Other Requirements

• Hard to Very Hard Physical Work - Is able to spend time in excess of 8 hours sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching. Has the ability to move and lift up to 40 pounds.
• Minimum of 18 years of age
• Background Screening - The YLCC cares for some of our most vulnerable populations, children. As a result, all candidates must pass a pre-employment background check.

Benefits: Full-time employees may participate in a comprehensive benefits program that includes:

• Continuing education and leadership development as well as tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive health plan
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Pay continuance during school break periods (spring, summer and fall)
• Sabbatical and parental leaves
• Life, dental and vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Nationally recognized preventive health and wellness program
• Section 125 pretax health spending account, dependent care spending account, and premiums
• Retirement plan with generous company % match
• Daily pay options available

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• childcare related: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Lafayette, IN 47904: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person